diff --git a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/tiling/TileCalculator.java b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/tiling/TileCalculator.java
index fefbde61..3bcac9e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/tiling/TileCalculator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/bioimage/modelrunner/tiling/TileCalculator.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class TileCalculator {
 	private TileCalculator(ModelDescriptor descriptor, List<TileInfo> tileInfoList) {
 		this.descriptor = descriptor;
 		this.tileInfoList = tileInfoList;
-		validateTileSize();
+		validate();
 		this.factory = TileFactory.init(descriptor);
 	}
 	
@@ -28,17 +28,51 @@ public static TileCalculator build(ModelDescriptor descriptor, List<TileInfo> ti
 		return new TileCalculator(descriptor, tileInfoList);
 	}
 	
-	private boolean validateTileSize() {
+	private boolean validate() {
 		checkAllTensorsDefined();
-		checkTileDims(tensor, tile);
 		validateTileVsImageSize();
+		validateStepMin();
+		validateTileVsHalo();
+		validateNoTiling();
+		validateTileVsImageChannel();
 		checkTilesCombine();
 		return false;
 	}
 	
-	private void validate 
+	private void validateTileVsHalo() {
+		
+	}
+	
+	private void validateNoTiling() {
+		
+	}
 	
 	private void validateStepMin() {
+		for (TileInfo tile : this.tileInfoList) {
+			TensorSpec tt = this.descriptor.findInputTensor(tile.getName());
+			if (tt == null) continue;
+    		String axesTile = tile.getTileAxesOrder();
+    		long[] tileDims = tile.getProposedTileDimensions();
+    		String axesTensor = tt.getAxesOrder();
+    		axesTile = addMissingAxes(axesTensor, axesTile);
+    		axesTensor = addMissingAxes(axesTile, axesTensor);
+    		tileDims = arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddOnes(tileDims, tile.getTileAxesOrder(), axesTile);
+    		int[] min = arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddOnes(tt.getMinTileSizeArr(), tt.getAxesOrder(), axesTile);
+    		int[] step = arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddZeros(tt.getTileStepArr(), tt.getAxesOrder(), axesTile);
+    		
+    		for (int i = 0; i < tileDims.length; i ++) {
+    			if (tileDims[i] != min[i] && step[i] == 0)
+    				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid tile size for axis '" + axesTile.split("")[i].toUpperCase()
+    						+ "'. Only allowed tile size for this axis is: " + min[i]);
+    			else if ((tileDims[i] - min[i]) % step[i] != 0)
+    				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid tile size for axis '" + axesTile.split("")[i].toUpperCase()
+    						+ "'. Tile size for this axis should satisfy: " + min[i] + " + n x " + step[i]
+    						+ " where n can be any positive integer.");
+    		}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void validateTileVsImageChannel() {
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -94,7 +128,6 @@ private void checkAllTensorsDefined() {
 	}
 	
 	private void calculate() {
-		this.validateTileSize();
 	}
 	
 	public void getTileList() {
@@ -190,6 +223,33 @@ public static long[] arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddOnes(long[] size, String orginalAx
     	return finalSize;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Convert the array following given axes order into
+     *  another int[] which follows the target axes order
+     *  The newly added components will be ones.
+     * @param size
+     * 	original array following the original axes order
+     * @param orginalAxes
+     * 	axes order of the original array
+     * @param targetAxes
+     * 	axes order of the target array
+     * @return a size array in the order of the tensor of interest
+     */
+    public static int[] arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddOnes(int[] size, String orginalAxes, String targetAxes) {
+    	orginalAxes = orginalAxes.toLowerCase();
+    	String[] axesArr = targetAxes.toLowerCase().split("");
+    	int[] finalSize = new int[targetAxes.length()];
+    	for (int i = 0; i < finalSize.length; i ++) {
+    		int ind = orginalAxes.indexOf(axesArr[i]);
+    		if (ind == -1) {
+    			finalSize[i] = 1;
+    		} else {
+    			finalSize[i] = size[ind];
+    		}
+    	}
+    	return finalSize;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Convert the array following given axes order into
      *  another float[] which follows the target axes order
@@ -242,6 +302,31 @@ public static float[] arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddZeros(float[] size, String orgina
     	return finalSize;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Convert the array following given axes order into
+     *  another int[] which follows the target axes order.
+     *  The newly added components will be zeros.
+     * @param size
+     * 	original array following the original axes order
+     * @param orginalAxes
+     * 	axes order of the original array
+     * @param targetAxes
+     * 	axes order of the target array
+     * @return a size array in the order of the tensor of interest
+     */
+    public static long[] arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddZeros(long[] size, String orginalAxes, String targetAxes) {
+    	orginalAxes = orginalAxes.toLowerCase();
+    	String[] axesArr = targetAxes.toLowerCase().split("");
+    	long[] finalSize = new long[targetAxes.length()];
+    	for (int i = 0; i < finalSize.length; i ++) {
+    		int ind = orginalAxes.indexOf(axesArr[i]);
+    		if (ind == -1) 
+    			continue;
+    		finalSize[i] = size[ind];
+    	}
+    	return finalSize;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Convert the array following given axes order into
      *  another int[] which follows the target axes order.
@@ -266,6 +351,37 @@ public static int[] arrayToWantedAxesOrderAddZeros(int[] size, String orginalAxe
     	}
     	return finalSize;
     }
+    
+    /**
+	 * Compare two axes order strings and adds the dimensions of axes1 that are not present in 
+	 * axes2 to axes2. Special rules are applied for axes 'b' and 't':
+	 * - If 'b' is present in axes1 but 't' is in axes2, 'b' is skipped.
+	 * - If 't' is present in axes1 but 'b' is in axes2, 't' is added to axes2.
+	 * 
+	 * For example:
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     String result1 = addMissingAxes("xyz", "xz");
+	 *     // result1 will be "xyz" since 'y' is added to "xz"
+	 *     
+	 *     String result2 = addMissingAxes("xyz", "xyc");
+	 *     // result2 will be "xycz" 
+	 * </pre>
+	 * 
+	 * @param axes1 The source axes order string from which missing axes are added.
+	 * @param axes2 The target axes order string where missing axes are added.
+	 * @return The modified axes2 string including missing axes from axes1.
+     */
+    public static String addMissingAxes(String axes1, String axes2) {
+    	for (String ax : axes1.split("")) {
+    		if (ax.equals("b") && axes2.indexOf(ax) == -1 && axes2.indexOf("t") != -1)
+    			continue;
+			else if (ax.equals("t") && axes2.indexOf(ax) == -1 && axes2.indexOf("b") != -1)
+    			axes2 += ax;
+			else if (axes2.indexOf(ax) == -1)
+    			axes2 += ax;
+    	}
+    	return axes2;
+    }