🧩 Tile Accessories
The Tile Accessories dialog allows you to define ridge, hip, and other accessory items associated with a specific field tile.
To open it, select the [Accessories] button from the Tile Definition dialog.
⚙️ Defining Tile Accessories
Accessories are components that complement or complete a tile system — such as ridges, hips, verge tiles, clips, or other special pieces.
Each accessory entry includes:
Product Name
Product Code
Finish
Estimation Method
The Product Code is the critical link that binds each accessory to its main tile product and ensures accurate costing, labour, and material list generation.
🔑 Important:
Each accessory must have a unique product code.
However, a single accessory may be shared across multiple tiles (using the same product code).
The correct estimation method determines how the software quantifies the accessory.
🧰 Accessory Estimation Methods
Use the method column in the accessories list to specify how each item is calculated.
Estimation Method | Description |
Not Estimated | Item is listed but not costed. |
Per Unit Area | Quantified based on the roof area where the tile is installed. |
Per Tile | Adds one or more accessory items per tile. |
Spaced Along the Ridge | Quantified according to ridge length. |
Spaced Along the Hip | Quantified according to hip length. |
Spaced Along the Valley | Quantified according to valley length. |
Spaced Along the Gable | Quantified according to gable length. |
Spaced Along the Roof-to-Wall (Apron/End Wall) | Quantified according to apron length. |
Spaced Along the Sidewall (Step) | Quantified according to step or sidewall length. |
Spaced Along the Monoridge | Quantified according to monoridge length. |
Per Apex | Adds one accessory item per ridge/hip apex. |
Per Shell End | Adds one item per hip end (shell-end piece). |
Per Wind Zone | Adds additional accessories depending on the roof’s wind-zone classification. |
💡 Tip:
The software automatically associates accessory categories with the appropriate flashing line types defined elsewhere in your setup.
🧱 Accessory Type — Material or Labour
Accessories can also represent labour items.
To mark an accessory as labour, click the [M] button at the end of the corresponding row to toggle it to an [L].
This allows you to associate labour costs (e.g., ridge installation, capping, cleaning) directly with a tile system.
✅ The correct association between the accessory and tile ensures your material orders and labour costings remain perfectly aligned.
🪟 Dialog Options
Button | Function |
Select | Opens a list of all existing tile accessories from which you can choose one to add or edit. |
Reset | Cancels any unsaved changes to the current accessories list. |
[OK] | Saves and adds the current accessories to the active tile definition. |
When you click [OK], the accessories are stored in the file:
tiles_v6.csv
🌍 Tiles vs Tiles+
Be aware that Roof Wizard provides two tile data structures:
Database Type | Best Suited For | Notes |
Tiles | Australia & New Zealand | Suitable for standard roof systems with limited accessory types. |
Tiles+ | UK & Europe | Designed for systems with many accessory items (e.g., half tiles, verge tiles, decorative moulds). |
💡 Note:
This database structure applies to the standard Tiles system (used primarily in Australia & NZ).
It is not compatible with the Tiles+ structure, which is used in markets with extensive accessory sets (e.g., UK and Europe).
Either can be used in North America depending on the complexity of tile accessories.
Since Roof Wizard V8.0, the addition of accessory support in the standard Tiles database has made Tiles+ largely redundant for most users.
✅ Summary
Defining tile accessories correctly ensures:
Accurate material lists
Correct labour cost allocations
Streamlined ordering and reporting
By using the correct product codes and estimation methods, Roof Wizard automates both tile and accessory quantities for precise and efficient project management.