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Welcome to the new Sweet Home Forum!

Hi everyone, We're happy to announce that the Sweet Home forum has moved to a new, more powerful platform. Our previous system had become difficult to mainta...

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Questions from a newby

I am a beginner using this software and had a few questions. Let’s say you have a 1 story house with a 30x30 section and a 20x20 section. In construction, th...

Last post by VonHess « Fri Sep 11, 2015 3:20 pm
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by VonHess » Wed Sep 09, 2015 4:44 pm

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How to design a wall with a few type of tails?

How to design a wall with a few type of tails? Like this: http://www.bigfurnitureideas.com/wp-con ... gns-10.jpg For now I use 'Picture'(furniture) to decora...

Last post by okh « Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:47 am
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by Adnin » Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:19 pm

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Cannot Export Text to SVG with 5.0

Version 4.6 allowed the export of Text Annotations to the SVG format, but now they do not appear using 5.0. [:-/] Please add this back or provide a choice! T...

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by bradhouser » Mon Sep 07, 2015 1:48 pm

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Is it possible to create curved wall?

I should like to draw a wall on a sector base. The wall is vertically straight, as usual, but the base of it will be curved. Is there any solution?

Last post by Hymer « Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:27 pm
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by Hymer » Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:15 am

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Light source lumens

Please can someone tell me the outputs of the white light source and halogen light source in lumens if possible?

Last post by Adolf08 « Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:51 am
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by John37 » Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:30 pm

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Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:51 am
Appliances sizes US standard (link to web)

So I actually been wondering about standard sizes in the US and I actually found this Guide I was ecstatic and had to share! [:D]

Last post by okh « Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:04 pm
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by Vkbear0 » Wed Aug 26, 2015 1:52 am

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cannot remove ceiling (or is this a ceiling?)

After remove few walls, I noticed the color different in the room in 2d plan view. It turned out that the whole house was covered by ceiling despite no room ...

Last post by Puybaret « Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:53 am
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by pepisito » Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:27 am

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SweetHome 3D crash

Hello, my name is Neto and I have installed SweetHome 3D and for some reason, the window will close as soon as I try to click on any item on that particular ...

Last post by tonykhuong « Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:27 am
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by tonykhuong » Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:30 am

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Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:27 am
How to smelt in the wall of the room in the house?

Hello! I am new here and in Sweet Home. When I make rooms inside the outer walls, the doors and the windows don't penetrate both. If I put a door, it is seem...

Last post by Hymer « Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:50 pm
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by Hymer » Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:55 pm

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door size jumps, if I move into the wall

Hello, I have door with W/D/H 96/96/200. Everytimes, I move into a wall with 25 cm depth, the Depth of door switches to 226,7!?? Even when I check Proportion...

Last post by Bummibaer « Mon Aug 17, 2015 9:55 am
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by Bummibaer » Sun Aug 16, 2015 4:33 pm

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Rotating model other than 90 degrees

I am working on a model that was created from a satellite image for my background. I created my outside walls based on the images of the barns in the JPG. In...

Last post by HauntedHall « Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:34 pm
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by HauntedHall » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:14 pm

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Sloping Terrain....again

I have basically completed my house design. I have levels zero, one and two. Now that I've made it this far can I place a sloping triangle under the house wi...

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by victonymaz » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:58 pm

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Attachments pared translucida

¿Es posible hacer translucida solo una pared en mi diseño?

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by solete » Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:20 am

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sloping ceiling

Hello, i am a new user of SH3D, which I find very useful. However, i have a problem, which i really cannot solve, even though i tried many different approach...

Last post by kuntakinte « Sun Aug 02, 2015 4:34 pm
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by kuntakinte » Sun Aug 02, 2015 2:10 pm

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Trapezoid window and roof

Hello, I was wondering about a few questions since I have been using this great piece of software for about a month now. 1- I didn't find out how to make a t...

Last post by hansmex « Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:14 am
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by remib » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:12 pm

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Night Sky Rendering

Hi, First of all a big thanks for releasing the Version 5.0. Great many features. I have noticed that while rendering a scene (indoor/outdoor)at night time (...

Last post by santbose « Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:16 am
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I need help

Somehow I made the background where I do the 2D drawing much bigger than it needs to be. The top left corner is at -102'. How do I get rid of all this extra ...

Last post by Puybaret « Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:26 am
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by Chadly » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:47 am

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Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:26 am
Help saving image

Hello - I've created a model in Sweet Home 3D, but I'm having trouble using the image. No matter how I save it, it's blurry. I've saved it as a PDF and creat...

Last post by hansmex « Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:25 pm
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by DeeHenry123 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:45 pm

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Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:25 pm
sweet home 3d version 4.6

I am having lately issues with the new version. When I open up sweethome3D of all plans made using the latest version it takes forever to load and then it fr...

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Elevating wall above floor

Is there a way to elevate a wall above the floor?

Last post by hansmex « Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:13 am
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by victonymaz » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:30 am

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Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:13 am
Object set (own furniture)

Dear everybody, I am using Sweet Home 3D 4.2.6 Mac App Store edition. I have selected a bunch of objects from the default library and modified them to meet m...

Last post by Moving « Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:05 pm
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by Moving » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:11 am

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How to export from SweetHome3D to Sketchup for producing a cross section view

Hello, I need to produce a cross section view of house that I have designed with SweetHome3D and I have noted that there is no such a feature as of yet. Appa...

Last post by hansmex « Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:09 pm
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by tesa » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:59 pm

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Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:09 pm
Add horizon

How can I add a horizon or sky to my 3D projects?

Last post by expat63 « Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:04 pm
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by expat63 » Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:12 am

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Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:04 pm
Problems importing doors and windows

Hi everyone, I need help. I try importing doors or windows (picture window), but everytime I put the door/window the object stays as thick as the wall. The "...

Last post by okh « Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:14 pm
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by MAJ_Speirs » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:28 pm

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Sat Jun 13, 2015 2:14 pm
Sweet home and blender help!

Hi. I want to render a picture of the room i made in sweet home 3d but with blender. I exported .obj file and imported it in blender. Here is how it looks in...

Last post by Puybaret « Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:59 am
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by mider111 » Fri Jun 12, 2015 2:26 pm

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Change Plan Aspect

Hi, Is it possible to change the aspect of the 2D plan in the editing window? I want to measure the vertical clearance over a staircase but I can't find anyw...

Last post by hansmex « Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:42 pm
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by sebbo » Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:20 am

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Splitting sloping walls?

When i split a wall, this is happened always(?) in the middle of it. this is fine, because i can move the splitpoint - unless i want to split a sloping wall....

Last post by okh « Sun Jun 07, 2015 9:37 am
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by macfrog » Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:48 pm
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Roofs, ceilings, angles and intercepting walls

Sometimes discussions about how to figure out angles and split sloping walls come up in the forum: Eg.thread 2054: Splitting sloping walls? , with some hints...

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How make light work on 3D view

HI All, Great program, thanks to the developers. I'm new user to Sweet home 3d, and I try to make celling light or wall light to work on 3D view, but doesn't...

Last post by Puybaret « Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:26 pm
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by Bader » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:04 am

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SH3D portable - Videos are created but storing results in 0 byte files

Hi guys, I am using SH3D on my home PC with a standard installation, everything works fine. I have access to a more powerfull PC which I than use for renderi...

Last post by alexey7783 « Tue Jun 02, 2015 10:38 am
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by alexey7783 » Fri May 08, 2015 1:09 pm

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Attachments Using 'Copy as new furniture' to improve texture mapping

All - When working on my ongoing home redesign project, I stumbled across a neat little trick that improved how sh3d mapped textures to some of my objects, a...

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by mazoola » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:23 am

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I can not longer use on-line. How do I recover previous design files to use with desktop version?

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

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by Rob4321 » Fri May 29, 2015 2:13 pm

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Turning on lighting.

HI all, Great program, thanks to the developers. If you could help, I'm a newbe and can't make the lights "work", I can't find a way to make it appear they a...

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by Bojoglobe » Sun May 24, 2015 9:02 am

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Sat May 30, 2015 9:17 am
Can't Save sh3d file

I am using the Online version of SH3D on a Mac, running OS X 10.10.3. I just installed the offline version and want to save my .sh3d file so that I can use i...

Last post by Puybaret « Thu May 28, 2015 7:52 am
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by sulphurado » Wed May 27, 2015 8:46 pm

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Thu May 28, 2015 7:52 am
Roof or shade construction

I need help on how to design or create a half circle roof or shade.

Last post by laurawhite « Fri May 22, 2015 10:35 am
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by jfs51765 » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:09 pm

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Fri May 22, 2015 10:35 am
Catecory

How do I do the new catecory to the catecorylist in left side? (livingroom,kittchen,bathroom) if I want some catecory at utility room, of hallway of children...

Last post by Puybaret « Sat May 16, 2015 12:58 pm
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by MimicaDreamer » Sat May 16, 2015 8:08 am

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Sat May 16, 2015 12:58 pm
View ONLY second level in 3D view

I have a plan with 2 levels. Whenever I am in 3D view, I am able to see just the first floor or the entire house stacked together. I cannot seem to get ONLY ...

Last post by zakird « Fri May 15, 2015 1:12 pm
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by zakird » Fri May 15, 2015 11:34 am

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Fri May 15, 2015 1:12 pm
Want to use software for Feng Shui evaluation...

hello everyone, i want to use this software for fengshui / vastu evaluation. Before coming to Sweet Home 3d i was using photoshop, where i would create line ...

Last post by okh « Wed May 13, 2015 9:00 am
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by priyankeshu » Tue May 12, 2015 6:23 pm

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Negative Elevation for Furniture

I have searched around and this has been requested a few times. Alex Heneveld HERE and HERE appears to have altered the source code to make it possible. Unfo...

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by onefish » Sat May 09, 2015 7:22 am

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Change wall textures at once

Hello, is there a possiblity to change the textures / colors of all walls at once? (Select the texture / color of the inside / outside seperately?) When sele...

Last post by Puybaret « Thu May 07, 2015 6:23 pm
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by nr1 » Thu May 07, 2015 4:42 pm

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Can I change the font?

Can I change the font to more of an architect font for saving as PDF? Thanks, Stephen

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by Stephenp » Fri May 01, 2015 4:47 am

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Hide area from rooms

Hi, Is there a way to hide the area (i.e. 18.34 m2) from "rooms" - that is the areas drawn using the "Create rooms" option from the main toolbar? Grzegorz

Last post by okh « Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:19 pm
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by gandrusz » Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:06 pm

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Generate a nice 2D floorplan

I am just starting with Sweet Home 3D. I looked at some of the examples from the gallery (http://www.sweethome3d.com/gallery.jsp) and I am really impressed. ...

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by gandrusz » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:57 pm

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How to add a lower level to existing two-level design

After creating two levels, how can a lower level be added and essentially move everything already done up one level? I wanted to add the foundation and concr...

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by bert.struik » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:11 pm

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Translucency with new version

Can anyone tell me why models made in a previous version now appear translucent, even though they are solid? The generated background is showing through my m...

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by WriterBLAlley » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:29 pm

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Looking straight up, not only at a 300° angle

Hi guys, I am trying to render an image of looking straight up to the ceiling. But that doesn't work, somehow this is restricted to a 300° angle. Looking str...

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How can I show the borders of my property?

Hello guys, I am new here... sorry I am not able to figure out: 1. how I can draw the borders of my property 2. how I can "shape" my property (I do not know ...

Last post by Paulchen2000 « Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:20 pm
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by Paulchen2000 » Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:10 am

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Modern stairs with two flights

Hi all, I need to insert on my project a modern stairs with two flights. What can I do to insert them? Thanks for your help!

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by denisfelisatti » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:17 pm

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Level value can not be -2000 (cm).

It seems that the maximum negative value for a level is -1000. This value I can only reach by using the spinner and pressing it down for a long time. With th...

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by macktheknife » Thu Apr 16, 2015 4:37 pm

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how can i do a wall with two different colours vertically?

Hello, how can i do a wall with two different colours vertically? For example red until mid-wall and gray to the ceiling ps: excuse me for bad english,i am s...

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by BiasBo » Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:17 am

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