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FEP2011 Professional Edition Software for Tile Designer

Professional Tile Layout and Designer in 2D/3D

Product Detailed Features Tutorials Example Screens System Requirements

Edition

Description

FEP2011 Professional Edition

Price: $2495 or $149/mo

Key Features:

Floor layout and design (borders, door, window, islands, cabinet, fireplaces, showers, kitchens, etc)
Tile placement on floors, bases, walls and ceilings (applied to ceramic tile, carpet/vinyl tiles, and laminate planks)
Existing library of popular tile pattern templates
Create your own tile patterns with tile pattern editor
Create random pattern designs with tile replacement feature
Create realistic 2D and 3D view of the design (with tile texture images)
Generate installation ready diagram for installers
Accurate and professional tile usage report (with add-ons like grout, thin-set, deco, bull nose, labor items)
Import PDF, AutoCAD, jpg, tip, png etc.

Best For: Tile related flooring jobs by commercial contractors, multi-family contractors, flooring dealers

Training/Support/Updates: Live customer phone support, web or classroom training available

Key Features of FEP2011 Professional Edition for Tile Designer

Features	Description
Floor Plan Layout and Modeling	Tile area inside a room, kitchen, or shower can be easily modeled by the program with drawing tools Any angled or curved walls, island or takeout area in a room Floor can be split into separate areas Walls can be divided into multiple sections for different tile products
3D Rendering View	Show rooms with floor and walls in 3D view with tile layout Rotate, zoom and shift in any angle and location Printout 3D view
Tile Material and Add-on Database Setup	Add any sized tile items and associated add-on items (grout, bull nose, thin set, deco, labor items) Attach real tile texture images
Tile Placement on Floor, Walls and Ceiling	Drag and place tile items to any floor, wall or ceiling areas Tile layout direction can be aligned along any wall Apply base at room perimeter or segments of perimeter Apply bull nose any segments or verticals of walls
Tile Matching Across Connected Rooms	Tile grid can be aligned and matched across connected rooms through doorways and hallways Tile grid can be easily centered in a room area
Tile Pattern Templates	Select from a panel of existing tile patterns (like checker board, herringbone, etc.) Drag and apply to any tile area
Tile Designer	Select a tile area and pick any number of tiles for replacing with another tile to form a design
Tile Pattern Editor	Create your own tile pattern by selecting any sized tiles and placing them at desired locations to form a pattern
Tile Usage Estimating	Estimating panel shows quantity (SF), waste ratio, covered area, number of boxes, number of pieces for each applied tile item
Worksheet	List all tile product usages (and add-on items usages) or list usages by room Direct print out worksheet Specify project-level add-on items Export detail room takeoff data (floor area, base perimeter, wall area, # of doors, outside/inside corners, etc.)
Quotation, Work Order, Purchase Order and Invoice Forms	Create multiple quotation sheets, work orders Markup project profit or price increase at project level Create vendor database Create multiple purchase orders Create multiple invoices Convert quotation sheet to invoice
Printout and Export to PDF	Printout estimation summary and room diagram Save to PDF file
Check List	Define project, product or room level check lists Prompt at project save for incomplete checklists

FEP2011 Tile Designer: Tutorials

Subject	Suggested Classes
Material database setup	101 Get Started with an Example Project ( ) 201 Set Up Product and Labor Database ( )
Room drawing	301 Model Attachments and Inset Areas (Cabinet, Island, Fireplace, Inset, etc) ( ) Updated!
Material Assigments	302 Layout on Walls and Ceilings ( ) New! 303 Apply Tile Patterns ( ) 402 Add and Estimate Self Coving (Flash Coving) ( ) 403 Work with Tile Designer ( )
Layout Estimating	404 Estimate by Layers ( ) 405 Advanced Seam Manipulation Features ( ) New!
Measure with Laser Disto A6	106 Measure with Disto Laser Meters ( ) New!

Example Screens

Floor Plan Layout
A typical residential house plan for carpet replacement	Kitchen with Ceramic Tile with island and curved wall	Floor plan layout with tile placement with basement, main floor and second floor (multi-floor house)

Tile Design Layout
A typical tile layout in a kitchen	Tile diagonal layout with border and on the walls	Tile layout with special pattern and on curved walls

Vinyl, Hardwood, Laminate
A typical vinyl layout with estimates and cut sheet	Hardwood layout with estimates	Laminate layout with estimates

Installation Diagram
Carpet cut sheet and cut list and seam diagram printout	Pattern matched carpet layout, cut list and cut sheet	Multiple material layout diagram (carpet, pattern carpet and tile with a curved wall)

Proposal, Work Sheet, Invoice, Sales Contract, Report
Automatically generate a proposal to bid for a job (ready to be signed by a customer)	Work sheet to calculate price markup, tax, profit margin and total sales amount	Print or attach an invoice to a customer by email

Computer Operating System and Hardware Requirements

FEP2011 Editions	Supported Operating System	Minimum Hardware Configuration
FEP2011 Professional Edition for Tile Designer	Window XP Window Vista/Windows 7 (all editions including 64bit)	Any Intel Pentium, i3, i5, i7 or AMD processor 512MB SDRAM (2GB or more recommended for commercial jobs) 100 MB available hard disk space Color printer
For best performance for commercial takeoffs, consider Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo (or i5, i7), 3GB DDR2 SDRAM, 240 GB Drive. For faster speed, upgrade the processor to Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600, and memory to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM.