Bricks · Tool Guide

At a glance

Edit individual bricks using linked elevation and plan-cut views.
Set the repeat size and choose how bricks meet the panel boundaries.
Save patterns for reuse and revise an existing placed Bricks object.

Brick screen in 3D in Archicad — **Brick screen in 3D**A repeated open-brick pattern, shown as a finished rectangular panel.

Pattern editingStart with a preset or an empty repeat.

Each brick has controls for its size, position, depth and rotation. The linked elevation and plan-cut views let you compare the face arrangement with its depth.

Use the grid, snap and edge-alignment controls when arranging joints and brick positions. The plan-cut view can follow the selected brick to help inspect its relationship with the pattern.

Pattern editor in Archicad — **Pattern editor**Compare the elevation and plan cut while editing the selected brick.

Repeat size and panel boundariesThe repeating tile and finished panel have separate dimensions.

Repeat width and Repeat height define the tile repeated through the pattern. Panel width and Panel height define the finished screen.

Choose the boundary treatment for bricks that cross the panel edge: they can be clipped or omitted. The tool creates flat rectangular panels; it does not trim the pattern automatically to arbitrary walls or openings.

Panel size and boundary treatment in Archicad — **Panel size and boundary treatment**The panel preview shows how the repeat fills the finished width and height.

Saving, placing and revisingKeep the pattern available for later editing.

Save a named pattern or a .happybricks file when you want to reuse the design. Placement uses a baseline origin and direction to position the panel.

A placed HAPPY Bricks object retains its pattern. Use Edit in Bricks to bring that instance back into the editor, then Apply changes to revise it.