Best forum tips

by Puybaret » Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:13 pm

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/for ... hread,5837
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2019/0 ... tcuts.html)

Printing
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7487

Increasing max memory
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,1460
(also in the FAQ at https://www.sweethome3d.com/faq.jsp#increaseMaxMemory)

Receiving forum notifications
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12081


SPECIAL FEATURES

Adding plumbing and electrical installations, etc
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,4555
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,5874
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7916
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,9208
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11503
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11611

Creating a roof
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,5747
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8774
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11330
(also in the FAQ at https://www.sweethome3d.com/faq.jsp#otherFeatures)

Designing a terrain
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12618
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10995

Generating staircases
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12160

Curved walls or windows
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11913
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12492

Rotating and merging
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12564
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11546

Making invisible walls
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12039
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2017/0 ... walls.html)

Making holes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... 8979#41685
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11935
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2014/1 ... _wall.html
and https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2016/1 ... esses.html)

Changing scale
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10767

Designing side view
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8045
http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/foru ... read,11011


SPECIAL DECORATION TIPS

Making a glass wall
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,1766
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11255

Making transparent furniture
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,1196

Getting a mirror effect
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,3207
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12582

Applying textures
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,9210

Texturing on the same wall
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10670
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,6549


FURNISH AND CUSTOMIZE

Selecting underlying objects
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10823

Inserting a sink
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11044

Organizing furniture catalog
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12543

Changing furniture drawing order in the plan
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10759

Organizing textures of complex furniture
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12594

Creating furniture and texture librairies
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,1550
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,3502
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... 6_offset,5
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12391

Copying librairies
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... thread,966
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... 3478#15920

Resetting furniture catalog
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11615

Copying between categories
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12634

Multiplying
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10554

Generating plans at SH3D format
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8838

Preparing furniture deformation with prefixes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8918

Converting to DWG or DXF
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11260


CALCULATE

Mesuring a multipart distance
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11960

Calculating room surface
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7551
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11692

Calculating walls surface
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7516
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11424

Computing sloping walls
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,2054


LIGHT MANAGEMENT AND RENDERING

Lighting and rendering
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,6995
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7212
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8832
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7263
(also in the blog at https://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2016/1 ... ering.html)

Creating spots
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8003
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8969
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12580

Lighting items
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,9110
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... _offset,14
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8206
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8927

Managing sky images
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8832

Testing light shapes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11886
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12648

Timelapse
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8744
(also in the blog at http://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2014/11 ... ation.html)

Rendering issues
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12202


SHARING EXPERIENCES

Newbie notes
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,12079

Drawing precisely
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,7644
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,9807

Sharing 3D view
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,11869

Thinking about foundations
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,5920

Color difference issue
https://sweethome3d.com/support/forum/v ... 1046#51507

Complex designs
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... read,10783

Designing waves
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... offset,104

Viewing in VR
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,8218
https://www.sweethome3d.com/support/for ... hread,5796


Thanks to Sweet Home 3D community for their contribution and to Veroniq for preparing this nice list [:)]