Tile > Edges: Profile Browser
The database of edge profiles contains data of manufacturers SchlĂĽter and Proline. On the left is the manufacturers/series tree. You can expand / collapse the series view with + / – buttons in front of the manufacturer’s name. Click on one of them to see the available products. The articles are separated by base material […]
Tile > Place > Parquet: Parquet Pattern Assistant
Select one of four possible ways of placing parquet: Wild Bracing, Bandage 1/2, Bandage 1/3, Fishbone. Options Bandage 1/2 and Bandage 1/3 allow you to manually set brickband step and panel orientation (standard or random).
Tile > Place > Material: Material Library
In texture library you can find many different types of textures. You can apply them in any region. On the left side of the screen are folders which contain different types of textures, like stone, wood, glass, colors… Besides that there are Erfurt, Sopro and Wellwall paint mixers. You can use them to create textures […]
Tile > Place > Tiles: Module Assistant
Way of Laying Tiles This assistant enables you to create your own modules from tiles of different sizes (also called patterns, laying solutions or laying compositions). To create a new module select one of the tiles on the left hand side. If you wish to work with tilesets enable them by clicking on button Tilesets. […]
Tile > Place > Tiles: Simple Pattern Assistant
Open Pattern Assistant by right clicking the button Simple. Here you can select many different tiling patterns. In the Tile Selection on the right hand side of the screen you can see the main tile and other tiles of the same type / size from the currently selected series. You can choose another series or […]
Tile > Place > Tiles: Joint settings
Fields Inside, Outside and Color show joints properties of currently selected region. Inside joint is a size of a joint between tiles in that particular region. Outside joint is a joint on the outer limit of currently selected region. Click buttons + or – to adjust the joint size. Click button Color to select another […]
Tile Browser > Tiles database settings
You can customize tiles browser individually. Click button Settings in tile browser. From the menu that appears you can select which manufacturers you wish to be visible in your tile browser. If you switch on Show manufacturers groups you will find the manufacturers under the name of the group they belong to (for example Gruppo […]
Tile Browser > tab Pictures
Here you can see catalogue pictures provided by manufacturers. Double click any of small preview pictures to see tiles from that series. Some manufacturers / series have more catalogue pictures than others. In case a series contains no pictures it is colored in light grey color.
Tile Properties
Tiles properties have two tabs: Properties and Material. Properties tab contains information like order number, size, price… Most of the fields are unalterable unless you choose one of the tiles from Custom tiles. When needed you can copy tiles from regular database to Custom tiles.
Tile > Place > Tiles: Tile Browser
Tiles database Here you can find the tiles of manufacturers you chose to install on your computer. Click on the button Open Tile Browser to open it. Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+F12 Show proportional symbols Ctrl+I Show info symbols Ctrl+C Copy selected tile Ctrl+V Paste tile in tileset Del Delete tile […]
Tile > Region > Optimize tiling
ViSoft Premium is using several algorithms for tiling optimization. You can set the optimization by right clicking this button. Switch on / off the available algorithms in the right upper corner. The quantity of whole, cut and critically cut tiles is shown in percents and presented in a bar graph. In the Preview the whole […]
Tile > Edges
Use this menu to place metal profiles on the mural’s edges or define overlapping of tiles on edges. Profile: place the selected profile (left click) or open profile browser (right click). Overlap: place the selected overlap (left click) or show overlap type selection menu (right click). Edge properties: Name of the current profile (not alterable). […]
Tile > Borders
Use this menu to manually place borders. Horizontal borders are usually placed with Wall board assistant in menu Tile – Fast. Here you can place them by activating the button Simple. After that click into the region where you want to place the border. You can adjust the border’s height by entering it into the […]
Tile > Place
Tiling: place tiles as shown in the tiling preview into the region you click on after activating this button Selected tile: open tiles browser (left click) or tiles stack (right click) Properties: show selected tile’s properties Open Tile Browser: open tiles browser Way of Laying Tiles: Picture shows the tiling preview. Define the way in […]
Tile > Region
Regions are surfaces on walls, floor, murals or ceiling. Each region can be placed with selected tiles or textures. After placing walls into your project each wall represents a separate region. Into these automatically created basic regions you can add smaller regions. This can be done either with use of assistants in the TILE – […]
Tile > Fast : Assistants for quick tiling
This menu is used for automatic tiling using wall boards and floor boards. They are created from tilesets. You can read more about tilesets in the description of the tiles browser. You can create own wall or floor boards with the help of the assistants. Submenu Fast is divided in two sides: Wall and Floor. […]
Limited accessible manufacturer / brand
Some manufacturers in the updatemanager are ‘locked’. To get access, you have to get permission from the manufacturer. Contact your agent or wholesaler: he or she will get the permission from the manufacturer. Communicate your ViSoft Customer ID to the manufacturer and ViSoft. You can find your Customer ID in ViSoft under Help > Registration […]
Photofiltre
Photofiltre is a free photo editor, that you can use instead of photoshop. Download the installation file here. There are different language packs if you want to have a different language than English. Read the explanation on how to create a transparent background for nonrectangular tiles image here.
Profiles on external corners
In the menu Tile | Edges you can place profiles on one or more external corners. Rightclick on the profile button to open the Profile Browser. The database of edge profiles contains data of manufacturers SchlĂĽter and Proline. The articles are separated by base material (e.g. aluminum, stainless steel, PVC). When a product is selected […]
Edit tile properties
To edit the tile properties, open the explorer on the left. Make sure you work in menu Tile | Place | Tiles. Rightclick on the tile to open context menu and select Tile Properties. For example, you could set the edge radius under material. Make sure you have the 3D-tiles and 3D-border view on to […]
Material library
This article explains: – how the material library is set up – How to add custom materials – How to make slabs with the Natural Stone Assistent The material library Open the material library (menu Tile | Place | Material). The material library contains various materials like wood, plastic, metals, fabrics… The materials can be […]
Tiling orientation random
If you work with a tile that only has one image and isn’t completely symmetrical, you can set the sorting to random. This function is accessible in multiple ways… ViSoft Preferences In the preferences (shortcut CTRL+K) you can set the default tiling orientation to random.  Ways of tiling In the menu Tile | Place | […]
Tile boards and panels (showroom design)
With the wallboard function, you can create and design show panels for your tiles in the showroom. Collect in the tile browser the tiles you want to use, create a tileset or make them your favorite. Go to Tile | Fast and open the  Wall Board Assistant. Enable the Fixed size and set the […]
Drawing Layers
Open the layers menu by clicking the button Drawing layers in the lower taskbar. Depending on the menu (tile, sanitary, output…), you can (dis)enable layers for the working area. Parallel Projection Parallel projection enables you to further customize the appearance of 2D-view. Reflection and shadows can be shown too. Clipping distance With this function, you can […]
Adding a non-rectangular tile image (transparent background)
You may have to load a tile image that has a (white) background, for example, a hexagon tile. Before loading it in ViSoft, you will have to make the background transparent. This can be easily done with Photofiltre (install for free). Open the image in Photofiltre. Select Image > Transparent color… Select the background color. […]
Module Assistant (tile patterns)
In the menu Tile | Place | Tiles press the module-assistant button to create your own tile patterns. If you want to know more about patterns with non-rectangular tiles, read more here. Select the tiles you want to use and drag & drop them to the right. While dragging, use the right mouse button to […]
Reuse of tile
This function automatically calculates how many cut tiles can be reused in the project. It also shows ways how to cut the tiles for reuse. To determine the reuse of tiles, turn on Tile offcut reusage layer. The tiles that are cut in half, are marked with the same color and index number (bold = […]
Creating skirting boards
If you want to create your own base board, import or copy the tile to the .custom tiles database in the tile browser. The properties of tiles from manufactures are locked but can be edited if copied and paste in the custom database. Browse through the 3D profiles and select one. In menu Tile you can place […]
Wall Board Assistant
In Menu Tile | Fast you can use the wall- and floorboard assistant for automatic, quick and complete tiling. The boards are created with tilesets. Boards contain one or more tile areas. Submenu Fast is divided into two sections: Wall and Floor. This enables you to select different tilesets for wall and floor. Below the […]
Tilesets
It can be useful to make tilesets for quick tiling in a project if you use the module-assistant or board-assistant. A tileset usually contains one or more basic tiles, decorations and borders, for walls, the floor, or both. Some manufacturers included tilesets. If a series doesn’t contain any tilesets, the name is shown in a […]
Tile Borders
This article shows two examples to explain how border tiles are laid in ViSoft. Tiles of the manufacturer Original style are used. You can download the Original style database in the update manager. Example one tile border Step 1 Open the tile browser in menu Tile. In the example tiles 8021V, 8022V, and 8023V from the Odyssey […]
Adding custom tiles
To add your own tiles, open the tile browser (menu Tile | Place | Tiles). In the left menu of the tile browser, the database tree, you select .Custom Tiles. Rightclick and select Add Series. Give a name and description and select OK. Rightclick (whitespace) and select Add Tile and load the tile picture. In the Tile […]
