Finch 101: Generating Unit Plans
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to generate and assign unit plans directly within Finch—whether from your own plan library or using Finch’s AI suggestions.
1. Review Your Floor Plate
Open your project and double-click into a unit-mixed floor plate (e.g., from the previous tutorial).
Confirm that Finch has already generated unit boundaries.
2. Set Graph Rules (Optional but Recommended)
Before assigning unit plans, set graph rules to ensure consistency across apartments.
Steps:
Click the Graph Rules icon in the top toolbar
Define baseline rules:
Minimum bedroom size
Bathroom size
Overall unit constraints
These rules guide layout consistency and regulatory alignment across all units.
3. Select a Unit to Begin
Click any unit to get started. For mirrored units (e.g., same shape and size), you only need to assign one—Finch can mirror and sync the rest.
Example: Select a 75.1 m²
unit.
4. Generate or Reuse Plans
You have two options based on your Finch subscription level:
Basic Users
Click Scan My Library
This searches for plans you’ve personally saved to your account
Enterprise Users
Click Generate Plan
OR just double-click the unit for a shortcut
Finch will automatically detect:
Facade walls (for daylighting)
Entry points (for circulation)
5. Review Plan Suggestions
Plans are displayed in two tiers:
Your Studio's Plan Library (top results)
Includes accessibility settings, custom tags, regional data, and furniture
Finch-Generated Plans (below)
Fast, regulation-aware layouts, but unfurnished
Use studio plans for speed Save Finch-generated plans to your studio dataset for future reuse
6. Use Filters to Refine Results
To avoid browsing 1000+ plans, apply filters:
Bedrooms (e.g., 2)
Bathrooms (e.g., 1)
Region (e.g., UK for region-specific codes)
Finch will only show plans that match your filters and have a score ≥ 75%
You can lower this threshold, but results below 75% may require more manual adjustment.
7. Inspect Plan Fit Score
Each plan includes a match score (e.g., 96%).
Click the Data Drawer to explore:
Adaptivity: How much each room had to stretch or compress
Daylight: Whether daylight-required rooms meet facade requirements
Room-by-room scores: Red = more deviation
Use this to understand how well a plan fits your unit shape.
8. Assign and Customize the Plan
Click Assign to Unit to place your chosen plan.
Once applied:
The plan remains editable
Use drag tools to modify walls, resize rooms, or reorient furniture
Save changes with the Save Plan button or by double-clicking outside the unit
Example:
Narrow a hallway
Shift the dining room
Tweak storage
9. Smart Copy & Mirrored Sync
If multiple units share the same dimensions:
Use Control + C
to copy the plan
Control + C
to copy the planThen select a matching unit and Control + V
to paste
Finch automatically mirrors layouts when orientation is reversed (e.g., corridor is on the opposite side) — and keeps them linked.
Any edit made to one will update the others.
10. Assign Across the Floor
To assign multiple identical units:
Open the Unique Units drawer
Select all units with matching geometry
Use
Control + V
to apply the layout
Finch will apply mirroring and linking automatically.
Summary
You’ve learned how to:
Apply graph rules for layout control
Generate unit plans from your personal or studio dataset
Filter and assign layouts based on bedrooms, bathrooms, and region
Fine-tune unit interiors and use smart-mirroring for efficiency
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