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Posted by Shaggy1 at May 5, 2021, 12:53:35 PM

unable to convert plan to .svg using sweerhome3d 6.5.2 on centos 7
Hi

System Info
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$ cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core)

$ uname -a
Linux lb-cam-bca-12 3.10.0-1062.1.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 13 22:55:44 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_292"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_292-b10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.292-b10, mixed mode)

$ javaws -version
icedtea-web 1.7.1 (rhel-1.el7-x86_64)

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I downloaded SweetHome3D.jnlp and used the command:

$ javaws SweetHome3D.jnlp

to open it.

This seemed to work OK, but when I open a .sh3d file and try to convert it to svg format by going to:

Plan->Export to SVG format ...

It does not do anything. "Export to SVG format ..." does not highlight.

If I install the same sweet home version on a windows 10 machine I can export to .svg fine.

Would anyone have any idea why this might not work on a centos 7 machine ?
Is this the correct way to run swwet home on linux (using the .jnlp file), or do I need to download a different file ?

Posted by Shaggy1 at May 5, 2021, 2:29:09 PM

Re: unable to convert plan to .svg using sweerhome3d 6.5.2 on centos 7
Ok. Initially I was running as root which it seems did enough to open the app, but when I tried running as a normal user it was unable to start - various exceptions thrown by java, so I guess javaws is not the way to go. (Not really sure what javaws is, but it looked like it was trying to run using a web browser).

I've installed snap and will try to install sweethome using that.

Posted by Puybaret at May 6, 2021, 11:45:49 AM

Re: unable to convert plan to .svg using sweerhome3d 6.5.2 on centos 7
Why not trying the official version available at SourceForge.net?
It contains two scripts to launch Sweet Home 3D: SweetHome3D and SweetHome3D-Java3D-1_5_2 which should work if the first one doesn't.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

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