Defining tiles

A tile is a set of 2D geometric elements that repeats in all directions from a center point. The geometric elements can have color or fill (but not a tile fill), and the tile can also have a background color.

1. From the Resource Manager, click New Resource, select Tile, and then click Create. Alternatively, from the Resource Manager, select Tiles from the list of resource types on the tool bar, and click New Tile.

Parameter	Description
Name	Specifies a name for the tile resource
Units	Specifies the units for the tile when it is used in a drawing: ● Page sets the tile size according to the page dimensions. When applied, the tile automatically scales relative to the page environment. This is useful for annotation objects that should always remain the same size on the “page,” regardless of the layer scale. ● World sets the tile size according to world dimensions; its size varies depending on the layer scale.
Rotate	Rotates the tile fill according to the axis of any wall or symbol to which it is applied
In Wall	Matches the tile rotation to the wall axis; select Fit to Wall to scale the tile fill to match the thickness of a wall, wall component, or slab component. Enable the Fit to Wall option for insulation fills in walls, and wall or slab components.
In Symbol	Matches the tile rotation to the symbol axis
Background Fill	To have a background fill behind the tile geometry, select the Background Fill option and also specify a color.

2. Click OK to open a tile editing window. Draw the tile geometry with the desired colors and fills. When you create an object, eight partially transparent repetitions of the object display around it. You can add multiple objects to the pattern.

3. To adjust the tile pattern and spacing, click one of the repetitions and drag it; click again to set the new position. To hide the tile repetitions during editing, right-click on an empty area of the editing window, and deselect the Display Tile Repetitions option from the context menu.

4. When you are done drawing the tile, click Exit Tile. The tile resource is saved with the specified name.

Tiles are saved in Vectorworks drawing files. If the file is not saved and the tile is not default content, the tile is lost when you exit the program.