By default, the Autodesk Material Library is not installed when you install Autodesk InfraWorks. This can occasionally cause issues with the display of textures and materials for 3D objects that you import to or export from Autodesk InfraWorks.

Why do I need the Autodesk Material Library?

Without the required material libraries installed, 3D objects that were created in other Autodesk products such as Autodesk Revit or Autodesk Civil 3D may display inaccurately in your InfraWorks models.

What is the Autodesk Material Library?

The Autodesk Material Library consists of several shared sub-libraries of materials and textures that are installed with some Autodesk products such as Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit and 3ds Max. For those products, the Autodesk Material Library is installed by default using the product installer; it can be removed using the Windows Control Panel.

• Not all Autodesk products include an install of the Autodesk Material Library by default.
• Not all Autodesk products use all sub-libraries.

To install the Autodesk Material Library for InfraWorks

There are several ways that you can install the Autodesk Material Library.

Install the Autodesk Material Library using another Autodesk Product

Installing another Autodesk product that does have the Autodesk Material Library, such as Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit and 3ds Max, will add the default Autodesk Material Library to your local system so that it can be used by Autodesk InfraWorks.

Reinstall the Autodesk Material Library using a product installer

If you previously installed the default material library on your local system but it was removed, you can reinstall it with the following steps:

1. Place the install media for the product in your disc drive or locate the download of the product if you purchased it electronically.
2. In Windows Explorer or File Explorer, browse to the product installer, and open the following folders: ..\Content\ADSKMaterials<release>\CM ..\Content\ADSKMaterials<release>\ILB
3. Run the Microsoft Installer (MSI) files located in the two folders and accept the default values.

Install the Autodesk Material Library using direct download links

Alternately, you can download and install the Autodesk Material Library version(s) you need using the links in Step 1 (below).

1. Download the entire Material Library or the individual sub-libraries that you require to your local system.

   • Autodesk Material Library 2020 (.zip)
     • CommonMaterials (.zip)
     • BaseResolution (.zip)
     • LowResolution (.zip)
     • Medium Resolution (.zip)
   • Autodesk Material Library 2019 (.zip)
     • CommonMaterials (.zip)
     • BaseResolution (.zip)
     • LowResolution (.zip)
     • Medium Resolution (.zip)
   • Autodesk Material Library 2018 (.zip)
     • CommonMaterials (.zip)
     • BaseResolution (.zip)
     • LowResolution (.zip)
     • Medium Resolution (.zip)
   • Autodesk Material Library 2017 (.zip)
     • CommonMaterials (.zip)
     • BaseResolution (.zip)
     • LowResolution (.zip)
     • Medium Resolution (.zip)

2. Unzip the folder(s).

3. Double-click the .MSI file for each sub-library to install each sub-library individually.

Please note that we recommend installing all sub-libraries for each year version that is required.

What version(s) of the Autodesk Material Library do I need?

The Autodesk Material Library version must always match the year version of the Autodesk product(s) you are using.

For matching year-to-year versions of Autodesk products, only one material library is needed. For example:

• Users of Autodesk Civil 3D 2019 and Autodesk InfraWorks 2019 must have the Autodesk Material Library 2019 installed.
• Users of Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 and Autodesk InfraWorks 2018 must have the Autodesk Material Library 2018 installed.

If you are using multiple Autodesk products with different yearly versions, multiple material libraries must be installed. For example:

• Users of Autodesk Revit 2018 and Autodesk InfraWorks 2019 must have both the Autodesk Material Library 2018 and the Autodesk Material Library 2019 installed.
• Users of Autodesk InfraWorks 2018 and Autodesk Revit 2019 must have both the Autodesk Material Library 2018 and the Autodesk Material Library 2019 installed.
• Users of Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 and Autodesk InfraWorks 2019 must have both the Autodesk Material Library 2018 and the Autodesk Material Library 2019 installed.
• Users of Autodesk InfraWorks 2018 and Autodesk Civil 3D 2019 must have both the Autodesk Material Library 2018 and the Autodesk Material Library 2019 installed