eTeks is proud to report that the French Forensic Police Office (Scientific Police) recently chose Sweet Home 3D as a tool to design plans. This is a concrete application of the recommendation of the French government to give the preference to free open source solutions.
Before making this choice, the SCPTS (Service Central de la Police Technique et Scientifique, SPNS from 2021) requested some additional features and 3D models that will let them represent crime scenes but also exterior road scenes.

New vehicles and road signs

Sweet Home 3D features for the SCPTS

The request of the SCPTS led to the development of some features released in Sweet Home 3D version 6.0, like the articulated mannequin, multiline texts and new options for polylines. Beside that, five plugins were developed:

• The UpdateRoadLines plug-in adds the Tools > Modify road line style menu item to let the user choose a French road line style for the selected polylines and their color.

  
  UpdateRoadLines plug-in

• The EvidenceMarkerGenerator plug-in adds the Tools > Add evidence marker menu item able to generate a numbered evidence marker on the item selected in the plan. Updated on 05/03/2021, the version 1.1 of this plug-in allows to enter numbers, but also letters (A, B, AA, AB,...) or a letter followed by a digit (A1, A2,...), and to change the label of the marker afterwards by modifying its name. Changing its material colors will also be reflected in the icons shown in the plan and the furniture list. Note that the version 1.1 requires Sweet Home 3D 6.5 to work.

  
  EvidenceMarkerGenerator plug-in

• The ExportPlanImage plug-in (released on 05/03/2021, updated on 01/23/2023) adds the Tools > Export plan to image menu item able to export an image of the plan to PNG or JPEG format at the size of your choice.
• The BasicShapeGenerator plug-in (released on 12/12/2022) adds the Tools > Generate basic shape menu item to generate tetrahedrons, pyramids, cubes, crosses, spheres, cylinders, cones, hexagonal prisms, dodecahedron and torus at a given size.


BasicShapeGenerator plug-in

• The StaircaseGenerator plug-in (released on 12/12/2022) adds the Tools > Generate staircase menu item to generate staircases of various types from their number of stairs and their size, with other additional customization parameters.

StaircaseGenerator plug-in

Additional 3D models and textures for the SCPTS

Carlos Folch, the author of Resources.blogscopia, also designed 195 new 3D models and 5 new floor textures to complete the list of existing free 3D models with additional vehicles, clothes, weapons, tools, road symbols and road parts.
These models were released in the SCPTS.sh3f library contained in the 3DModels-SCPTS-1.2.2.zip file (15.5 MB - translated in English, French and Spanish - updated on 09/22/2023), where they can be easily found with the "SCPTS" or "SNPS" keywords.

Like the other 3D models designed by Scopia, these models are available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with the requirement of giving credit only in case a 3D model or a work derived from it is redistributed (see also Scopia license).
SCPTS' 3D models are listed below to let you display each model in 3D by clicking on its image or download it by clicking on the link under the image. Some of these models are also available among Scopia models in the free 3D models page, except the ones surrounded with red. All of them can also be found in the free 3D models search engine.

128 kB Bicycle	130 kB Scooter	125 kB Small car	132 kB Smart car	133 kB City car
157 kB Renault Kangoo	129 kB Station wagon	129 kB Minivan	147 kB SUV	110 kB SUV
112 kB Sports car	123 kB Chevrolet	127 kB Convertible	141 kB 4x4	131 kB Pickup
108 kB Police car	96 kB Gendarmerie car	95 kB Flatbed truck	128 kB Van	105 kB Bus
78 kB Trailer	140 kB Caravan	23 kB Bike wheel	4 kB Bike handlebar	10 kB Bike frame
37 kB Helmet	52 kB Motorbike wheel	58 kB Motorbike handlebar	57 kB Motor	103 kB Motor
95 kB Wheel	61 kB Tire	36 kB Wheel rim	16 kB Steering wheel	5 kB Windscreen
14 kB Hat	32 kB Cap	25 kB Hood	12 kB Glove	67 kB Glove
65 kB Trousers	71 kB Short	106 kB Dress	32 kB Skirt	32 kB Skirt
14 kB Jacket	28 kB Underpants	10 kB Underwear	23 kB Bra	22 kB Socket
8 kB Stocking	14 kB Stocking	96 kB Watch	89 kB Watch	12 kB Ring
33 kB Flip flops	137 kB Cat tree	111 kB Rabbit cage	32 kB Litter	30 kB Leash
90 kB Folded newspaper	79 kB Opened newspaper	90 kB Newspapers pile	28 kB Plate, glasses and cutlery	15 kB Hotel safe
36 kB Magazine	66 kB Opened magazine	62 kB Magazines pile	19 kB Safe on feet	23 kB Safe for long rifles
6 kB Ammunition casing	45 kB Revolver	32 kB Gun	74 kB Machine pistol	69 kB AK47
56 kB Shotgun	38 kB Rifle	29 kB Double-barreled shotgun	8 kB Dagger	8 kB Scalpel
4 kB Screwdriver	20 kB Hammer	21 kB Saw	12 kB Cutting pliers	7 kB Shovel
4 kB Crowbar	26 kB Jack	115 kB Rope	59 kB Chain	4 kB Tape
73 kB Drill	30 kB Grinder	5 kB Sole trace	10 kB Foot trace	13 kB Hand trace
13 kB Pillow	32 kB Blood traces	33 kB Blood traces	68 kB Blood traces	55 kB Blood traces
5 kB Narcotic bag	9 kB Syringe	11 kB Cigarette	10 kB Cigarette butt	3 kB Hashtray
30 kB Bill 5€	31 kB Bill 10€	47 kB Bill 20€	35 kB Bill 50€	49 kB Bill 100€
36 kB Bill 200€	28 kB Bill 500€	31 kB Bills 5€	32 kB Bills 10€	48 kB Bills 20€
36 kB Bills 50€	50 kB Bills 100€	36 kB Bills 200€	29 kB Bills 500€	108 kB Cinder block
121 kB Sand heap	117 kB Ground heap	207 kB Gravel heap	192 kB Rubble heap	213 kB Clothes heap
5 kB Electric wire 1m	98 kB Electric wire 6mm	68 kB Electric wire 3mm	8 kB Cone	19 kB Traffic lane separator
143 kB Road 1 lane	154 kB Curved road 1 lane 90°	145 kB Curved road 1 lane 6.5m	150 kB Curved road 1 lane 13m	157 kB Curved road 1 lane 26m
144 kB Road 2 lanes	153 kB Curved road 2 lanes 90°	146 kB Curved road 2 lanes 6.5m	152 kB Curved road 2 lanes 13m	161 kB Curved road 2 lanes 26m
85 kB Road 3 lanes	91 kB Curved road 3 lanes 13m	151 kB Crossroad 2x2 lanes	151 kB Crossroad 1x1 lane	151 kB Crossroad 1x2 lanes
94 kB Highway 2 lanes	96 kB Highway 3 lanes	97 kB Highway 4 lanes	100 kB Highway access road 156m	110 kB Highway access road 260m
87 kB Highway access road	2 kB Road guardrail 13m	6 kB Curved guardrail left side 13m	6 kB Curved guardrail right side 13m	3 kB Road guardrail end
17 kB Bridge pillar	17 kB Bridge pillar 2 lanes	177 kB Bridge 1 lane	178 kB Bridge 2 lanes	142 kB Sidewalk 15°
7 kB Brake trace	12 kB Brake trace	13 kB Brake trace	13 kB Brake trace	2 kB Pedestrian crossing
2 kB Arrow turn left	2 kB Arrow turn left and straight ahead	1 kB Arrow straight ahead	2 kB Arrow turn right and straight ahead	2 kB Arrow turn right
3 kB Parking slot	4 kB Parking slot 90°	6 kB Parking slot 75°	6 kB Parking slot 60°	8 kB Parking slot 45°
22 kB Rail crossing	2 kB Rails	116 kB Locomotive	144 kB Wagon	186 kB Tramway
158 kB Railroad 1m	159 kB Railroad 10m	173 kB Railroad curve 10m	179 kB Railroad curve 20m	186 kB Railroad curve 40m
219 kB Railroad switch	10 kB Street light	63 kB Concrete pole	103 kB Wood pole	2 kB Electric wire
42 kB Traffic light	48 kB Traffic light	419 kB Mannequin girl	397 kB Mannequin boy	226 kB Mannequin baby

The 5 new following textures were created for roads and are available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Note that the road models include different materials which can be hidden to get configurations with or without sidewalks or security rails, with continuous or dash lines, like in this example. Read the Road models guide (PDF - 9.6 MB - French) for more information.

Thanks to the SCPTS for choosing Sweet Home 3D and making these additional features available under a free license! We hope it will help to solve some court cases in France and other countries around the world.

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Posted by Emmanuel Puybaret on 10 December 2018 at 14:40:00 CET #