Free online 2D tile layout planner — by room size

Millimeter-accurate layouts, comprehensive bills of materials, and automated narrow-cut structural prevention—moving past primitive "square meters plus 10%" guesses.

Real-Dimension Surface Mapping

Walls and floors computed with exact grout gaps, 18 architectural floor templates, and net area tracking after openings. Order boxes and bags directly from geometric truths.

Sliver Guard — Automatic Cut Defense

The geometry engine realigns the layout starting point so edge cuts stay at or above your minimum (default 50 mm). When a wall still cannot clear fragile strips, they stay visible on the canvas and in the cut list — with one-click alternate starts.

Dynamic Wall Openings & Hatches

Drag windows, doors, and floor hatches directly onto the canvas. Real-time dimension loops recalculate materials based on your exact layout constraints, never a blank rectangle.

17 Bond Patterns & Continuous Cut Recycling

Straight grid, brick offsets, herringbone, diagonal, and smart row continuation—where the end-of-row cut piece automatically initializes the next row. Maximum material economy with calculated wastage formulas.

Automated Bill of Materials (BOM)

Tracks whole tiles, precise cuts, adhesive volume, fuga, and primer weights based on net coverage area. Get an absolute retail shopping list, not an arbitrary volume estimation.

Professional Project Blueprint & Cut List

High-resolution layout snapshots and millimeter-accurate cut maps packed into one authoritative document. Share verifiable project proof with installers and clients before ordering.

Open tile layout planner Download sample Blueprint

How the tile layout planner works

Tile layout planner vs m² calculator

A square-meter calculator multiplies area by a waste percent and estimates glue and grout bags. A tile layout planner draws the room by dimensions, places tiles in a real pattern, and shows every cut. Scalarcut is the second kind: you see where thin strips land, how many whole tiles you need, and which cuts can be reused — before you open a box.

Plan a layout by room size in 2D (and review in 3D)

Enter wall or floor length and height in millimeters, set tile format and joint width, choose a pattern (straight, offset, herringbone, diagonal), and add doors, windows, or a bathtub footprint. The free online 2D planner builds a visual layout and a piece list. Switch to 3D when you need to show the room digital twin to a client or crew.

Bathroom, floor, and pattern layouts

Bathroom tile layout needs separate walls plus the floor, minus the tub and openings — not one flat m². Floor layouts show where the last row lands along each wall. Pattern choice changes waste: herringbone and diagonal usually need more cuts than a straight grid. Use the guides below for worked examples, then run the same sizes in the planner.

Free to start — blueprints when you need them

You can open the tile layout planner for free (register or demo) and build layouts with piece counts, grout, and adhesive. Paid Project Blueprints add installer-ready PDF cut maps when you hand the job to a tiler. No “simple free program” bait: the layout math stays available so homeowners stop guessing.

Worked example: keep edge cuts above 50 mm

Wall 2.40 m wide, 600×600 mm tiles, 2 mm joints. A naive left-start can leave a ~38 mm strip on the right — that cut breaks on site. Sliver Guard recenters or nudges the origin so the edge piece stays at or above 50 mm. Order from the piece list (whole tiles + marked cuts), not from “area + 10%”.

What you can plan and calculate

Bathroom tile calculation

Measure walls and floor, subtract the tub and openings, then get piece counts and a layout for the bathroom — not a flat “m² plus 10%”.

Bathroom tile guide

How many tiles do I need

The bill lists whole tiles and cuts by size. You order boxes from the piece count, then cross-check with the store pack size.

Piece-count guide

Floor tile layout

Plan floor grids, offsets, and herringbone with real room sizes. See where cuts land before you open the first box.

Floor layout guide

Grout and adhesive

Grout and adhesive follow net area after openings. Use the planner numbers, then match bag sizes to the product datasheet.

Grout calculator guide

Avoid thin cuts under 50 mm

Sliver Guard shifts the layout start so edge cuts stay at or above 50 mm. Fragile strips break on site — plan them out first.

Sliver Guard guide

2D and 3D tile layout

Work the plan in 2D for cuts and materials, then review the same project in 3D when you need to show the room to the crew or client.

Quick start

Frequently asked questions

It is a tool where you enter room dimensions and tile size, see a 2D layout with cuts, and get piece counts — not only a square-meter estimate. Scalarcut also opens the same project in 3D and blocks fragile edge cuts under 50 mm with Sliver Guard.

Scalarcut builds a layout from real wall or floor sizes with openings, joint width, and a pattern. The bill lists whole and cut tiles — not “square meters plus 10%”.

Yes. The material list shows whole tiles and each cut size, so you can order by box count instead of guessing from area alone.

Yes. Grout and adhesive volumes follow the net tiled area after openings. Cross-check bag sizes with the manufacturer’s label before you buy.

Yes. Enter bathroom wall and floor sizes, add the bathtub or openings, then review the layout and piece count before ordering.

Sliver Guard realigns the tile grid so corner and edge cuts stay at or above 50 mm by default. Fragile strips break easily on site; if a wall still cannot clear them, the planner highlights those cuts and suggests another start.

Yes. Start free in the browser (register or demo), or download the Scalarcut app for iOS or Android to open the same layouts on site with cut maps and material lists synced from desktop.

Yes. One planner covers ceramic tile, porcelain slabs, LVT, and wood flooring: straight, offset, herringbone, diagonal, and variable row length.

After the calculation, download a Project Blueprint with the layout and cut map. Server-side math matches the on-screen plan — share it with the crew before ordering materials.

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