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Tile Script

... an integrated system within Callidus to create virtually any repeating grid of tiles

How to use this library

These examples show some of the results that can be achieved - it does assume some familiarity with the basics of TileScript

scroll through the list of designs
find a grid that best matches your requirements
double click into the TileScript and it will be copied to clipboard
return to Callidus and paste into the TileScript Editor
modify to suit your design

description	sample
a simple single tile, change UNITSIZE to rescale		#change UNITSIZE to 18" for imperial sized tile unitsize .5 tile 1 1
single tile with an offset repeat to create 'brickbond' Note: the line rep 1 1 .5 this means the tiles are placed 1 unit across and down but each row is shifted to the right by .5 unit In this case the UNITSIZE is .5 so the tiles are 50cm in size		#change UNITSIZE to 18" for imperial sized tile unitsize .5 rep 1 1 .5 tile 1 1
checkerboard style using 2 colours REP 2 1 1 tiles are repeated 1 unit across and down but each row is shifted to the right by a full tile By applying COL green blue the checker board effect becomes visible		UNITSIZE .5 REP 2 1 1 TILE 1 1 0 0 TILE 1 1 1 0 col green blue
CHEVRON length, thickness, angle , rows , cols see the diagram for how the dimensions relate to the tile		chevron 1.6 .3 35
Chevron design with colours applied to give a totally different effect		chevron 1 .3 70 2 1 col red yellow yellow red
A simple herring bone with HERRING longest, shorter, rows , cols rows and cols can be added to create different effects		herring 1 .25
adding the 'count' of 3 allows three different colour sections to be created giving a totally different effect on the floor		herring 1 .25 0 3 col green green teal teal brown brown
HERRING bone with key ends examples shows herring bones 1m x .25m with the keyValue of 1 This adds a keysquare at the start of the horizontal tile		herring 1 .25 1 col yellow yellow teal
HERRING bone with keysquares at each end (the "2" at the end signifies both ends - changing this "1" would leave a single keysquare		herring 1 .25 2 col red teal red teal
HEXAGONAL tile The single command HEX edgeLength creates the hexagonal grid. In this example UNITSIZE 1" allows the tile to be created in inches HEX 14" is NOT allowed - you have to use UNITSIZE		UNITSIZE 1" HEX 14
Here we have "2 rows and 3 columns" of 14" tiles with colours applied By changing the grid size and colours a wide range of colour flowing designs can be achieved		UNITSIZE 1" HEX 14 2 3 col red green blue orange
A hexagonal tile with a 'border' built with separate tiles Enter the edge length of the hexagon and the thickness of the border This is the first option on this design Although each hexagon is surrounded by 6 border components some of these are shared. If you want to colour the border in you only need to apply COL to the last 4 tiles (as in this example)		HEXBORDER .35 .1 0 col red red red red
If you just want a full border of 6 elements around each tile then change the option to 1 as in this example Note, that each hexagon is surrounded by 6 separate tiles so the colour application is different than in option=0		HEXBORDER .35 .1 1 col red red red red red red
Bolon range Wing tile layout 0 This uses the Wing tile in a fixed layout. All sizes are fixed by bolon In this layout there are FOUR elements, using colours to show how they lock together		wing col red green blue orange
BOLON Wing orientation "1" By adding the option 1 to the command the tiles are re-arranged Now there are TWO tiles in each grid		wing 1 col red green
BOLON Wing orientation 2 6 tiles arranged to give a 3d effect.		wing 2 col red green orange blue purple
BOLON Wing orientation 3 two tiles locked together		wing 3 col red green
Equilaterla Triangle tile construct a layout using 6 tiles: Note this is very similar to the HEXAGONAL tile layout except that separate triangles build the hexagon rather than a single solid tile - this allows for greater creative colouring options The length is the edge length of triangle		tri .7 col red green orange blue pink purple
Same triangular design but now with 2 rows and 1 column		tri .7 2 1 col red green orange blue pink purple
BOLON Scale tile (all sizes are fixed by the manufacturer)		#no need for any dimensions as these are fixed scale
SCALE with rows and columns Adding rows and columns and applying colours creates a different effect from just plain tiles		scale 2 3 col green red
BOLON Deco tile All sizes fixed by the manufacturer Just a single tile		DECO
BOLON Deco here there are TWO rows and TWO columns with a single colour added		deco 2 2 col red
BOLON Wave All sizes fixed by the manufacturer The basic design involves two tiles, one doing the 'up wave' and one doing the 'down wave' so when you add rows and cols this pair is copied across and down by setting up a block of these pairs and applying colours you can achieve a variety of different effects		WAVE
BOLON Wave with rows columns this will multiply by 2 rows and 2 columns the colours create the different effect		wave 2 2 col red blue blue red blue red red blue
BOLON Wave 2 rows but 1 column and the colour effect is totally changed		wave 2 1 col red blue blue red blue red red blue
cube effect using DIAMOND shape tile If rows and rows are omitted then a single cube is created with 3 tiles - these can be coloured to enhance the 3d effect. This example has 2 rows and 2 columns (4 cubes, 12 tiles)		diamond .5 0 2 2 col green orange orange
Repeating grid using large and small tile with an overal step effect STEP largeLength, largeHeight smallLength smallHeight Both dimensions of both tiles have to be entered		step 1 1 .4 .4 col red
Classic keysquare layout You must enter the size of the main tile but the keysquare is assumed to be square This command constructs tiles with a simple keysquare feature In this example the main tile is 1m x 1m with a keysquare of .2x.2 As rows and cols are omitted the keysquare is added at each corners		key 1 1 .2 col red
Keysquare with rows and columns By adding values for rows and cols the frequency of the keysquare is controlled. In this example there are 2 rows and 3 columns you can see the keysquares are dropped in every 3 across and 2 down. If you are applying colours, the keySquare is the first one to be painted. Here there are 3 rows and 3 columns and keysquare is no longer on each tile		key .5 .5 .1 3 3 col red
PINWHEEL design uses calculated values this consists of 5 elements, 4 being 'long & thin' the fifth being the central square tile Copy this script into Callidus and change the values for len & ht For example, to use a 36" x 6" tile unitsize 1" let len=36 let ht=6		unitsize .5 #set the size of the tile here let len=1 let ht = 0.25 #calculate the inner dimension let inner=len-ht # set this to zero to remove the 'stagger' let dx=(len+ht)/2 #set the repeat from the overal size rep len+ht, len+ht, dx # create the vertical and horizontal elements tile len ht 0,0 -ht len tile ht len -ht 0 len-ht,ht #add the inner square component tile inner inner 0 ht col yellow
Facet tile This tile size is set by the manufacturer. (Patcraft). If you need a different size change the values of let long= let short= let ht= The rest of the script will be calculated from those values		unitsize 1" let long=24 let short=12 let ht=8.5 let x=sqrt(shortshort-htht) rep long 2ht corners 0,0 long,0 long+x,ht x,ht corners 0,ht2 long,ht*2 long+x,ht x,ht
Triangular tile (in line design) THIS DESIGN IS FOR A 24" TILE Change UNITSIZE or the 'Len' variables to change this to a different size Using calculations to create a pair of triangles Trhe corners command creates a shape from pairs of coordinates. The script below sets up two equilateral triangles and add a single colour to highlight the pair		unitsize 1" let len=24 let ht=lensin(60) rep len ht corners 0,0 len/2,ht len,0 corners len,0 len/2,ht len1.5,ht col red
Triangular tile (in line design) this uses a half tile shift between rows see the line rep len ht LEN/2		unitsize 1" let len=24 let ht=lensin(60) # adding in a half tile shift to change the layout rep len ht len/2 corners 0,0 len/2,ht len,0 corners len,0 len/2,ht len1.5,ht col red
'random' plank design Built from 10 tiles stacked vertically with a random offset		plank 1 .25 col red green
random plank with colours applied shows that there are 10 tiles in the repeating block		plank 1 .25 col red green blue orange pink purple cyan yellow teal gray
Solus "Stealth" ceramic tile Change len and height for different size element, the rest of the design should scale accordingly		unitsize 1 let len=.3 let height=.1 let ht=height/2 rep len-ht ,2*ht, 0 ,-ht corners 0,0 ht,ht len-ht,ht len,0 len-ht,-ht ht,-ht
Uses RTILE to create a row of 10 tiles each 1m x .25m then turns this into a herringbone design. Use this to fill a room with a single herringbone 'join' down the centre of the area. If the room is larger increase the number of tiles in the row. As the number of tiles increases the time taken to generate the grid also goes up so don't add too many to begin with		rtile 1 .25 0 0 10 herringblock
3d cube with a square face all edges are 50cm in this script (alter unitsize to change)		unitsize .5 let dx=1/sqrt(2) let dy=1/sqrt(2) rep tile 1 1 0 -1 corners 0,0 dx,dy 1+dx,dy 1,0 corners 1,-1 1,0 1+dx,dy 1+dx,-1+dy
offset herringbone		unitsize 1" rep 54 54 18 18 corners 0 0 0 36 6 42 6 6 col lightgray corners 0 0 36 0 42 6 6 6 col gray corners 6 6 6 42 12 48 12 12 col lightgray corners 6 6 42 6 48 12 12 12 col gray corners 12 12 12 48 18 54 18 18 col lightgray corners 12 12 48 12 54 18 18 18 col gray tile 36 9 18 18 18 27 18 36 18 45 col tan 4
Patcraft Dichroic		unitsize 1' rep 3.414 3.414 1.414 -1.414 tile 2 2 0 0 col yellow corners 0 0 -1.414 -1.414 -2.828 0 -1.414 1.414 col yellow corners 0 0 -1.414 1.414 -1.414 3.414 0 2 corners 0 0 -1.414 -1.414 .586 -1.414 2 0

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