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Properties

Dimensions of the selected pattern. The rollout shows only the parameters of the current pattern.

Basic

Rows of rectangles with optional random sizes.

Row Offset locked at 0, 50 and 33; then lengths and the offset unlocked

Parameter	Description
Length › Min / Max / Spread, padlock	Element length. Locked: all elements use Max. Unlocked: random between Min and Max; Spread 0 is uniform, higher values favour the average.
Width › Min / Max / Spread, padlock	Element width, as Length. Unlocked gives rows of random width.
Row Offset › Min / Max / Spread, padlock	Row stagger, as a percentage of the length. 50 running bond, 33 third bond, 0 stack bond. Unlocked: random per row.

Herringbone

Planks at 90° in a zigzag.

Parameter	Description
Rows	Planks per arm. 1 single, 2 double, 3 triple herringbone.
Length, Width	Plank size. The pattern closes without steps when Length is a whole multiple of Width.

Chevron

Planks with angled ends meeting on a straight seam.

Parameter	Description
Lean	Angle of the planks to the seam, in degrees.
Length, Width	Plank size before the ends are cut.
Offset, Every	Row stagger.

Block

Square blocks of parallel planks, each turned 90° to its neighbours.

Parameter	Description
Size	Block size.
Split	Planks per block. 1 gives plain squares.
With diamonds	Adds diamonds at the block corners.
Diamonds	Diamond at every Nth corner.
Diamond	Diamond size, point to point.

Basket Weave

Groups of planks alternating direction.

Rows 2; Rows 3; No dots; Columns unlocked

Parameter	Description
Rows	Planks in the lengthwise group.
Columns, padlock	Planks in the crosswise group. Locked: equal to Rows.
No dots	Closes the groups into continuous bands without the small squares.
Length › Board / Cross, padlock	Length of the lengthwise and crosswise planks. Locked: equal. Cross is disabled with No dots.
Width › Board / Cross, padlock	Width of the lengthwise and crosswise planks.

Versailles

Square panels of woven boards around a centre square, laid on the diagonal. Internal sizes are derived from the panel.

Parameter	Description
Variation (grid)	1: panels butted. 2: a board between panels. 3: smaller panel module.
Panel	Panel size.
Board	Width of the woven boards.
Frame	Width of the frame boards.
Border	Width of the boards between panels (variation 2).
Padlock	Uses one width for Board, Frame and Border.
Offset, Every	Row stagger. Variations 1 and 3.

Bordeaux

Squares and rectangles with a small square at each crossing.

Offset 0; Offset 50; Offset 50 with Every 2

Parameter	Description
Size	Module size. Other pieces are proportional.
Offset, Every	Row stagger.

Hexagonal

Regular or stretched hexagons.

Height locked (regular), then unlocked to 1.5× and 0.7× Size

Parameter	Description
Size	Width across flats.
Height	Width across points. Follows Size until unlocked.
Unlock	Allows Height to be edited.

Diamond

60°/120° rhombi.

Parameter	Description
Variation (grid)	1: rhombi in rows. 2: three orientations forming cubes; use three material IDs.
Size	Side length of the rhombus.

Fish Scale

Overlapping scales. Flip in General reverses their direction.

Locked; Height unlocked; Radius unlocked; Variation 2; Variation 3

Parameter	Description
Width, Height, padlock	Scale size. Locked: square.
Radius, padlock	Arc radius. Locked: the largest radius without gaps.
Variation (grid)	1: rows. 2: four scales around each point; requires a square scale and the locked radius. 3: a scale on every grid point, facing up and down by turns, with a large rounded square in every cell; sized by Width. Opened in a version before 1.4.5 it shows as variation 2.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Also sets the mesh density with Generate topology on. Default: 18.

Monticello

Squares with pickets between them.

Split 1; Split 3 alternating; Split 3 not alternating

Parameter	Description
Variation (grid)	1: one pointed picket at each crossing. 2: two mitred boards framing each square.
Square	Square size.
Picket	Picket width.
Split	Boards per square. 1 leaves it whole.
Alternate	Turns the split 90° on alternate squares.
Offset, Every	Row stagger.

Camelot

Squares with small squares at the corners. Proportions are fixed.

Size 60 and Size 100 over the same floor

Parameter	Description
Size	Module size.

Parquet Panels

Framed square panels, each turned from the last.

Split 4 and Split 8 on variation 1; Split 3 on variation 4

Parameter	Description
Variation	Panel fill. 1: diagonal bands. 2: four triangles. 3: cross with banded squares. 4: four blocks of planks.
Size	Panel size.
Frame	Frame width.
Split	Divisions of the panel fill.

Arabesque

Lantern-shaped tiles, point to point.

Locked; Height unlocked; Radius unlocked; Sides 8

Parameter	Description
Width, Height, padlock	Tile size. Locked: equal.
Radius, padlock	Arc radius. Locked: the roundest shape. Smaller values give straighter sides.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Penny Round

Round tiles in rows; the ground between them is left to the grout.

Circles with Shift Rows; Shift Rows off; Length unlocked - capsules; capsules on a grid

Parameter	Description
Width, Length, padlock	Tile size. Locked: a circle. Unlocked, a longer Length makes a standing capsule.
Shift Rows	Slides rows into the hollows of the row below, or columns up (Slide).
Shift by	How far a slid row or column goes; half a tile nests them in the hollows, and the rows close up to match.
Every	Which rows are shifted: every other row, every third and so on.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Hex Weave

Hexagons with three planks woven round each, three ways at once.

Parameter	Description
Length	Plank length.
Variation (grid)	1: whole hexagons. 2: hexagons cut in half corner to corner, all one way. 3: the cut turns from one hexagon to the next.

Shingles

Round-tongued shingles in columns, each tongue in the notch of the one below.

Offset 50, 1 of every 2; Offset 0; Offset 33, 1 of every 3; narrow and long

Parameter	Description
Width, Length, padlock	Shingle size. Locked: the proportion of the reference shingle.
Offset	How far slid columns move up, as a percentage of a length.
Count, Every, padlock	Count columns slid out of every Every. Locked: Count is half of Every.

Slid columns take their own material ID.

Pentagon

Two pentagons, large and small, fitted together.

Parameter	Description
Size	The large pentagon, across. Large and small take IDs 1 and 2.

Trapezoid

Half hexagons, laid four ways.

Parameter	Description
Size	The long side.
Variation (grid)	1 cubes, 2 herringbone, 3 pinwheels, 4 rows of hexagons with rhombi between.

The halves take IDs 1 to 3 by the way their long side runs: give the three IDs three tones and the cubes stand up. Rhombi take 4.

Triangle

Equilateral triangles.

Parameter	Description
Size	Side length.
Variation (grid)	1: all alike, point up and point down (IDs 1 and 2). 2: large ones pointing up with two half their size pointing down between (IDs 1 and 2).

Wave

Custom. A round tongue on top and a notch underneath, stacked in columns; every other column is turned over so the tongues sit in the hollows.

Parameter	Description
Width, Height	Tile size.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Biscuits

Custom. Long tiles with round ends and two round bites along one side, four at a time turning round each other.

Parameter	Description
Width	Tile width. The length is always four widths: that is what makes the pattern close.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Shippo

Custom. Overlapping circles, laid as the four-point stars inside them and the petals where two overlap.

Parameter	Description
Size	The circles' diameter.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Clover

Custom. A hexagon whose sides are arcs, three out and three in, each lobe in the next tile's bite.

Parameter	Description
Size	Across the corners.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Three material IDs, set so no two neighbours share one.

Corset

Custom. The Warsaw corset tile: a square on its corner whose sides are quarter circles, two bowed out and two bitten in, every other tile turned so each lobe sits in a neighbour's bite.

Parameter	Description
Size	Across the corners.
Radius, padlock	Radius of the arcs. Locked: the size sets it, and the sides are quarter circles. Open: a larger radius gives flatter arcs.
Sides	Arc segments per full circle. Default: 24.

Shared parameters

Parameter	Description
Variation	Layout variant: Versailles, Monticello, Diamond, Parquet Panels, Fish Scale, Hex Weave, Trapezoid, Triangle. Each variation is a picture of its own in the pattern grid, picked like a pattern. Stored per pattern.
Offset	Shift of every second row, as a percentage of the element. 50 is a half bond. Bordeaux, Chevron, Monticello, Versailles 1 and 3.
Every	Number of rows per offset step.
Length, Width	Plank size.
Padlock	Links a value to another value or rule. Unlock to edit it.

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