MS_MATERIAL_PREFERLIBRARYMATERIALS = 1 and imported BIM Objects (RFA & SKP)

Great SIG yesterday. Looks like Mstn U16 will usher in a massive improvement in user experience by supporting high-quality rendered View Windows and delta synch'd Render Previews.

The renewed MS_MATERIAL_PREFERLIBRARYMATERIALS option is a great way to quickly assign materials without having to dive into the Ref attachments, but how does it deal with imported content like RFA and Sketchup objects? If I understand correctly, the material assignments for these objects would be local to the Cell and not affected by the Mstn's material assigment tools... so, essentially they are attached to the Cell's geometry.

As mentioned elsewhere, a large part of the BIM model will have their materials / textures based on imported info downloaded from product portals. How can this info be managed efficiently using Mstn's libraries and settings like the above?

Materials Priority

When attaching/assigning materials to elements, solids, or faces of solids, the priority that applies to the material assignments, highest to lowest, is as follows:

1. Material attached to a level override.
2. Material attached to the face of an element.
3. Material attached to an entire element (or by element template).
4. Material assigned by level and color (if color is ByLevel then the assignment is by level and the color of the level).
5. Material attached to the level (this is the ByLevel level Attachment - the Material column of the Level Manager).