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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...by SpaceMushrooms » » in New versions - 0 Replies
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Stairs - hight to next level
Designing a 2 story building. Working on a flight of stairs from Level 1 to Level 2. Level 1 is Wall-height 303cm, Level 2 is Floor-height 22cm. My understan...by otadmin » - 2 Replies
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2D symbols not working
Title says it all. For a long time I have problems with placing 2D symbols. They are blank ... Info: - Version: bought via Microsoft Store - I'm using Sweet ...by tzwientjuh » - 8 Replies
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How to trace real floorplan?
I have a real floor plan and thought tracing it would be easy using polygons, but that doesnât work. Is using Create walls really the only correct way? How...by madrian » - 3 Replies
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How to create an proper 2D FloorPlan and FloorPlanIcon
Hello, I am creating an 2D wharehouse floorplan, a lot of object that I need do not exists. For now I want to create multiple icons for the object that I can...by Pharos » - 8 Replies
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A room within a room... that folks can stand on...?
I want to draw a room inside a room. A 16' foot tall wall at back. An 8' square "box" against the back wall. Stairs on either side of the box that lead to a ...by [email protected] » - 5 Replies
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dimensions on height or 3d view
I like to know, how to create dimensions on 3d view. so when I create a design, I'd like people to know how high the building I designed base on my drawing. ...by fhoofman » - 8 Replies
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Doors made in Blender
A friend of mine made a very nice door in Blender. I told him to submit it for SH3D. He was able to export it as an .obj but I'm unsure about the glass parts...by pencilart » - 3 Replies
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Understanding the Concept of SH3D - Roofs and Sloped Walls
I am a new user of SH3D and am trying to visualize a house drawn in LibreCAD in SH3D. I am running into various problems that are related to the concepts of ...by Swelst » - 8 Replies
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Display electrical outlets on design view and print.
Hello, Is there a way to show electrical outlets or the locations of them in the design view and be able to print them out? I am trying to mark all of the ou...by mikesailer » - 2 Replies
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Re: Create a solid Shape
Hi, I am tracing around an old building and the walls are thick and there are some weird shapes and they need to be filled. How can I create these as solid s...by stef.salmon » - 20 Replies
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3d rendering without shadows from the sun (indoor)
Hi, I'm searching for a way to render a 3D picture from my design without the indoor shadow from the sun. Picture from the model room: Link to picture (OneDr...by A1ucar2d » - 3 Replies
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How do I create irregular polygonal shapes that can be modified with textures?
Hi! How do I shape the gazebo roof between the two buildings into a trapezoid shape? And in general, how do I create irregular polygonal shapes that can be m...by architetto20 » - 2 Replies
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Split Wall, how to separate the two ends
I have used the split wall command and the wall is indeed in two parts but I cannot work out how to separate them. If I select the first part and go to Modif...by KENTSOR » - 9 Replies
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Moving the 0,0 coordinates
The 0,0 coordinates on the grid have moved to the far lower right of my screen. Is there a way to move it back to the upper left?by twentw » - 1 Replies
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Start Point
I tried to search for a definition of "start point" as used in the dialog box for item details. I notice that, because there is no snap-to-lines or -grid fea...by KitchM » - 17 Replies
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Sweet Home 3D bigger font
How to zoom Sweet Home 3D interface. On Linux, the font is pretty small.by Juandev » - 3 Replies
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Help with vaulted ceiling
I used these instructions to create a vaulted ceiling: 1. Draw your room walls at the standard height. 2. Create a new level above the existing one. 3. Go to...by twentw » - 4 Replies
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how to create roof projections
Good morning, thanks for the help creating the roof... I found and loaded the plugin. I managed to create the roof of my project, but I can't create the over...by architetto20 » - 0 Replies
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What Is Meant by "Origin" When Creating a Floor Plan?
Hi all, I am hoping to use SH3D to plan out some pretty basic rearrangements and redecorations of my apartment, and maybe help family out with the same. Unfo...by AfroPope » - 4 Replies
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🏆 Winner Announcement – “Your Dream House” Challenge! 🏆
Winner Announcement – “Your Dream House” Challenge! We’re excited to announce that the winners of the “Your Dream House” challenge are @gemelli.scrimieri! Yo...by SpaceMushrooms » - 0 Replies
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Vote your favorite project of the Challenge!
Last Chance! The "Design Your Dream House" challenge ends September 7th at midnight! You only have this weekend to submit your final projects! And here’s the...by SpaceMushrooms » - 0 Replies
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My project has a room lighter than the other ones
Hello, I made the project of my house with all rooms in darker mode, in order to use it inside home assistant so that when I light on a light, the room illum...by FabioG75 » - 5 Replies
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Set a default polyline for color, size arrow, shape, etc. ??
Hi; Is there a way to set a polyline default for a project? I want to use the same size, shape, arrow design, color, etc. for a polyline without having to go...by srfoot » - 2 Replies
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bug in time setting?
Emmanuel, Maybe there is a small bug in the time setting of the rendering dialogue. When I click up and down, the time changes in steps of 1 hour. When I try...by hansmex » - 5 Replies
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Set focus back to coordinates box
(Not possible to paste images here?) I click "Create rooms" and then "Enter" to get the blue spot and the little popup with its coordinates. But if I now rel...by twmat » - 1 Replies
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Can't modify walls
I just downloaded the software (7.5.35) and watched some tutorials. I drew out the walls for a room and added dimensions. But when I try to modify the wall h...by NCdyi » - 6 Replies
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Garage roof has disappeared
I have made my garage roof disappear. i did so that I could see to place stuff in the garage and it was in my way and have forgotten how I did it and do not ...by LizardQueen » - 2 Replies
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Command Line option for rendering
Hi, I'm trying to render a camera view for several times per day for every month of the year in 4k format. This works fine, but I want to automate it since I...by Stefan428 » - 1 Replies
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Polyline - how to delete a point, version 7.6
Polyline - how to delete a point in version 7.6? I can't find a menu or anything to do this. AI says there is a modify menu, but I don't have one. Double-cli...by John37 » - 7 Replies
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Convert to Autocad or DWG or DXF
Hi all, I'm trying to send my drawing to a structural engineer but he needs to import it to autocad to view it. How do I do convert the file for him to impor...by mav99l » - 17 Replies
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Launch multiple instances of SweetHome3D?
I searched around and could not find an answer. Is there a way to launch multiple instances of SweetHome3D? I am using the linux version and launching SweetH...by 2manyprojects » - 12 Replies
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How to use levels properly for a real world scenario
Hi, I would like to accurately model our current house in SweetHome 3D, but I get confused about how to properly build the entire house. I already have model...by MarkusBohu » - 5 Replies
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how do I draw roof trusses
Hi, I am trying to draw roof trusses and rafters. Is there a library I can import then modify to my dimensions, or how do I do it from the lumbar library? Gr...by BobMcL » - 4 Replies
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How to edit a floor plan at once
Hello. I have designed a floor plan with sever rooms that are in one column (they share same width) and I have put some furniture in them. Now I want to decr...by PackMan0 » - 1 Replies
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Display room surface area once a room is already created
Hello, I just created a couple of rooms. While I was creating them, the total surface area was displayed. However, after having created a room, and giving it...by Stage » - 6 Replies
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Making a custom door look like the stock door in plan view
Hey everyone! Just a quick question about doors. The doors that come pre-loaded with SH3D have a distinct shape that shows where the door swings open to. Thi...by bashnprint » - 5 Replies
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Add dimension to group
Hi, everybody. I'm trying to add dimensions to furniture group. Is there a way to do it? When the code is finished , the HomeObjects are selected, (the group...by MarioDLCO » - 1 Replies
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Lights too bright
Hi folks. My lights are suddenly way too bright in my renders. To date, I've rendered 54 versions of my project. All my lights are set at 20%. Up until rende...by Rhydm » - 2 Replies
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how to add elevation to a wall and make a beam on the roof
Hi, my wall is made as this: wiev by side roof __________ ................|beam ................|_____ ........................| ........................|wal...by procustex » - 4 Replies
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Linux verrsion point to a USB file?
Can anyone tell me how to point Sweet Home to a file on my USB drive using a Linux OS?by GeorgeJ » - 1 Replies
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Can't create a pdf
I used this program off and on for several years and have never been able to create a pdf. When I try I just get a progress window that never makes a functio...by webrehm » - 4 Replies
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flip/mirror a plan?
I went through all the work of creating a great plan, but the land we found requires me to "flip/mirror" the plan. left to right. I can't seem to find a way ...by MarcInBKK » - 4 Replies
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Gettling list of materials/furniture used
Can I get a list of materials used in a design? There is the list of objects with dimensions shown. But it lacks things like tiles used. It would be very use...by daytooner » - 2 Replies
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getting the level on levels
I am making a plan in which the first level of a building drops a couple of feet a couple times as the property goes downhill and subsequent additions were b...by archibaldtuttle » - 4 Replies
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Does anyone know any cool tricks to break the program a bit?
I wanna test in what ways I can break Sweet Home 3D with some bugs. I know this is an older software so maybe this won't be TOO hard but still... does anyone...by Noah_AK2028 » - 0 Replies
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Export plan to image plugin creating empty png
I am on version 7.4.1 of Sweet Home on a Mac M1, and have installed ver 1.0.2 of the Export Plan to Image plugin ExportPlanImage-1.0.2.sh3p. When used, the p...by DavyR » - 3 Replies
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How to edit the width of the casing around doors?
When the width of a door is set to 32", the width of the door's swing in the Aerial View is actually only about 29". The door model consists of a swing and a...by robertakarobin » - 1 Replies
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Ceiling not shown in one project only
Hi, I am currently having an issue with the ceiling feature in only one project and am looking for suggestions what to do next. I have worked with the ceilin...by LTL81 » - 10 Replies
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Creating complex room with no flat walls as a road or path - 'create room' doesn't.
After experiencing the slow-down of 'too many long walls' and using the suggestion to create 'roads' from rooms, then erasing the walls, works ok on straight...by PeterW » - 1 Replies
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