OmniTiles
Walls & Tiles
Creating wall and tile materials was never easier. WALLS & TILES is a very easy-to-use 3ds max material that creates procedural walls and floors based on multiple single bitmaps. The auto-loader loads bitmaps from a folder into the corresponding layers for bump, diffuse, reflection and displacement, without the need to manually load every single bitmap by hand. Once loaded, you can select one of 16 bond patterns, set the size, randomize position, color and surface, and you are ready to go.
Creating wall and tile materials was never easier. WALLS & TILES is a very easy-to-use 3ds max material that creates procedural walls and floors based on multiple single bitmaps. The auto-loader loads bitmaps from a folder into the corresponding layers for bump, diffuse, reflection and displacement, without the need to manually load every single bitmap by hand. Once loaded, you can select one of 16 bond patterns, set the size, randomize position, color and surface, and you are ready to go. The Real-World mapping mode simplifies the use of wall textures in scenes by eliminating the need for individual uv-mapping per object. If you want to create bond patterns with a repeating pattern, just use the Linear Sequence instead of randomized distribution. For more information, please take a look at the reference guide.
What is Walls & Tiles ?
AND WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ?
WALLS & TILES is a 3DS MAX® material plugin that any architect or 3D visualization artist will love. Unlike static bitmap textures, Walls & Tiles is a flexible material which can CHANGE BOND PATTERNS, REPLACE BRICKS, MIX DIFFERENT BRICKS, CHANGE MORTAR, RANDOMIZE COLORS and much more. With the newly integrated MATERIAL MANAGER, loading and managing materials is easier than ever.
Whatever needs an architect or 3D artist might have, Walls & Tiles offers unprecedented flexibility and ease-of-use with the creation of wall and floor materials for any kind of building.
Random Walls and Floors
NO MORE REPETITION
When using standard bitmaps to create walls or floors, in most cases REPETITION will be visible, resulting in an unrealistic and unwanted effect in a image. Avoiding this repetition would require a very large bitmap, which again uses a lot of RAM in high resolution. Besides, such textures are difficult to get anyway.
Walls & Tiles uses random algorithms to distribute bricks or tiles in a pattern. Using this method not only SAVES RAM but it also avoids visible REPETITION, resulting in a more realistic look.
Flexible Patterns
CHANGE BOND PATTERNS ON THE FLY
With Walls & Tiles you are not limited to the BOND PATTERN from your bitmap texture. You can choose from 16 different bond patterns for brick walls, tiled floors or interior wall tiles. With any set of brick or stone floor multi-textures, the patterns can be changed on the fly.
The included bond patterns offer a wide variety of standard bonds for many kinds of walls and floors, found in old ancient buildings, modern architecture, large buildings, standard houses and even interior floor tiles.
The integrated CUSTOM BOND can be used to create your own bond patterns, if required. More information can be found in the REFERENCE GUIDE.
Randomization
RANDOMIZE COLOR, POSITION, SURFACE
Bricks can further be changed randomly: Diffuse maps can be varied by randomizing HUE, SATURATION, VALUE for every brick. BUMP levels, REFLECTION levels and DISPLACEMENT levels can be randomized to get more surface variation and ROTATION, SIZE, POSITION and WIDTH can be randomized to avoid straight lines.
As a result, even with few or even only one bitmap, a large random wall or floor can be created.
Material Manager Lite Edition
EASY HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WALLS & TILES includes the new Material Manager Lite Edition, which makes preset handling a very fast and easy task. Material Manager is directly connected to Walls & Tiles so that loading, saving and maintaining presets can be done in a single tool. Forget about missing bitmaps, forget about searching through folders, once you know the benefits of Material Manager, you won´t want to live without it anymore.
Included Basic Library
10 MULTITEXTURES OF BRICKS AND TILES
The included library in the STANDARD version of Walls & Tiles include 12 high quality multi-texture sets for interior tiles and brick walls. The textures are all hand-edited and include layers for DIFFUSE, BUMP, DISPLACEMENT, REFLECTION and ALPHA layers. All multitextures available as VRAY MATERIALS, CORONA MATERIALS or SCANLINE materials through Material Manager.
Roeben Accum
from Standard Walls
Roeben Buckingham
from Standard Walls
Roeben Neumarkt II
from Standard Walls
China Hutong
from Aged Walls
Berlin Short
from Aged Walls
Big White
from Modern Walls
Bikeway
from Stone Floors
Cobblestones I
from Stone Floors
Roman Mosaic
from Stone Floors
Sidewalk I
from Stone Floors
MORE MULTITEXTURES FOR WALLS & TILES
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WALLS & TILES REFERENCE GUIDE
The WALLS & TILES online reference guide includes a detailed description of each parameter with rendered examples of the most important parameters and their results. For more information, please take a look at the reference guide below.
The reference guide is also available through a link from within the Walls & Tiles GUI help window.
More information and help is available in the TUTORIALS section and through our DIRECT SUPPORT ticket system. Submit a ticket and we will help you.
Walls & Tiles - Online Reference GuideWalls & Tiles is included in
Changelog
WALLS & TILES - Changelog
VERSION 1.5.2 (APRIL 04, 2019)
VERSION 1.5.2 (FEBRUARY 14, 2018)
- (vray): Fixed error message in vray version, saying that normal_map is not compatible
- (corona): Fixed update notification showing up even if version is correct
- Fixed miscount in number of bitmaps shown when clearing all bitmaps
- Installer now has a rendernode-only mode
- Crossmap 1.5.0 included
VERSION 1.5.1 (JUNE 24, 2017)
VERSION 1.5.0 (MAY 24, 2017)
- Support for Max 2018
- Variation Presets
- Randomization of Parameters
- Better realtime thumbnail preview with ratio display
- Default diffuse brick bitmap loaded when creating new material
- New license system with VP License Manager
- Potential crashes when working with Max 2017 (2017.1.1 update required)
- [Corona version] Bump and normal map support
- Crossmap 1.4.9 required
- Dropped Max 2012 support
VERSION 1.4.4.01 (FEBRUARY 09, 2017)
- Maxcript errors and possible crash when loading legacy scenes
VERSION 1.4.3.05 (SEPTEMBER 12, 2016)
- Crash when opening preference dialog
- A crash when opening the Probabilities dialog in some cases
- Mapping mode and random sequence buttons could not be pressed in Max 2017
- Demo expired link for Crossmap leads to wrong URL
- Extended brick width and height from 10.0 m to 100.0 m for better compatibility with millimeter units
- Swapped Load and Save Preset buttons position
- URL colors changed from yellow to orange for better readability on dark and light grey GUI
- Added Crossmap 1.4.7 (see Crossmap changelog for changes)
VERSION 1.4.1.02 (MAY 17, 2016)
- Support for 3Ds Max 2017
- Added Crossmap 1.4.5 update
- Added Material Manager 1.1.8 LE update
- Dropped support for 3Ds Max 2010 and 2011
- Dropped support for V-Ray 1.x and 2.x
VERSION 1.4.1.02 (SEPT. 23, 2015)
- 1.4.1 Update notification appearing although W&T is up to date
- Installer did not install W&T (vray) for max 2013 properly
VERSION 1.4.1 (SEPT. 22, 2015)
- Significant speed improvements when loading / creating materials
- Added new Crossmap 1.4.1 version with improved licensing integration
- Added Material Manager 1.0.1 update with fix for Corona compatibility
- Auto-size calculation wrong in some cases, resulting in rows = 1
- Added Crossmap Material Manager library presets
VERSION 1.4.0 (MAY 19, 2015)
- NEW FEATURE: Material Manager 1.0 Lite Edition integration
- NEW FEATURE: Material preset library for vray, Corona, scanline
- NEW FEATURE: New Crossmap 1.4.0 included
- NEW FEATURE: Render to Maps (bake bitmaps and create new material)
- NEW FEATURE: New copy protection with nodelocked and floating licenses
- NEW FEATURE: Full featured 14 day demo without activation
- IMPROVEMENT: Display message in Max 2014 or higher to improve viewport performance settings
- INSTALLER: Support for 3DS MAX 2016
- Maxscript error when loading old scenes with missing bitmaps
- Update correct infos in statistics on clear bitmaps
- Auto-size calculation wrong in some cases, resulting in rows = 1
- Last selected folder not remembered correctly during session
VERSION 1.3.2 (MARCH 06, 2015)
- New Crossmap 1.3.11 included
- Corona Renderer v1.0 compatibility
- Max number of rows now 10.000 instead of 1.000
- Deactivated blur value set to 0.01 on creation of plugin
VERSION 1.3.1 (MAY 13, 2014)
- 3Ds Max 2015 support included
- New Crossmap 1.3.9 included
- Added Corona Render material version (in installation folder – no automatic installation)
- Saved materials (.mat files) were not loaded correctly (bitmaps were missing)
- File path was not remembered when loading bitmaps from a folder
- Online update check was not working correctly sometimes
- Fixed “override effect ID” error message in standard material version
- Fixed some problems with preferences and autoload button script errors
VERSION 1.3.0 (MARCH 10, 2014)
- New Crossmap 1.3.8 included
- Random hsv now has up / down selection buttons
- Diagonal mirroring
- Add vray displacement modifier button with automatic settings
- Automatic Size (calculated the number of rows based on brick size and uv map)
- Improved performance by instancing 1 noise map instead of 6 noise maps on creation
- Simplified shader network by replaceing Color Correction maps with xmap color corrections
- Cancelling the select session directory caused a crash of the script
- Diffuse color was reset on next scene loading, even if different color was selected
- Error when clicking “Select Folder” “Preferences” or “List Bitmaps” after loading a session with WAT
- Autoratio switch was turned on when loading old scenes, causing wrong ratios
- Wrong colors on the bitmaps when loading old scenes into 2014
- Random probability mode was not switched correctly, resulting in non-functioning probabilities
- Sometimes maxscript errors appeared when opening preferences dialog, resulting in a WAT crash
VERSION 1.2.0 (JULY 17, 2013)
- Random Probability mode to adjust per-tile-probabilites
- Tile List dialog window to list tiles and probabilities
- Use a procedural map or bitmap as mortar
- Blend between procedural and original mortar
- Statistics rollout with information about RAM use and pixel resolutions
- Independent adjustment of with/height for crop edges and procedural edges
- VP CROSSMAP version 1.3.4 included
- IMPROVEMENT: Show bitmap names while loading in auto-load rollout
- IMPROVEMENT: Multimatte vray element supported for Walls & Tiles on channel 1
- IMPROVEMENT: Changelog weblink in about screen
- Changed tile hue values from -100/100 to -180/180
- Bump channel sometimes was too blurred when using real world mapping
- Crop edge and procedural edge were calculated wrong (old scenes need to be updated)
- KNOWN ISSUE: Nitrious viewport may result in slow gui refresh when textures are on in viewport (2013/2014 only)
- KNOWN ISSUE: crop edges and random probability preview in viewport only works if rendering was triggered once
VERSION 1.1 (FEBRUARY 27, 2013)
- Custom Bond patterns
- Check for update (online)
- Global hue, saturation, value for tiles
- Select and store default library path in global preferences
- Material and viewport preview now updates on random HSV, new random seed, random/linear sequence
- Autoload Filter settings stored in global preferences
- Maxscript error when using color correction in diffuse map
- Crop edge sometimes not working correctly
VERSION 1.0 (DECEMBER 2, 2012)
- NEW FEATURE: Automatic Ratio calculation while loading diffuse bitmaps
- NEW FEATURE: Normal map support
- NEW FEATURE: Global Gamma correction
- NEW FEATURE: Load alpha maps for splitting mortar from bricks
- NEW FEATURE: Change mortar brightness and contrast when alpha maps are loaded
- IMPROVEMENT: Keep open file path stored in current session
- IMPROVEMENT: Initial start will have per object mapping mode selected
- IMPROVEMENT: Clear button for clearing all bitmaps
- IMPROVEMENT: SORT all bitmaps after loading to avoid asynchronous layers
- IMPROVEMENT: Alpha mask now includes changes in hsv randomization excluding mortar
- FIX: sometimes missing maps in previews (green gaps)
- FIX: strange reflection when no normal maps are loaded
- FIX: alpha mask turned off after load, display wrong, controllers off
- FIX: sometimes alpha maps are not recognized correctly after loading in numberslot
- FIX: wrong cropping in proportion side and top-bottom. Now crops correct related to aspect ratio
- FIX: script error when loading scenes saved with previous beta version
- FIX: bump channel not working in vray material
VERSION 0.9.9 BETA (AUGUST 24, 2012)
- Fixed a crash caused by Walls & Tiles with BerconTile and Crossmap in 3dsmax2013 when opening the material list
- Fixed Aspect ratio parameter when loading a scene
- Changed script structure to allow “in-between” maps between BerconTile and the material (e.g. Color Correction)
- Added 5 new bond patterns: Rap Trap bond, Stretcher bond 2/3, Stretcher bond 3/3, Stretcher bond 2/4, Stretcher bond 4/4
- Added new “Distortion” feature for distorting the complete map
- Updated all bond pattern icons
VERSION 0.9.7 BETA (AUGUST 01, 2012)
- First beta release
Walls & Tiles - Frequently Asked Questions
Technical Information
| Renderer | |
|---|---|
| 3DS MAX compatibility | 3DS MAX 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Supported renderer | Scanline and compatible, V-Ray, Corona Renderer |
| Rendernodes | Unlimited rendernodes included |
| Downloads | 850 mb (420 MB .zip file with installer.exe / 430 MB .zip file with basic texture-library) |
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s1987 –
Resultados asombrosos! muy reales y fácil e intuitivo de usar
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Francisco Javier –
Very easy and fast to use. Very realistic results. Highly recommended
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Selvir (verified owner) –
Hi I just Downloaded DEMO to test it before we go ahead and purchase full version. All our jobs require use of Manufacturer Bricks ( Austral, Boral, PGH ect… ) for our clients job. so how do we apply / create / use Manufacturer Brick Texture ? Do you provide / sell any of those Manufacturer Brick Patterns / textures / colours ?
Regards
S.Z
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mirambek –
In the architectural visualization it is very important to show the quality of the material of the walls and tiles, which is very hard to put himself. And here this plugin is very helpful in this. Also here except the correct setting material, also have a large selection of ready-made materials. This saves valuable time and do not look for material on the Internet and set up.
Just I put the material and confident that it will give the correct result !
I advise everyone.
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Admin VIZPARK (verified owner) –
Hi Selvir, we provide brick textures from the German manufacturer ROEBEN (see here: http://www.roeben.com/en/home_4_93.html) and the texture pack is called STANDARD WALLS (see here: https://www.vizpark.com/shop/standard-walls/). In order to use other textures from manufacturers, you would need to have their textures as multitextures, which means you need one bitmap per brick and layer and multiple variations of this type of brick, so you can modify patterns, randomization etc. Does this answer your questions ?
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modarchitects (verified owner) –
This product seems to me is a fantastic one. More participants and users should perticipate by the material manager. Because global zone wise the materials differ. This plugin along with pro can make a monopoly contribution to the 3d
industry.
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mogamma (verified owner) –
My only issue is that its dependent on displacement map. The bump map alone doesn’t work to give the grout vs brick effect, (which I think is something to do with the Bercon tiles). But with scenes of lots of mid ground multi texture materials, displacement gets really heavy AND unnecessary when a good old fashioned bump map would do the trick. Anyone else having this problem?
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Admin VIZPARK (verified owner) –
Hi, our textures are prepared to include displacement maps for stronger reliefs and bump maps for smaller details, so depending on the resolution and appearance of the material in your image, you can use either both or one of them by disabling the other. The displacement calculation times also depend on your general displacement settings in V-Ray and whether you use material displacement, or the displacement modifier (2D and 3D make a big difference as well). Usually the displacement calculation times can be optimized, so if you don´t mind, please send us a support ticket with your scene and we´ll take a look…
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Jongthae –
After I purchase any of ur product, Once another version is released then how much do I need to pay for upgrading it or are there any other rule?
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Admin VIZPARK –
Here is a comparison of the plugins: https://www.vizpark.com/plugin-feature-comparison/
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Jongthae –
Currently Im still wondering about the different between Omnitile and Walls &Tiles, are these two plugins r similar? or wut is the major difference between both of them? or should i buy both of them?
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Admin VIZPARK –
You can activate up to 2 machines with one purchase. Please see FAQ above…
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Jongthae –
How many machines can be used with 1 purchase?
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Admin VIZPARK –
We would only charge for major upgrades (2.x, 3.x etc.), minor updates are always free. Within the past 3 years of Walls & Tiles, we are still at version 1.x, so all updates have been free. This also applies to the other plugins. Let me know if you have further questions and also please consider using the support ticket form: https://www.vizpark.com/support/direct-support/
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mbe –
The idea behind avoiding patterns is as old as 3D. Especially in arch-viz work with a lots of brick patterns this plugin is just great. The workflow is easy. The downside is slow computing and several script errors on 3dsmax 2015 combined with the Scanline Renderer while working with the demo. I also experienced time lags on my workstation. As an Octane Render User I have to bake my maps to a teture which was easy. The texture viewer UI could be improved and looks a bit cluttered which is just a personal taste.
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jefp –
A very flexible, fast and very and customizable way to create endless tiles. I’m not using simple telied textures anymore!
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arch3d –
The next step in photorealism. Fast to learn and easy to use. New material browser is very nice. Waiting for next textures sets.
Thx
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bobpanil –
How many times a license can be reinstalled on the same machine?
Lets assume I install 1.4 now. After 2 weeks/months I decide to restore my system to a previous state before 1.4 was installed, when I had only 1.3.2.
Will I be able to upgrade again? Or it will be considered as a second machine? (and void my license on the laptop..)
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Admin VIZPARK –
Each license has 2 activations, so currently if you have activated Walls & Tiles on your machine and then do a complete re-install of the system, it will be considered as a second machine and a second activation. But you can always send us an support request and we can increase the number of activations in special cases.
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tulcarion –
It’s just awesome plug-in! I make very realistic maps in seconds now!
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prosthotoothist –
I have had Walls & Tiles for a while now and am enjoying using it on my projects. I decided to clone some of the plants and also add a nice car so the house looks lived in. The scene was rendered in Corona 1.0 and was originally rendered at 2X HD resolution and 100 passes. I am impressed by the high quality of the VP products that I have tried and would love to have more of them.
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Svetlana –
makes work very comfy, but the maps is not enough to start with it
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ChristopherM –
Good and easy to use plug in, good variation on the shapes. If I had to say something negative hmm more texture included with the plug-in.
Still totally worth to have and as texture library grows it will be a must have tool in the future.
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Admin VIZPARK –
Thanks for your comment. Actually the “normal” Walls & Tiles version includes only 10 multitextures as a basic starter set, because this version is mainly intended for those who have their own multitextures and want to create materials with their own multitextures. Walls & Tiles Complete is more what you were looking for I guess, because it includes 75 multitextures of the four All Walls texture packs. You can simply complement your Walls & Tiles by adding the ALL WALLS bundle for 99 Euros or each texture pack separately for 39 Euros.
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cicadadesign –
The new feature to have custom grout patterns really helps for my renderings!
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