Surface Painter Palette
Note: Before using the Surface Painter feature, make sure you are not working in “legacy” intersection mode. (Uncheck this option at Options > Project Preferences > Legacy.)
By default, the Content Panel of Surface Painter (at left in the image below) lists all the surface attributes of the current project.
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The Paint mode icon is active when you are in Paint mode. (See Override Surfaces With Surface Painter.)
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Use the Pick Up Surfaces command to click any project element to select its surface in the Surface Painter.
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Use the Search field to narrow the set of displayed surfaces and/or to add new surfaces to your project. (See Search for Surface and Add Surface to Project, below.)
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Use the commands of the pop-up menu to customize palette display. (See Customize the Surface Painter Palette, below.)
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Search Project: Searches among all the surface attributes of this project
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Search Loaded Catalogs: Searches in surface catalogs added to the Library Manager
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Search BIM Components - Searches only on BIM Components, an interactive depository of objects and surfaces contributed by ARCHICAD users or uploaded by GRAPHISOFT.
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Click Clear Search to return to the full content panel.
If you choose a surface from a loaded catalog (marked with a folder icon), click the appearing Add to Project button.
Note: In Teamwork, the Add to Project function is available only if you have the “Create Surface” permission.
Note: Since a surface also includes a vectorial hatching, adding a new surface to the project might result in adding a new fill attribute, too: if a fill with the exact same name is not already part of the project, it will be added as a new one.
To add a surface found from the BIM Components Portal (marked with a globe icon), click the appearing Download and Embed button.
Note: In Teamwork, this function is available only if you have the “Create Surface” permission.