Hello all,
Just wondering what the preferred method of tiling part of a wall is.
At the moment I have found 2 ways and neither are particularly preferable (to me anyway).
1. in order to create a vertical change in tiles you can break the wall and then use the material painter to paint the file on the new broken section of wall
2. in order to create a horizontal change in tiles create a box that is 1mm thick and the same width of the wall and then place that on the wall and again use the material painter to paint on the tile.
any other ideas? i think 2 is better than 1 as 1 messes up the displayed measurements but it seems a bit smoke-and-mirrors.
cheers
Dave
thought i'd get in there first and reply to my own post!
I found a more elegant solution for tiling horizontally...
I opened up the element manager and added a new group in the trim section and then added a new element in there at 1mm x 300mm. I then mapped my tile (in this case a mosaic) to the new trim and then saved it off. As this is now added to my catalogue i can easily add it to the wall. So, double click the wall to open it's properties then i selected trim, selected the correct surface, then selected custom. I then clicked the select button and browsed to my new mosaic tile trim. Voila!
cheers
Dave
Hi Dave,
That is what we like - people who solve their own problems!!!
There are often several ways of doing things in TFP and you have found another! Actually you can set tiles to any of the existing trims. In the image I have set tiles to the Custom / Wainscot - that is the 'correct' way to set part of a wall horzintally to another texture (On the left wall I have raised it). You can also use the Chair Rail to set a band in the middle of the wall (or anywhere really). Similarly you can lower the Crown molding also set to tiles and likewise the baseboard.
All of these work well but only if you use them on the full width of the wall. If you break the wall, as I have done, (to end the tiled section part way along the wall) it works fine in 3D view but unfortunately it does not render well in Advanced Render. The wall breaks create 'shadows' as though they are corners of a room (note these each side of the 'shower' in the corner).
If you want just sections of tile on the wall, as in my image and want to photorealistically render it, you are better off for these sections using your original option 2. The Baseboard 'tile' is nearly always the full wall, so it is fine and the Wainscot works well too but only if it is the full width of the wall.
Another option, as on the right wall of my image, is to use another piece of wall and push it into the original wall leaving it stick out 1mm or so. You can use the other trim elements on this wall too - I have used the chair rail. Using this method you can stretch the tiled area if you want and easily adjust its height.
Allan