What is the best way to tile a bathroom?

[Anonymous]

I ask this question since I imagine we all need to do this at some point.

What are the alternatives for tiling a bathroom when you really want to control where the tiles fall, and show thicknesses?

Typically, I have always just done vector hatch fils in 2D, and then made a lib part built from slabs the drawing if I really want/need to show the tiling in 3d.

Having parts/objects that on a render layer for this purpose is fine, just wondering what my fellow Archicad users do.

-Nathan Brauer

[Anonymous]

I have seen it done 3 ways

1. A fill on your elevation, good when you only put in minimum tiling for building requirements. Not useful if doing rendering or need thickness.

2. An object that you can amend where your first tile starts, we had our showers, baths etc created with the tile object in them. Bit fiddly but looks good.

3. Thin walls with a material/fill attached. Only Used this method on a few houses I converted for a company, I didn't like it much.

Julia

[Link]

Or you could buy the ArchiTiles Add On!

http://80.20.92.205/cigraphint/FMPro?-db=prodottiint.fp5&-format=scheda%20prod.htm&-lay=tutto&-sortf...

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

i can't download the pdf....from the website

[Djordje]

Try http://www.aboutarchitiles.com/

You can also use Interior wizard ... will update, qualtify etc. But only ArchiTiles will give you tile schedule with cutting included.

Be patient ... be VERY patient!

[Anonymous]

thanks djorde.
i don't seem to find the where to buy and the price.
any idea?

[Anonymous]

This might seem complex, but I am mostly happy with the result.

I know I'm using 7x7 wall tiles, 6" cove base, and 1" cap tile. I have drawn a wall section with fils showing the tiles, and select them with a polyline path to create a lib. part that has the horizontal courses. Then in elevation, I draw the 2d lines to control equal tiles on either side of the wall.

Here is my wish: I would just use a 3d vectorial hatch on the wall, like I do on the floor, but I can't seem to control its point of origin in a wall, or in a lib. part made by profiler. But I would like to...

The other dilemma is in my 3d presentation view/clarification perspective only the horizontal courses show.

More suggestions, short of making slab lib. parts of each elevation?(really tedious, might as well just draw them and be done with it. Or is it already tedious?)

Nathan Brauer

One more thing: My 3d Vectorial hatch doesn't show thru glass, even when I have glass transparency on in my 3d window options. Actually, in a 3d view, it shows but doesn't export into Plotmaker, and it just doesn't show in elevation.

Sometimes(read:often) I feel like I spend lots of time trying to get archicad to do things in a clever way, rather than just quickly drawing the thing.

[Anonymous]

Nathan wrote:
Here is my wish: I would just use a 3d vectorial hatch on the wall, like I do on the floor, but I can't seem to control its point of origin in a wall, or in a lib. part made by profiler. But I would like to...

I think this may meet your need...

Edit/Align 3D Texture/Set Origin

[Anonymous]

>>One more thing: My 3d Vectorial hatch doesn't show thru glass, even when I have glass transparency on in my 3d window options. Actually, in a 3d view, it shows but doesn't export into Plotmaker, and it just doesn't show in elevation.

The way I get around this is have an option in my objects to turn the glass off. Mainly for my shower screen. That way you see the frame and the taps and the tiles.

Julia

[Djordje]

lsid wrote:
thanks djorde. i don't seem to find the where to buy and the price. any idea?

Try http://www.cigraph-store.com/html/home/CIG-INDEX.htm