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From Blueprints to 3D: The Early Days of Home Design Software Before the rise of digital tools, architectural planning and interior design were done primarily on paper. Architects and designers relied on physical blueprints, sketches, and manual calculations to plan layouts. The introduction of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software in the late 20th century revolutionized theContinue reading "The Evolution of 3D Home Design Software: Where Sweet Home 3D Fits and its History"

Despite its name, Sweet Home 3D is not just for houses. It’s a highly versatile tool that can be used to design a wide range of spaces, from shops and restaurants to outdoor areas and offices. One of its biggest strengths is the extensive furniture library, which includes items that adapt well to different situations.Continue reading "Floor Plans for Commercial Spaces Using Sweet Home 3D"

As a professional designer or architect, presenting your interior design concepts to clients is crucial. Sweet Home 3D offers excellent tools to help you bring your designs to life and showcase them in ways that are both impactful and easy for clients to understand. One of the best ways to share your Sweet Home 3DContinue reading "How to Share Your Sweet Home 3D Projects with Clients"

Introduction From version 1.5, it’s possible to add new features to Sweet Home 3D with plug-in files placed in your plug-ins folder. This allows Java programmers to develop and distribute new features for Sweet Home 3D without modifying the source files of the current version (which is good for upward compatibility), and without delivering a full version ofContinue reading "Plug-in developer’s guide"

Design software is a fundamental part of any architect’s toolkit, and with so many tools out there, it’s important to know which ones are truly worth your time. In this article, we bring you a professional 3D design analysis of Sweet Home 3D, written from the perspective of a practicing architect with over a decadeContinue reading "Sweet Home 3D: An Architect’s Review of its Capabilities"

Sweet Home 3D is available in 29 different languages. Translations included in Sweet Home 3D The following translations are directly included in Sweet Home 3D when you install it, and are kept up to date when new features are added to the application. If the user interface of Sweet Home 3D isn’t displayed in the language you expected,Continue reading "Translations"

This page describes the main plug-ins and other tools available for Sweet Home 3D.

This page lists some sources of free texture images that you may import in Sweet Home 3D.

This page lists some sources of free 3D models that you may import in Sweet Home 3D,
either one by one or by group of models, and web sites that propose 3D models.

Read this page to get more information about Sweet Home 3D versions history.