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New user questions
A few questions from a new user.. I'm on Ubunutu 8.10 x64
1. Models ... I downloaded/extracted 3DSW and it runs. I also have the models file (3DModels-KatorLegaz-1.0.1.zip) which are supposed to go in .eteks/sweethome3d/furniture of the user folder. This folder does not exist... should I create it? And/or is there any install/configuration I need to do?
2. Homes & Rooms... Is a 'home' just a SW3D file I save - or is there something more to a 'home'? Is a 'Room' just an area calculation? If I want a colored floor in a room (ie 4 walls) should I create the walls and the 'Room'? Seems like walls/room could be derived from each other instead of manually creating each.
3. Color/Texture: The color wheel selection and the color in the 3d view seem different - what affects this?
4. Crash: 3DSW closed while I was clicking a Room corner - no messages on the screen and it restarted fine. Any ideas why, or how I can understand/prevent this reoccuring?
thanks
[Note: this thread was started on sourceforge.net forums]
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Re: New user questions
1. You don't need to create the folder .eteks/sweethome3d/furniture . Install the SH3F file contained in 3DModels-KatorLegaz-1.0.1.zip with the menu Furniture > Import furniture library...
3. The color may look different because of the light. Light management isn't perfect in Sweet Home 3D yet. You can change light brightness with 3D view dialog. Read http://www.sweethome3d.eu/userGuide.html#editing3DView
4. Any 3D program may crash. Update the drivers of your video card and save often your document.
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Re: New user questions
The help referes to "Creating with a double-click - a room that includes an half doorstep" - does a half doorstep mean 1/2 the original thickness?
Re the crash - would there be any log entries about the crash? I looked at a few logs but I did not see any reference to java/3dsw... and I'm not sure where/what to look for.
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Re: New user questions
"half doorstep" means half of the wall area on the floor where the door is placed. I hoped the drawing explaining this feature in the help was clear enough... :-(
In case of a crash, Java logs are stored in hs_err_pidxxxx.log files where xxxx is a number.
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