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Herringbone pattern — free hatch for AutoCAD & Revit (.pat), texture & tile calculator

Herringbone is a wood layout built from 2 tiles per repeat (sizes 600 × 100 mm), repeating on the lattice a = (100, 100) mm, b = (-600, 600) mm, a cell of 120000 mm². The seamless texture repeat is 1200 × 1200 mm. Download it as a CAD hatch, a seamless texture or SVG and DXF lines, count the tiles for your room, or build it as real 3D tiles in SketchUp. All free.

Herringbone tile pattern: tiles drawn with their joints

Herringbone in numbers

CategoryWood floors and parquetry
Tiles in one repeat2
Lattice vector a(100, 100) mm
Lattice vector b(-600, 600) mm
Repeat cell area120000 mm²
Tile sizes600 × 100 mm
Seamless texture repeat1200 × 1200 mm
Default length600 (range 50–3000)
Default width100 (range 10–1000)

Free downloads for Herringbone

Hatch units are millimetres at the default tile size. For other sizes use the hatch page or the editor, which exports every format at the size you set.

Herringbone tile calculator

Enter the room, grout and tile size. The count comes from the same engine that lays the 3D tiles, so the cut tiles are real cuts against your room edges (a 4 × 3 m room is shown first). More patterns: tile calculator.

Full tiles
171
Cut tiles
58
Whole tiles used
229
Area (net)
12 m²
Tile area bought
13.74 m²
Waste from cuts
14.5 %
Tiles to order
252
Tiles by size
SizeFull tilesCut tiles
600 × 100 mm17158

Open it in the editor or in SketchUp

Open Herringbone in the editor

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Questions about Herringbone

How many Herringbone tiles do I need for a 4 × 3 m room?

With the default tile size and a 3 mm joint, a 4 × 3 m floor needs 171 full tiles and 58 cut tiles (229 whole tiles counting each cut tile as one). The net area is 12 m² and the tiles bought cover 13.74 m², so cutting alone wastes 14.5 %. Enter your own room and tile size in the calculator on this page.

Is the Herringbone hatch exact?

Yes. The .pat file draws the tile edges exactly: every edge direction of this pattern is parallel to a lattice vector, so a PAT line family reproduces it without approximation. Units are millimetres and the pattern name inside the file is herringbone.

How do I use the .pat file in AutoCAD?

Copy the .pat file into a folder that is in AutoCAD's Support File Search Path (Options > Files), keep the file name (the pattern name inside the file matches it), then pick the pattern in the HATCH command. If Windows blocks the download, right-click the file, open Properties and tick Unblock.

How do I use the .pat file in Revit?

In Revit open Manage > Additional Settings > Fill Patterns, click New, choose Custom and browse to the .pat file. Use the model variant when the pattern must keep its real size on the building.

What is the repeat size of Herringbone?

One repeat of the lattice covers 120000 mm² with 2 tiles. The smallest rectangle that repeats seamlessly in both directions, which is what a texture image needs, is 1200 × 1200 mm at the default sizes.

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