creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 X12 iMac Mojave Anyone know why my material may be coming in upside down — notice in screenshot that it is correct in Library. Also making extra tile rows that are not in my jpg exported from Adobe ID. I have unchecked Retain Aspect ratio and input exact size of wall that tile goes on in tub area. Also did that in ID creating image at same size as wall. For clarification, gold tile meant to sit at tub with diagonal decos and off whites going to the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 How do I open the Define material again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 It’s not upside down. It’s just the offset that makes it look upside down. just like in your other thread, adjust the horizontal offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I don't understand your suggestion Alaska? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ignore previous 2 entries. I'm looking at how to edit and hope it helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yes it rotates. if it looks the way I want it to in the Plan Materials box, how do I know how to rotate it or what offset to enter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 For the hell of it, I rotated it 180 and it still looks incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Could you give me a clue so I know why I'm doing what I do? I'm looking up "offset" but don't understand the term in regards to the pattern looking upside down to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The pattern repeats infinitely up and down and side to side, so it's just a matter of you scootching the pattern down to where you want it using the vertical offset. You could move it up, or you could move it down, either way you'll get the result you want... just need to play with the distance to get it where you want it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ok I get it and will experiment. Just lower the tiles by the offset to get them where I want. Thanks again DzinEye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Well that is just too damn much trouble — experimented with all kinds of numbers but didn't ever get it to move to the right place. Sometimes I wish we physically drew again and this wasn't a necessary "time saver" evil! At least I knew what to do then to get what I wanted. Thanks for attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I'll be very interested to hear what you find out and not surprised at my ineptness or not! tile.calibz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yes. And that is what you see in my first screenshot at right in the Library. Am I making it more difficult? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Will do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Nope didn't do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 You need to repaint the material after you change it's definition (vertical offset) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I have every time I change the vertical offset but I'll copy yours even though It's still not showing up correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Mine is on a Wall Material Region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I'll try the Custom backspl and see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Custom backsplash doesn't help — still comes in off. And when I do the vertical offset at a negative, the tile moves up instead of moving down. When I look at the image and guess how much to do the vertical offset, am I missing something? In other words, the diagonal tiles are 8.25 so I look to see how much of a tile is showing below the gold band and then input that guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 In the image in which you said you stretched it and it didn't work, it appeared to me that you painted the whole wall.... which means that the yellow stripe is down below the tub edge. You need the material region or backsplash or whatever area you create to stop at the top of the tub. Also, as I said before it doesn't matter if you move the tiles up or down, the pattern repeats, so eventually it will get to the right place. If you moved it the same as I did (-42), try instead (-21")... where does it show the yellow band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I have so many entries in the Library that I'm not sure what I sent you and what is there. I tried in one to enter -21" and the band went up the wall. I've delisted all of the entries and will import another material, put it in a Custom backsplash and play with vertical offset . . . again. I understand the repeat but I don't understand why there isn''t some approximation of math to use when adjusting the offset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 I might be wrong but I thought the Offset was based on 0,0 and not the substrate it is applied to. So without knowing exactly where the tub is in the plan file the posted offset numbers are irrelevant. Try a cad detail of the elevation view if you want to try and measure and make sense of the adjustment you are making. In theory you should be able to get it on the first try that way. And since you made the material life sized Eric's video method should be the simplest solution this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creatrix Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Wow! thanks for the youtube Eric! I will diligently go about following your instructions to the best of my best ability. I grew up thinking I wasn't very intelligent and I'm sure that's how I look here so I appreciate all of y'all's patience and care! And just ignore what may seem like female emotionallity — it's what I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Here's a crappy video thrown together on the spot. Sorry, it's not the cleanest or best thought out as you'll see, but contains a few useful basics. Hopefully it helps get you on the right track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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