Search for Surface (Surface Painter)

Use the search field at the top of the palette.

Choose where to search:

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Search Project: Searches among all the surface attributes of this project

Search Loaded Catalogs: Searches in surface catalogs added to the Library Manager

Search BIM Components - Searches only on BIM Components, an interactive depository of objects and surfaces contributed by Archicad users or uploaded by Graphisoft.

For more information, see BIM Components.

The last four searched items are listed in the search history.

Click Clear Search to return to the full content panel.

Add Surface to Project (Surface Painter)

To add a surface from a catalog: click the Add to Project button.

Note: In Teamwork, this function is available only if you have the “Create Surface” permission.

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This action does the following:

Adds the surface to your project’s surface attributes

Note: Since a surface also includes a cover fill, adding a new surface to the project might result in adding a new fill attribute, if the project does not already contain a fill of the same name.

Enters Paint mode

To add a surface found from the BIM Components Portal (marked with a globe icon), click the appearing Download and Embed button.