MTL-Homes 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Anyone know why exterior material on a wall would be set to "No Change" ? Every time I try to change it it reverts back to default material. Have deleted it, redrawn it Tried different wall types, but this particular wall won't let me change exterior material. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted January 19, 2017 Yes. Because one way or another the wall had more than one material assigned to it. I'm assuming the wall is probably spanning more than one room and you either changed one of the walls in that room using the material painter or you changed the material of the walls through the room dbx. Just a couple guesses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTL-Homes 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks, I'll investigate further looking at room settings. It's a wall between two "Porches" Have a wall at the other end of the center porch that isn't having the same problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTL-Homes 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Hmm. Three Porches in a row. Separated by walls. All three have "No Change" in the room definition dialogue "materials" specification, but only having trouble changing wall material on one particular wall. Not actually sure how wall materials get set to "No Change" in the room definition dialogue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted January 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, MTL-Homes said: Hmm. Three Porches in a row. Separated by walls. All three have "No Change" in the room definition dialogue "materials" specification, but only having trouble changing wall material on one particular wall. Not actually sure how wall materials get set to "No Change" in the room definition dialogue. Re-read my post above. The wall probably got hit with the material painter at some point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted January 19, 2017 Just bear in mind there are at least 4 ways to change the material of your walls... 1. Through the wall type settings 2. Through the wall materials tab 3. Through the room materials tab 4. By using the material painter The latter 2 will allow for a situation where a single wall may have sections with different materials assigned and therefore the "no change". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MTL-Homes 0 Posted January 19, 2017 Okay, Thanks, Just reset wall materials for all three rooms to default materials using room materials tab. Then used wall materials tab to reset to desired material. Seems to have worked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe_Carrick 2383 Posted January 19, 2017 Two more: Wall Covering Wall Material Region In most cases I prefer these since it doesn't change the underlying Wall - just the finish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alaskan_Son 2599 Posted January 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, Joe_Carrick said: One more: Wall Covering Ah yes. If we're considering applied materials too then we can also add: Wall material region Custom backsplash (they're almost the same but have some different useful behaviors that set them apart). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites