Menu path
Set-Up > Materials > Tile Colours
What it does
This feature lets you define colour lists for tiles, shingles and shakes for each supplier. When you select materials using Cover > Select Tile (shingle or shake), you can choose from the colours you've defined for that supplier.
How to use it
Go to Set-Up > Tile Colours
Select the supplier you want to define colours for
Add colour names to the list
Enter a Product Code Suffix for each colour (optional but recommended)
Click OK to save your changes
🧾 Understanding Product Code Suffixes
The Product Code Suffix is a code that helps you order the correct materials from your supplier. When defined, the suffix is automatically added to the product code when the software calculates material costing.
This suffix then appears in all subsequent documents describing the material for the job, including product lists and cut lists.
🛠 Example
If you have:
Ridge cap tile with product code: RT
Colour with Product Code Suffix: TE
The product listing will appear as:
Supplier's Name, RTTE, Ridge Tile, Terracotta
(Supplier, Product code with colour suffix, Description, Colour)
💡 Technical Details
When you click OK, the colour details are saved in a data file called tilecol.dat in the User folder.
Material data files like this are best edited from within AppliCad software via the appropriate dialogue box. However, as this is a text file format, they may also be edited in Notepad or a spreadsheet programs such as MS Excel.
🔧 Related Setup Tasks
After setting up tile colours, you may also want to:
Define the actual tile, shingle, and shake materials
Set up metal panel and flashing colours
Configure fasteners and other accessories