This page provides information on linked files management in V-Ray for Revit.
Overview
The Linked replacements functionality specifies how V-Ray replacements coming from linked files are treated. The functionality provides two methods for replacements display with respect to the host file or to the linked file.
UI Path
||Appearance Manager|| > Materials tab > Linked replacements button
||Appearance Manager|| > Families tab > Revit subtab > Linked replacements button
||Appearance Manager|| > Families tab > Scatter subtab > Linked replacements button
Parameters
Discard – All linked V-Ray replacements are discarded. This allows for overriding the materials/families in the linked file.
View & Override – Linked V-Ray replacements can be viewed, rendered or overridden with V-Ray assets created in the host project.
Read-only – Linked V-Ray replacements are rendered but are hidden from the list. An override is not allowed. This mode can be used for reducing the list in the Appearance Manager.
Merge identical – When enabled, identically named items are hidden from the linked file list(s) and remain listed only in the main project section. Their replacements are based on those of the host project. For example, if Bricks_01 material is present in both the host and linked projects and Merge identical mode is enabled, Bricks_01 will only be visible in the Project group of materials. But when replaced with a V-Ray material, it will also override the Bricks_01 material of the linked project.
In case the linked project has “children” projects, they will be treated as configured within the linked file, i.e. within their host file.
