Archicad Tutorial #87: Find & Select

Criteria Sets for Find & Select are a powerful, underused feature in Archicad. In this video I discuss how to use Criteria Sets, as well as more basic aspects of Find & Select. The original blog post this video is from has a bit more on Find & Select: www.shoegnome.com/2022/09/20/f...
00:00 Intro and Find & Select Basics
00:37 Adding Criteria and using Criteria
01:17 Eyedropper and matching selected Element's Criteria
02:18 Criteria Sets
03:05 The Power of Custom Criteria Sets
04:33 Outro, Recap, and Thank yous
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[@yahikonat]

Thank you for the content

[@Shoegnome]

You're welcome!

[@ayan13yxq]

Archicad has many cool features that is different to other software, and it is good to use. But users new to archicad often don't know this. They are hidden in some deep place.😃

[@ayan13yxq]

Can we export and import these criteria sets all in one time? not one by one.

[@Shoegnome]

Agreed! There's so many great features in Archicad, but a lot of them are a bit hard to find.

[@Shoegnome]

Unfortunately they have to be imported and exported one at a time. There might be a way to batch export and import using a JSon / Python script, but I have never tried that and have no experience with that method.

[@TheUF4]

Hi Jared. I wanted to know in Archicad on a split-level project I notice some windows that are on a lower plane disappear on the floorplan view. How do you correct this.
I have tried to change my floor plan cut plane setting but then other windows start to disappear. I hope you understand what I'm talking about

[@Shoegnome]

You need to change the floor plan display of the wall and window. Set the wall to be symbolic display and show on home story only. Then change the window floor plan display settings until you get what you want. Sometimes it's a little more tricky than that, but the answer will be a combination of wall and window floor plan display, not floor plan cut plane settings.

[@TheUF4]

​@@Shoegnome.Thank you...did just that. Much Appreciated...Keep up the good work.​

[@Shoegnome]

Glad that worked.

[@Priest92]

Shoe gnome I got some questions bro on how to use it, I've been using archicad for 12 years but still some simple stuff puzzles me. Can I email you?

[@Shoegnome]

Sure. Send me an email. Happy to chat.