When a material is added to a Revit family and the family is saved to dRofus, we can carry the Material with the Family. While a family is loaded into a model, the material is also loaded into the material library.
If a Revit material is added to a Revit family, the material can travel with it. When an item with a saved Revit family (with a material) is loaded into a model, the material is added to the project.
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