Fish Scale floor in 3ds Max

Scale-shaped tiles laid in overlapping rows, also called fan or scallop tiles: a favourite for bathroom walls and kitchen splashbacks.

Rows, fish scale tile pattern for 3ds Max — Rows

Pinwheel, fish scale tile pattern for 3ds Max — Pinwheel

With rounded squares, fish scale tile pattern for 3ds Max — With rounded squares

How to make a fish scale tile in 3ds Max

Draw the room as a closed spline, or pick a floor slab.
Add the Floor and Tiles modifier and pick Fish Scale in the pattern grid.
Three variations: rows, pinwheel and with rounded squares. Width and height set the scale, Sides how smooth its arc is. With Tile every surface the same tiles go up a wall.
Render. The floor stays live: change a size and it relays itself; collapse it only when you want.

Thickness, bevel, grout, random rotation and tilt, missing boards, material IDs and UVs per tile work the same in every pattern, and so do Chamfer, Damage and Handmade. See the documentation.

Fish Scale is in Pro

The free version lays Basic, the running and stack bond, so you can try the whole plugin first. Fish Scale and the other twenty-three patterns come with the Pro key, for every Max from 2024 to 2027.

Buy Pro for €24 Pay in 4 installments4 monthly payments of €6 All 25 patterns →

Also: Herringbone, Chevron, Versailles, Hexagonal, Basket Weave, Penny Round and Arabesque.