Material Appearance |
The ElementId of the AppearanceAssetElement.
Namespace: Autodesk.Revit.DB
Assembly: RevitAPI (in RevitAPI.dll) Version: 25.0.0.0 (25.0.0.0)

Property Value
ElementIdThe id of the AppearanceAssetElement, or InvalidElementId if the material does not have an associated appearance asset.

Exception | Condition |
---|---|
ArgumentNullException | When setting this property: A non-optional argument was null |

This is the id to the element that contains visual material information used for rendering. In some cases where the material is created without setting up custom render appearance properties (for example, when the material is created via an import, or when it is created by the API), this property will be InvalidElementId. In that situation the standard material properties such as Color and Transparency will dictate the appearance of the material during rendering.

private void ReadMaterialAppearanceProp(Document document, Material material)
{
ElementId appearanceId = material.AppearanceAssetId;
AppearanceAssetElement appearanceElem = document.GetElement(appearanceId) as AppearanceAssetElement;
Asset theAsset = appearanceElem.GetRenderingAsset();
string libraryName = theAsset.LibraryName;
string title = theAsset.Title;
// The predefined asset can be empty. at this time, get the system appearance asset instead.
if (theAsset.Size == 0)
{
IList<Asset> systemAppearanceAssets = document.Application.GetAssets(AssetType.Appearance);
foreach (Asset systemAsset in systemAppearanceAssets)
{
if(theAsset.LibraryName == systemAsset.LibraryName
&& theAsset.Name == systemAsset.Name)
{
// Read the Asset information here.
break;
}
}
}
}
