draw tiles

[ittayd]

How can I draw tiles in a specific rectangle? Say I have a rectangle of 10x20. I have tiles of 3x8. I want to fill the rectangle from bottom left with the tiles so they crop at the edges of the rectangle.

[ReMark]

That's 10 ft. x 20 ft. right?

 

Have you looked into using the ARRAY command?

[Ste1978]

Hatch + maths

[ittayd]

I actually meant metric.

 

Will the array command crop the tiles?

[DODGE]

How can I draw tiles in a specific rectangle? Say I have a rectangle of 10x20. I have tiles of 3x8. I want to fill the rectangle from bottom left with the tiles so they crop at the edges of the rectangle.

I use tiles a fair bit with bathrooms etc.

Just use hatch, find something you like and then just try diff scales. You can just draw a quick rectangle and hatch that with diff scales untill you get what you want.

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[ReMark]

Crop? Depends on what version of AutoCAD you are running.

[eldon]

I think the best way is to create your own hatch pattern.

 

Have a look at the existing pattern NET, and put in your own dimensions.

[Pablo Ferral]

Or you could create a dynamic block, or you could use the new dynamic array. Both of these can be trimmed to the outline of the room using the 'XCLIP' command...

[eldon]

Having re-read the original request (found my glasses), I see the requirement is to start at the bottom left hand corner. Here is an amended picture. Silly me, I always think of equal edge cuts when tiles are mentioned.

[CyberAngel]

If it were me, I'd create a hatch pattern based on NET, as Eldon suggested, with the appropriate scale. I'd also set the origin of my hatch at the bottom left corner.