Terrible Hatch pattern issues!

[Elisabeth83]

Hi, I need to create a hatch pattern for a flooring tile that we have currently starting using and I am having real issues getting it to work!!
The pattern is meant to be tiles set in a brick type style but with a rolling offset, but the tiles are different sizes - I have one row of 300x600, then a second row of 148 x 600, then another row of 300x600, then another 300x600, then a row of 148x 600, followed by another 148x600. This is the pattern end and needs to repeat itself. I have attached a line drawing of what it needs to look like.

I can get a very basic line drawing showing 300mm and 148mm for the first two lines but then it all goes wrong!

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is driving me mad!!!!!

[MSasu]

Can you get access to a workstation with AutoCAD full? This way can use the tool recommended here to create desired pattern.

If not, it will help if will post the pattern you defined to allow someone to take a look and try to correct it.

[Elisabeth83]

Unfortunately no access to AutoCad full. I started trying just to get the horizontal lines correct - 0, 0,0, 0,300 etc then I added my next row of 148 - 0, 0,0, 0,448. this gives me a first horizontal line at 300mm up and then the second line 148mm higher - but the problem starts after that as each of those lines then repeats itself ( at 300 and then at 44 which makes it a real mess (AAHHH!)

Is there a way to stop them from repeating? Is this even possible?!!!

[MSasu]

Please check if this is what you are looking for:

*Elisabeth83,Elisabeth's tiles
180,0.22321429,0.88988095,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.22321429,0.7797619,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
0,0,0.7797619,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.89285714,0.33333333,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0.66964286,0.22321429,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.44642857,0.33333333,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
90,0.89285714,0.22321429,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0.22321429,0.22321429,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.66964286,0,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.66964286,0.55654762,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.22321429,0.55654762,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.66964286,0.33333333,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.89285714,0.7797619,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.44642857,0.7797619,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.89285714,0.55654762,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0.66964286,0.88988095,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0.89285714,1,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0.44642857,1,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
90,0.89285714,0.88988095,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0,1,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
90,0.44642857,0.88988095,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
0,0,0.88988095,0,1,1,0
270,0.22321429,0.88988095,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
90,0.66964286,0.7797619,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
270,0,0.7797619,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
180,1,0.7797619,0,1,1,0
90,0.44642857,0.55654762,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
0,0,0.55654762,0,1,1,0
180,0.22321429,0.55654762,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.22321429,0.33333333,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
0,0,0.33333333,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
270,0,0.33333333,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
180,1,0.33333333,0,1,1,0
90,0.44642857,0.22321429,0,1,0.11011905,-0.88988095
0,0,0.22321429,0,1,1,0
180,0.22321429,0.22321429,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
90,0.22321429,0,0,1,0.22321429,-0.77678571
0,0,0,0,1,1,0

[eldon]

I would comment that the pattern does not seem to be repeating symmetrically. What happens at the top boundary? Do the bottom two lines repeat at the edge? Perhaps a hatch is not possible

[Blackfish]

Maybe something simple like that...

*ELISABETH83,Elisabeth's Fooring
0, 0,0, 0,1.344
0, 0,.148, 0,1.344
0, 0,.296, 0,1.344
0, 0,.596, 0,1.344
0, 0,.744, 0,1.344
0, 0,1.044, 0,1.344
90, 0,0, 0,.6, .148,-1.196
90, .3,.148, 0,.6, .148,-1.196
90, .15,.296, 0,.6, .3,-1.044
90, .3,.596, 0,.6, .148,-1.196
90, .45,.744, 0,.6, .3,-1.044
90, .15,1.044, 0,.6, .3,-1.044

Elisabeth83.jpg

[hugha]

Try this pattern of staggered tiles of varying heights - if the verticals aren't exactly where you want them then adjust their x co-ordinates (second value on each line commencing with 90,... or -90,...)

*ELISABETH83,Bespoke Tile Flooring
;------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Pattern written by HatchKit v2.7 Hatch Pattern Editor
; HatchKit v2.7 Hatch Pattern Editor(c) Cadro Pty Ltd 1990-2012.
; www.hatchkit.com.au
;------------------------------------------------------------------------
;-Template=NEW,
;-Date =30/05/2012
;-Time =4:09:45 PM
;-HatchKitVersion=2.7.1.1995
;------------------------------------------------------------------------
0,0,1344,0,1344
-90,148,1344,0,600,148,-1196
90,-74,1048,0,600,148,-1196
90,74,748,0,600,300,-1044
90,296,448,0,600,300,-1044
90,148,300,0,600,148,-1196
90,0,0,0,600,300,-1044
0,0,1196,0,1344
0,0,1048,0,1344
0,0,748,0,1344
0,0,448,0,1344
0,0,300,0,1344


hth,

Hugh Adamson
www.cadro.com.au

[Blackfish]

Wow, I did the same pattern by hand (10 hours earlier!) as hatch pattern editor

[hugha]

You're most welcome - it's a very simple pattern and took but a minute or two to do.

But I'm very curious as to why a tiling hatch pattern should be specified in metres. In my local experience building CDs are drawn in mm.

[eldon]

The OP gave dimensions in mm, and some of the hatch patterns submitted look as if they need a curious scale factor to give the actual dimensions needed.

How about the grout space, or are the tiles glued edge to edge?