
Use the directory button and select the path where your assets reside. The functionality buttons at the bottom enable reordering of the assets' display.Īpart from the preset materials, you can load your own assets into the Library. You can search the selected category or the whole Library for a certain asset by name. This can be done by drag-and-dropping of the asset into the central panel or by right-click and selecting the option Add to Scene. Right-Click on selected item - Shows the context menu for the item and doesn't change the selection.įrom the materials menu of the left panel, you can browse all V-Ray assets available for creation and add them to the Revit project.Right-Click on deselected item - Shows the context menu for the item, selects the item and deselects all other items.Click + Drag - Leaves only the clicked item selected.Shift + Left-click - expands the range of the current selection.Ctrl + A - Selects all items in the list/category.Ctrl on selected item - Removes it from the selection.Ctrl on deselected item - Adds to the selection.If a connection cannot be established, you can choose to proceed using the assets that are already available on your hard drive.

Note that the first time the Preset Material Library is opened during a new Revit session, V-Ray connects to the Chaos servers to validate the completeness of the downloaded assets and check for updates. V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max and V-Ray 5 for Rhino. If a previous installation of V-Ray 5 for Revit is detected, the Preset Material Library will be saved in the already specified location.Īsset files are shared between other V-Ray products if they are also installed on the system, e.g. Once the download is complete, the library assets remain permanently available.

The assets are saved in \Documents\V-Ray Material Library\ on Windows or ~/Library/Application Support/ChaosGroup/V-Ray Material Library on macOS. Note that you need about 8.5 GB of free disk space to download it. The first time you open the left panel of the Asset Editor after installing V-Ray for Revit, you will be presented with the option to download the Preset Material Library.
