I'll try the 'service hatch' object or 'invisible box' for getting wall openings without frames. Right now, I'm nowhere near putting in finishing touches and the frames are barely noticeable in the 3D view.

<t>Emmanuel Puybaret,<br/>
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I did use the doors and windows provided with the program but I used them in a different way than is intended because my plan view (background) that I scanned into the 2D pane had interruptions in the walls where the doors are and I slavishly followed those ...

<t>hansmex,<br/>
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I see I have been doing door openings the wrong way. The floor plan that I scanned into the 2D View pane showed interruptions in walls for the doors, so I made the walls with those openings in place. When I dragged and dropped a door frame into one of those openings, the walls ...

<t>Without really knowing what I was doing, I was able to close walls above door openings after installing door frames and doors. But can walls be closed above room-to-room openings that have no doors? Also any tips on closing walls above actual doors would be welcomed. I can somehow muddle through ...

<t>I would like to modify my previous description of how I recovered from losing the 3D image from the four-pane main display, in order to make it clearer to anyone else who has this problem. First right click in the blank 3D pane of the main display. Select Show in separate window (or words to that ...

<t>To Puybaret and hansmex:<br/>
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My problem is resolved. I did somehow manage to put the 3D image unintentionally in a separate window while I was working on Doors. When I changed it back using the right-click menu, it reappeared in the 3D pane of the four-part main display. Thanks for the ...

To hansmex:

I will check to see if I inadvertently put it in the Display in Separate Window mode.

<t>To Puybaret:<br/>
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My computer runs Windows 7 x64. I downloaded SweetHome from the Web and installed following the instructions that appeared after the download. I think I do have Java 7 installed. I did resize the image in the 3D pane. I'll see if I can do another resize but there is no ...

<t>I'm new to the program and was going along nicely. Imported my plan view into the 2D pane and did the walls. 3D view pane showed the walls very nicely. Then I got into a muddle with doors and door frames and when I got straightened out (I think), I found the image in the 3D pane had disappeared ...