# Trying to change wall materialID

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/trying-to-change-wall-materialid/54835>\
**Category:** Revit\
**Tags:** revit, python\
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/trying-to-change-wall-materialid/54835 "2020-09-06T14:26:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeanP](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/seanp/32/42560_2.png) [@SeanP](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/SeanP)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/trying-to-change-wall-materialid/54835/2 "2020-09-06T14:40:31Z")

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Please don’t make duplicate posts. You didn’t respond to the information on your previous one. This just makes it harder for you to get an answer.

> [@How to get MaterialId and set MaterialId using python script in dynamo](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-get-materialid-and-set-materialid-using-python-script-in-dynamo/54808/2):
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> Walls have compound layers so you can’t just set a single material. See if this post gets you headed in the right direction.

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