The Autodesk material
libraries are shared libraries installed with Autodesk products
such as Inventor, AutoCAD, Revit and 3ds Max.
NoteIf you uninstall
or remove a library, the library is no longer available for any
product. Uninstalling also means you will be unable to view or display
drawings that have materials currently in them.
The Autodesk material
libraries include the following:
- Autodesk Material Library
2011 (CM): Contains the new material library (approximately
256 x 256). This library is installed by default, and required for AutoCAD to
have full visual style and color style functionality. It is recommended
that you do not uninstall this library unless you are also uninstalling
all Autodesk products that require this library.
- Autodesk Material Library
2011 Base Image Library (ILL): Contains low resolution
images (approximately 512 x 512) for use with Autodesk materials.
This is also installed by default. It is recommended that you do
not uninstall this library unless you are also uninstalling all
Autodesk products that require this library.
- Autodesk Material Library
2011 Medium Image Library (ILM): Contains medium resolution
images (approximately 1024 x 1024) for rendering materials in medium
detail. This library is used for close-ups, and for rendering objects
at a larger scale. This library is an installation option available
on the Select Products to Install page in the installation wizard.
If you uninstall the
Base Image Library, and do not have the Medium Image Library installed,
the lowest resolution library (Material Library) is used.
Reinstall Autodesk Material
Libraries
If you uninstall or delete
material libraries, you can reinstall them to regain visual style
and color style functionality. You must reinstall the Material Library
(CM) before the Base (ILL) and Medium (ILM) Libraries. The Windows
installer log will be inaccessible if the libraries are not reinstalled
in the recommended order.
To reinstall Autodesk Material Library
2011
- From the product media, browse to and
run: \support\ADSKMaterials\CM\ProteinMaterials.msi
To reinstall Autodesk Material Library
2011 Base Image Library
- From the product media, browse to and
run: \support\ADSKMaterials\ILL\BaseImageLibrary.msi
To reinstall the Autodesk Material Library
2011 Medium Image Library
- Insert the media. Select Install Products
from the installation wizard.
- On the Select the Products to Install
page, select Autodesk Material Library 2011 Medium Image Library,
and then click Next.
- Review the Autodesk software license
agreement. Click I Accept, and then click Next.
- On the User and Product Information page,
enter your user information, serial number, and product key. Click
Next.
- On the Begin Installation page, click
Install.
- On the Installation Complete page, click
Finish.
