Structural Materials

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SIMON DICKINSON: Hello.

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My name is Simon Dickinson.

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Let's now look at structural materials.

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In this video, we are going to look

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at how we can create new materials,

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set the graphical appearance, apply

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physical assets and finally, material libraries.

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Materials in Revit are extremely powerful.

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And it is a misconception that they

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are just there to set hatch patterns and photorealism.

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Materials in Revit have both physical and thermal assets

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that can be added to them.

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This adds additional functionality to the material,

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allowing for both structural and thermal analysis.

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The Materials icon is accessed from the Manage ribbon.

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The materials that are listed in the top left window

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are the materials that are part of the template stroke

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project we have open.

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The materials in the bottom left window

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are materials that are stored in our libraries.

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Please note, only materials that are in the template stroke

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project can be edited.

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To create new material, we first need

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to duplicate an existing one.

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Right click on the material and choose duplicate.

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We can now rename the duplicate material.

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We can now configure the Identity and Graphics

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tabs of the material.

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The Identity tab allows us to set

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information, such as the manufacturer

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and cost of the material.

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The Graphics tab allows us to set

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things, such as our hatch pattern for both surface

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and cut and the shading color.

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We can now configure our material assets.

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Be aware that unlike the Identity and Graphics

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tabs, which are unique to the material,

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the assets that are assigned to this material are not unique

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and may be assigned to multiple materials.

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So changing it here may affect multiple materials.

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So before making changes, it is good practice

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to duplicate or replace the asset with one

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from the library.

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If a physical asset tab does not exist,

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then you can click the plus sign on the top

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and choose Physical from the dropdown.

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Please note that depending on the asset used,

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different options will be available.

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For example, using a concrete asset

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will allow us to change the concrete attributes.

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And a steel asset will have steel attributes.

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Materials can be dragged back to the library once changed

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for use in other projects.

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New material libraries can be created

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by clicking on the plus button in the bottom left.