AbaloneHill Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 In the material dialog box I have made a material (texture) for Byzantine Tile (it is a particular shape of tile) but I can not find within Chief a pattern that matches the tile so the pattern will show up on elevations. If I do a camera shot the material shows up. If there is a byzantine tile patter somewhere in the *.pat files, where? If Chief does not have a pattern then how can I make and add a patter, please? Attached is the *.jpg texture for the materiel. KWRC KevinC@AbaloneHill.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 This style is also called Arabesque , if there is nothing in Chief's library I would try some of the AutoCad Forums / Sites as the Pattern Files also work in Chief. you could start here : Google Images of Arabesque Tile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbaloneHill Posted January 18, 2018 Author Share Posted January 18, 2018 Kbird1 Thanks but I looked but found nothing. Lots of other. Is there any way in Chief to make and load the pattern? I have a line drawing, I just cannot make it a *.pat. KWRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 I don't think so unless one of the Tile Manufacturers in the Library has a similar tile and has done a .pat for it. there are online Pattern Generator you could look into... https://www.mosa.com/en-gb/services/pattern-generator http://www.cadhatch.com/hatch-pattern-generator/4588167700 If you have Autocad too ? maybe this will do it ? http://cadtips.cadalyst.com/node/1388?no_cache=1499103174 http://www.hatchkit.com.au/ this is a PDF of Chief Pat files someone made.... Fill Hatch Patterns Cheat Sheets.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 18 minutes ago, Kbird1 said: http://www.hatchkit.com.au/ I tested this one out ^^^ and it seems to be very easy to use and quite powerful. I've tested some of the others in the past too but they were much more limited and much less intuitive. If you know somebody with AutoCAD, they also have lisp routines that can can convert line work to patterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbaloneHill Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 All, Thank you all for your help. I think I will try to find someone with AutoCAD to make a *.pat rile. I saved the dwg drawing of the pattern as a *.dwg from Chief. Hopefully someone can open this and save it as a *.pat that I can use in my drawing. KWRC KevinC@AbaloneHill.com ByzantineTile.dwg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 @ACADuser (Alan) I know is fluent in AutoCad so hopefully he will see this Thread and be able to help you out.... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl_C_Crane Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Did you take a look at Cactus Stone> Tile>Natural Stone>Style>Kacy White Arabesque? EDIT I'm sorry, I just realized that there isn't a .pat file attached to this material. My Bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Thanks Cheryl , I didn't have the X10 version of that Library, it now is split into two with Stone and Tile. It is Cactus Stone> Tile > Natural Stone > Style > Kacy White Lahaina The Tuscany Light Lahaina is also Arabesque Style... http://www.cactustile.com/detail.aspx?id=11292 **** Unfortunately they cheated , there is no Pattern File so the Material is no good for Vector Views , below I changed the Colour to White and Blended it with the Texture to get these Pics. The One Above the OP Posted..... still no Pattern MHD_Tile_White_Arabesque-Fancy.calibz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: Hey, not bad Mick. That was nice of you. Here it is WITH the pattern. Its not perfect but its close. White Arabesque Tile Fancy 2.calibz Note that I removed the Normal Map because it wasn't quite right. And here's the pattern file if any of you need it for anything else... Arabesque.pat If this helps any of you guys out enough, please consider sending a small donation my way by clicking on the Pay Pal link in my signature or visiting www.paypal.me/alaskansons Thanks Mike.... it was the best I could to to make it "seamless" as the Pic above was not shot 100% square on to the Tile ...I don't have Photoshop for doing Bump and Normal Maps etc so I just used the Kacy White Lahiana Material and changed the Texture. Did you buy Hatch Kit? is that how you got the Pattern file? , the free Excel Generator works well for square or rectangular tiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 5 hours ago, Kbird1 said: Did you buy Hatch Kit? is that how you got the Pattern file? Yessir I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Wasn't sure I would ever use it that much so I haven't as most of the Patterns I make as Square or Rectangular , and for most Clients I use Standard Views anyway. It amazes me that CA lets these Manufacturers do as little as possible in their Libraries , eg no Patterns or Search attributes or like the Issue with the REV-A-Shelf Catalog ... ie everything is one Material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Kbird1 said: Wasn't sure I would ever use it that much so I haven't as most of the Patterns I make as Square or Rectangular , and for most Clients I use Standard Views anyway. Yeah, not me...I use vector views, technical illustrations, and line drawings pretty heavily. Actually, sometimes I use them very specifically for tile layouts and so the pattern can be pretty important to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbaloneHill Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 All, I got side tracked and just got back to the forum. Thank you again for all of your help. My new effort is to find two files for waterfall that have disappeared originally from jaimanyi, waterfallsplashA.bmp and waterfall attempt2 copy.jpg. I will start another line. KWRC KevinC@AbaloneHill.com 650.862.5916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRAWZILLA Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Hey Scott, do you still have your marvelous waterfall video for Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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