AutoCAD Inventor :: 2013 Materials Refresh Styles / Will Not Pull In Updates

in versions of inventor prior to 2013 we were able to quickly and easily refresh a part styles, and thereby obtain the master information for materials, colours and any other style.

i find that now, with the new system of managing materials and appearances that if i need to update a part to reflect the material assests that reside in my materials and appearance library that i have to:

1. open the part, then set the part material to a material other than that i wish to update, then

2. delete the local/ document asset of the material i wish to update, then,

3.  assign the material from my material library to the part (to get the library assets to come through to the part).

it seems ridiculous that we have to delete local materials or colours prior to obtaining an updated material or appearance to get the new data into the part.

(the refresh styles command actually appears to be calling in the updates however the updates seem to treat the document assets as the most important. even when managing materials and appearances, the local/document asset seems to take priority over any library asset. again this is different to pre 2013, and is frustratingly slow to work around. all that used to happen in 2012 and prior is we would get a warning that the local style would be overwritten with updated style data = very quick and easy