Hello,
The 50,000th message was posted today in Sweet Home 3D forum. What a great community!
To help you find the most interesting subjects, here's a list of the best tips found in the forum:
GENERAL
Learning shortcuts
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,5837
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2019/03/29/sweet_home_3d_shortcuts.html)
Printing
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7487
Increasing max memory
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,1460
(also in the FAQ at https://www.sweethome3d.com/faq.jsp#increaseMaxMemory)
Receiving forum notifications
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12081
SPECIAL FEATURES
Adding plumbing and electrical installations, etc
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,4555
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,5874
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7916
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,9208
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11503
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11611
Creating a roof
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,5747
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8774
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11330
(also in the FAQ at https://www.sweethome3d.com/faq.jsp#otherFeatures)
Designing a terrain
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12618
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10995
Generating staircases
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12160
Curved walls or windows
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11913
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12492
Rotating and merging
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12564
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11546
Making invisible walls
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12039
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2017/05/12/h...arts_hidden_by_walls.html)
Making holes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8979#41685
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11935
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2014/10/09/h...the_bottom_of_a_wall.html
and https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2016/10/07/how_to_design_wall_recesses.html)
Changing scale
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10767
Designing side view
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8045
http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11011
SPECIAL DECORATION TIPS
Making a glass wall
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,1766
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11255
Making transparent furniture
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,1196
Getting a mirror effect
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,3207
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12582
Applying textures
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,9210
Texturing on the same wall
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10670
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,6549
FURNISH AND CUSTOMIZE
Selecting underlying objects
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10823
Inserting a sink
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11044
Organizing furniture catalog
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12543
Changing furniture drawing order in the plan
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10759
Organizing textures of complex furniture
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12594
Creating furniture and texture librairies
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,1550
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,3502
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,966_offset,5
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12391
Copying librairies
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,966
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,3478#15920
Resetting furniture catalog
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11615
Copying between categories
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12634
Multiplying
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10554
Generating plans at SH3D format
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8838
Preparing furniture deformation with prefixes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8918
Converting to DWG or DXF
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11260
CALCULATE
Mesuring a multipart distance
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11960
Calculating room surface
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7551
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11692
Calculating walls surface
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7516
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11424
Computing sloping walls
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,2054
LIGHT MANAGEMENT AND RENDERING
Lighting and rendering
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,6995
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7212
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8832
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7263
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2016/12/24/h...nice_photo_rendering.html)
Creating spots
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8003
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8969
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12580
Lighting items
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,9110
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,2207_offset,14
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8206
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8927
Managing sky images
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8832
Testing light shapes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11886
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12648
Timelapse
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8744
(also in the blog at http://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2014/11/14/sunlight_simulation.html)
Rendering issues
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12202
SHARING EXPERIENCES
Newbie notes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,12079
Drawing precisely
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,7644
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,9807
Sharing 3D view
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11869
Thinking about foundations
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,5920
Color difference issue
https://sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,11046#51507
Complex designs
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10783
Designing waves
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,10961_offset,104
Viewing in VR
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,8218
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,5796
Thanks to Sweet Home 3D community for their contribution and to Veroniq for preparing this nice list
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator
