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Re: Sweet Home 3D 2.3
The version 2.3 Beta 7 of this week brought these new features: - Zoom in plan with the mouse wheel and ctrl key (or cmd key under Mac OS X) - A new option in preferences to replace the category folders displayed in the furniture catalog by a searchable list - Added navigation arrows at the top left corner of the 3D view. I hope these arrows are correctly displayed and this feature doesn't slow down 3D rendering. These arrows may be hidden with the matching option in preferences, but I chose to display them by default because I think they might be very useful for Sweet Home 3D beginners (I read in many places that 3D navigation was awkward, but my feeling is that these users just didn't read the help).
French and English help was updated accordingly.
As always, enjoy and feel free to give me some feedback.
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Re: Sweet Home 3D 2.3
Emmanuel:
Until v2.3b6 SH3D auto-started the program after downloading. When closing the program you could see an icon on the desktop (see picture).
When double-clicking the icon a small window opened asking whether this was a trusted program. After clicking YES the icon changed to the SH3D icon and you could start the program from the desktop.
Now, in v2.3b7 I get a warning message, but I cannot start the program. I preferred the way this was handled in v6 and older.
The group/ungroup in the pop-up menu is very nice. The searchable model list works very well, especially because I have many imported models. The fact that it also searches while typing, and the fact that it finds teh search string in the middle of a name is very handy.
The circle with rotation in the 3D preview works correct when in Virtual Visit. In Aerial View only the outer buttons seem to work. It seems the inner buttons don't have a function. Also there is the problem that you cannot zoom in on your scene anymore.
Because I can't start the program now, I can't test-drive it further to see what's going on.
Hans
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Re: Sweet Home 3D 2.3
Hans, I didn't change the way the program is launched. What I don't understand is whether your desktop icon is wrong or the program doesn't work anymore. How many times did you try to launch the new beta? Can you still launch the beta from theJNLP link?
I tested again the 6 arrows and they work in both modes. The left, right, up and down navigation arrows have the same effect as the matching keys of the keyboard, whereas the two small up and down arrows at center have the same effect as the page up and page down keys.
I hope you'll be able to launch the program again.
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I'm glad to read it still works. I guess this dialog is just a new security warning added to Ubuntu. I hope it won't prevent other users from using Sweet Home 3D.
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Emmanuel:
In v2.3.b7 I cannot modify my imported models anymore. Of course there could be several reasons for this behaviour. - because I start the program from the online jnlp-link? - because I use Ubuntu? - because it's a bug?
Hans
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This is a bug and I fixed it in version 2.3 Beta 8. Thank you for your help.
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Hello,
When using Ubuntu 10.04 you will have to change the program permissions in order to be able to start SH3D from the desktop icon.
Right-click the text icon on the desktop and select PROPERTIES. A window opens as seen below:
Click the PERMISSIONS tab and make sure to check the box that says "Allow executing file as a program". I also changed the other settings to "Read and write" although I am not sure if that is necessary. Close the window and you'll see that the desktop icon now shows the SH3D logo. Double-clicking the icon now starts the program.
Success.
Hans
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Re: Sweet Home 3D 2.3
Emmanuel:
I made a model of a spiral staircase, using a grouped set of 3 elements to build the steps. Due to some small not-reproducible bug I had to save the model and re-open it. Unfortunately the grouping info is not saved with the rest of the model/scene info.
Is there a chance you could add this?
Hans
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Re: Sweet Home 3D 2.3
Hans, the grouping info should be saved. I just tried and it worked for me. If you find a way to reproduce this bug, don't hesitate to post it to help me fix it.
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