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Rearrange Furniture
I am new to this application and learning new things every day. I want to organize my furniture catalog so it is easier for me to locate the individual piece I want to import into my design. For example, there is a Drill in the “Miscellaneous” category that I would like to have in a category I created named “Tools”. How do I move the drill (or any other) piece from one furniture catalog to another?
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Re: Rearrange Furniture
It depends on how the model was imported in Sweet Home 3D.
Individual imported models have a cursive name in the catalog. You can right click on the model in the catlog and select "Modify furniture". Click <Continue> twice and you see the dialog where you can change the category. Change it and save.
All other models in the catalog were added by importing a Furniture Library. You can't delete or change individual models that are imported this way, you have to edit the library and import the library again. You use the Furniture Library Editor to edit the library. Find the model, double click it (or Ctrl+E). Change the category in the modify dialog that opens. Save the library and (re-)import the library in Sweet Home 3D, replacing the previous library. Your model will reflect the changed category.
A little warning: it is not recommended to change a library that you have not created yourself. Importing an updated library will cause you to loose the changes you have made. You will have to repeat it all over again. What you can do is create a new personal library with the Furniture Library Editor where you add all the models you want. You can export a model to get the obj/mtl files which you can then import into your new library. That is also a good way to pick a subset of models from a large library. After creating your own library you can remove the source library. Be aware that some models have extra properties set in the library so be carefull to add these too in a new library. These extra properties are in the list you see when you modify a model in the library. Scroll down to see them all and copy them in your new library. Also make sure that you check 'Door or window' or 'Staircase' where necessary. Check if a staircase has a custom SVG cutout string and copy that in your new library.
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