How to Add Bradley Product Revit Material Catalogs to Project

Posted by Daniel Hughes on May 17, 2017 4:40:00 PM

Bradley has created custom Revit Material Catalogs for all materials specific for Bradley products.

Bradley Revit Material Catalogs can be downloaded for

A link to Bradley Revit Materials is found on the Bradley Bradley BIM-Revit Library Page in the right margin.

    

All materials use a naming convention that is consistent with materials already supplied in Revit.

Bradley Revit Material Catalogs are unique as material definitions are attached to individual "Chips" in a Revit Project file (*.rvt) file (shown above).

A Revit user can copy a material chip(s) from the Material Project File and paste it into their Revit Project File. When the chip is pasted into their project; it carries the material definition into the project. Just delete the chip and the material definition remains in the project.

  1. find and select the Bradley product family in the project,
  2. select the material parameter in the Property Browser and
  3. select the added Bradley Material in the project Material Browser dialogue box.

This copy-paste process avoids using  the 'Transfer Project Standards' dialogue box; that would transfer ALL the materials into the client Revit project. This keeps the project file smaller; while keeping the Project Material Library clean from unwanted \ unused materials.

When you download our Material Catalogs, you will receive them as separate .zip files.

Inside the downloaded .zip files  is a Revit Material Project file (*.rvt ) and the corresponding material .jpg image files; that are Bradley materials. The material .jpg files are required for the Revit rendering process.

  1. Copy all the .jpg image files into a Bradley folder in your firm's Manufacturer Material Library folder.  
  2. Add this new folder to the 'folder search path' that Revit Rendering searches to find material image files.
  3. In the Revit Options Dialogue box, select Rendering tab in the left margin.
  4. Select the 'plus + symbol' to add the new directory.
  5. The icon with dots " ...  "appears in the right.
  6. Select the dots to browse to and select the Bradley material folder that was added.
  7. Revit will now automatically search this folder list for materials, when rendering a view.

 

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Revit 10-Step Guide to Setup Lights for Interior Renderings

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Apr 28, 2016 9:40:03 AM

  

You place your Revit camera in your Revit floor plan and and point to a target point across the space to display the perspective image of that space.

Next, you pick the Revit Render button --and Presto! You get a 'black screen' view of your room.

If there's an exterior window, portions of the room may appear from the exterior sun light coming thru the window.

You can see the lights in your reflected ceiling plan; but the lights don't produce light in your room.

- 5 Revit Presentation Tips | Architect Steven Shell -

Here's a startup sequence for Turning ON the Lights for Revit Interior Renderings.

The first step to turning on the lights for Revit Interior renderings is choosing one of the 2 lighting schemes that use Artificial lights (ceiling an/or walls).

1) Make sure you've placed your Revit lights in the ceiling and/or on your walls
2) Go to your 3D View that you wish to Render.
3) Pick RENDER command ( VIEW Tab > RENDER)
4) To access interior  lights specify a Lighting Scheme that uses Artificial Lighting

5) Next, select Artificial Lights

6) Create a new light group for lights that are located in the specifc space that will be rendered.

7) Next, select the Group Name and pick Edit

8) Pick the Add button in the pop-up dialogue box to add light fixture models to the Group.

9) At this time, you may need to go to the Reflected Ceiling plan to select the lights to place in this group.

* If all the lights are visible in the view, select them without going to the Reflected Ceiling Plan.

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Autodesk Seek Manufacturer Library - Bradley Revit

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Apr 13, 2016 4:25:00 AM

Portions of the Bradley Revit Family Library, which exceeds 1,000 Revit families is available to download from Autodesk Seek - Bradley Corporation.

The Autodesk Seek - Building Product Manufacturer Revit Library can be accessed directly from within your Revit software; while you are working on a Revit project.

The most current Bradley Revit Family Library, Bradley Revit Family Material Catalogs and Bradley Bradley 3-Part Product Specifications are always available for download from the Bradley Corporation website.

Online Technical Support for Bradley Revit models is available through the BradleyBIM.com Blog.

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Bradley Revit Material Catalog Update - Evero Natural Quartz

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Apr 8, 2016 11:44:21 AM

The Bradley BIM Evero® Natural Quartz Revit Material Library has 8 new Evero material choices:

  • Andorra
  • Bavaria
  • Denali
  • Everest
  • Kalahari
  • Mykonos
  • Patagonia
  • Sierra Madre

Evero is Bradley's engineered stone (natural quartz & granite) material that is used in the Bradley Verge® molded-shaped lavatory sysems and Revit Library

 

The new Evero material colors were added to the Evero GEO Series material color palette.

 

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Bradley BIM Library Available for Vectorworks Service Select Members

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Mar 22, 2013 7:01:26 AM

Bradley Corporation is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Bradley BIM Models in Vectorworks® BIM file format.

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Bradley Revit Toilet Partition Door Angle Parameter Sets 3D Partition Doors

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Oct 11, 2012 7:28:38 AM

The door angle parameter (Door Opening Angle), in the Bradley Revit toilet partition properties; adjusts the angles for the 3D doors which are visible in 3D views/perspectives.

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Bradley BIM Chicago Lunch and Learns - Workshops - Webinars | Bradley Revit Library Tour

Posted by Daniel Hughes on Mar 9, 2012 10:25:45 AM

I was in Chicago Wednesday, reviewing the technical quality of the Bradley Revit Family Library with Chicago design firms.

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Bradley Revit Family Library | Sinks - Lockers - Showers - Soap Dispensers

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Bradley Revit Family Library is offering a larger group of free Revit family components.

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