Tiles more real in revit

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to make the tiles with a plugin like the floor generator in sketchup?

[aRcHiTeCt.JM · Accepted solution]

… no , there is no plug-in for that

…. In general you can use textures and bumps

…. Other way will be drawing the tiles as a families with extrusions

… but this option will be more “heavy” and complex

…. I will only recommend it for small projects

… and it is mostly for close renders…

….. take a look at this project I have been doing like that:

.... it renders great

…. In plan view they look great

[Anonymous]

great 😞 I wish I can create a plugin for that. it will be amazing. someone knows how to create a plugin for that?

[barthbradley]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Is there a way to make the tiles with a plugin like the floor generator in sketchup?

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What "tiles" are you talking about?    

[Anonymous]

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@barthbradley wrote: 

What "tiles" are you talking about?    

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tiles like tiles

any tile as in the floor generator from sketchup http://www.thesketchupessentials.com/floorgenerator/

[barthbradley]

I see.  So you want to model the tile realistically as individual, interconnected components.  I think you may be over-modeling.  That level of detail would greatly impact on file size and performance.   Most of use us Model hatch patterns represent tile, and rendering appearance images for photorealistic presentations -- and save off that LOD for Architectural and Construction Details.  

[barthbradley]

Can Sketchup do tile like this?

[Anonymous]

hi im wondering if you could help im trying to create a subway tile but to a specific size tile 200x100 how can i edit to get the size i want any help would be appreciated.  

[barthbradley]

Why not just use a tile procedural map and size it through the Texture Editor?  

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/EN...

[Anonymous]

thanks for that was able to get them to the size i wanted. one last question how do i make it so i can dim the tile for setting out??  ive used curtain walling on regular tiling and im able to dim these up... thanks again for you help 

[barthbradley]

You mean Dimension? Do you normally place dimensions in Realistic or Rendered Views? The Procedural Map only shows in those View.  You'll need to a Model Hatch Pattern for the other Visual Styles so you can pull dimensions from Model Hatch Pattern Line work representing the tile edges/grout lines. Or you can use Ref. Planes or Detail Lines as dimension references.

[Anonymous]

thank you so much i will be using constant or shaded for my views.. i used the model hatch option and it works fine and it gives me a start on how i can create custom model hatches for tiles  ... again thanks for your help and quick response

[Ricard_S]

How did you do that? It looks really Good!

What type of familydid you use?

i’ve seen curtain walls beeing used for Wall-tiles.

A family with a tile and spacing+grout? (Line-based?)