Floor and Tiles · Documentation

Pattern

Sets the pattern of the selected row, the tile thickness, the joint width and the edge bevel.

Each row in the Areas list has its own Pattern rollout. Pattern sizes are set in Properties.

Type

The layout pattern, shown as a picture. Click it and pick from the grid of every pattern and variation: Standard holds the parquet and tile layouts, Custom the shaped tiles (Wave, Biscuits, Shippo, Clover and Corset). The mouse wheel over the picture steps through the patterns; in the grid, the arrow keys and the wheel lay each one for a look, Enter keeps it and Esc puts back what was there.

Basic parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Basic

Herringbone parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Herringbone

Chevron parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Chevron

Block parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Block

Basket Weave parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Basket Weave

Versailles parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Versailles

Bordeaux parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Bordeaux

Hexagonal parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Hexagonal

Diamond parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Diamond

Fish Scale parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Fish Scale

Monticello parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Monticello

Camelot parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Camelot

Parquet Panels parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Parquet Panels

Arabesque parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Arabesque

Penny Round parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Penny Round

Hex Weave parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Hex Weave

Shingles parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Shingles

Pentagon parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Pentagon

Trapezoid parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Trapezoid

Triangle parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Triangle

Wave parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Wave

Biscuits parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Biscuits

Shippo parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Shippo

Clover parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Clover

Corset parquet pattern laid by Floor and Tiles Generator in 3ds Max — Corset

Pattern	Description
Basic	Rows of rectangles. Stagger is set in Properties (running bond, stack bond, third bond). Available in the free edition.
Herringbone	Planks at 90° to each other in a zigzag. Rows sets the number of planks per arm.
Chevron	Planks cut at an angle, meeting on a straight seam. Lean sets the angle.
Block	Squares of parallel planks, each turned 90° to its neighbours. Optional diamonds at the crossings.
Basket Weave	Groups of two or three planks alternating direction. Optional square between groups.
Versailles	Panel module of squares, rectangles and small squares. Three variations.
Bordeaux	Square and rectangle module with a small square at each crossing.
Hexagonal	Hexagons, pointed or flat. Optional picket.
Diamond	Rhombus lattice. Two variations.
Fish Scale	Overlapping scales. Sides sets the arc resolution.
Monticello	Square with one or two pickets running past it.
Camelot	Squares with small squares at the corners.
Parquet Panels	Square panels of parallel planks alternating direction. Four layouts.
Arabesque	Lantern shape tiled point to point.
Penny Round	Round tiles in rows, the ground between them left to the grout. Unlocked, they become capsules.
Hex Weave	Hexagons with three planks woven round each. Three variations.
Shingles	Round-tongued shingles in columns, each tongue in the notch below. Columns can be slid.
Pentagon	Two pentagons, large and small, fitted together.
Trapezoid	Half hexagons: cubes, herringbone, pinwheels, or hexagons with rhombi between.
Triangle	Equilateral triangles, all alike or large with small ones between.
Wave (Custom)	A round tongue on top and a notch below, stacked in columns.
Biscuits (Custom)	Long tiles with round ends and two bites along one side, four turning round each other.
Shippo (Custom)	Overlapping circles laid as four-point stars and petals.
Clover (Custom)	A hexagon of arcs, three out and three in, each lobe in the next tile's bite.
Corset (Custom)	The Warsaw corset tile: a square on its corner with quarter-circle sides, two bowed out and two bitten in, every other tile turned.

Sizes shared by two patterns are kept when the type changes, for example plank length and width between Basic and Herringbone.

Free edition: only Basic is laid. Other types can be selected and are saved with the scene, but no tiles are generated until the paid edition is activated.

Tile

Parameter	Description	Default
Thickness	Tile height. At 0 the floor is a single-sided sheet, one face per tile. Above 0 each tile is a solid with sides; the underside is added with Cap bottom in General. Tiles are raised from the area plane by this amount.	0
Grout	Joint width between tiles. The tile size is unchanged; the pattern repeat grows by the joint. At 0 the tiles touch. The joint is empty unless Grout generates a slab.	0.5
Apply to all Pro	Copies Type, Thickness, Grout and Bevel from this row to every other row of the object, including the rows of other surfaces in Volume Tiles. Sizes and stagger are not copied.

With mitred corners (Volume Tiles, Tile every surface) the mitre is cut from the tile thickness: a thicker tile gives a wider mitre.

Three floors side by side at a low angle: Thickness 0 (flat, single-sided), 8 and 20

The same tile at a narrow and a wide joint: the tile stays, the repeat grows

Bevel

A chamfer cut into the top edge of every tile. The tile footprint is unchanged; the top face is reduced.

Parameter	Description	Default
Outline	Width of the bevel measured in plan. 0 leaves a square edge.	0
Height, padlock	Depth of the bevel. Equal to Outline gives 45°. At 0 the top face is inset with a vertical step and no slope. Locked: Height follows Outline, a 45° edge from one number. Locked on new floors; older scenes keep the edge they had.	0
Min Corner	Minimum turn, in degrees, for a vertex of the tile outline to be bevelled as a corner. Vertices that turn less, such as those along a curved cut, are left straight so the bevel shows no seams.	20

Three tiles close up from above-and-side: Outline 0 · Outline 5 Height 5 (45°) · Outline 5 Height 0 (a flat step), with a small profile drawing under each

Bevel faces use their own smoothing group.

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