>Java Web Start version
No possibility to specify owns local path??

>With Java 8, the default max memory is a quarter of the available memory.
Then, on http://www.sweethome3d.com/download.jsp I would change
"it's not the preferred option to run Sweet Home 3D because you won't get association with ...

>Java Web Start version
Well, I use a portable version of java, so I would need to specify the execution path of java; bat file for other apps.

> JAR Executable version
Same as preceeding + it's mentionned "could use 96 MB of memory at maximum, which is too small to create middle sized homes ...

Retried with SweetHome3D-6.0

>Did you select the 32 bit option during installation?
No, as Win10 64bits, with latest updates
Hardware: core i5, 4GB RAM, intel HD Graphics 3000

On an another (and more recent) notebook, SH3D works OK.

P.S. Proposal during install:
1. Different names according to ...

OS: Win10 64bits, with latest updates

Same issue as of SH version 5.5+ on app start-up:

"SweetHome3D doit quitter maintenant à cause d'une erreur fatale dans son système de rendu 3D. Mettez à jour les drivers DirectX/OpenGL de la carte vidéo de l'ordinateur."

OS win10 64bits
After 5.4, every version incl 5.7 on launch:
"Sweet Home 3D doit quitter maintenant à cause d'une erreur fatale dans son système de rendu 3D. Mettez à jour les drivers DirectX/OpenGL de la carte video de votre ordinateur"

http://www.wanaplan.com/en/plan/

So easy to create walls with quotations, stairs or multiple roofs ...get inspired

P.S.
http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,4534
http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum/viewthread_thread,4012
http://www.sweethome3d.com/support/forum ...

Well, I don't.
I put a floor in green which I do see.
I tried to put a ceiling in red, but don't see it.

Re: http://www.sweethome3d.com/slopingCeilingGuide.pdf

In 2 - Sloping ceiling
Isn't it possible to select both long walls to do the operation at once?
If not a mirror options in the menu would be nice, esp. if one has to do it on more that 2 walls.

6 - Click the Create rooms button and draw a ...

In general one has 3 types of walls:

1/ facade walls, which are the tickest, normally have an exterior bricks or wood texture, an interior texture as plaster.

2/ interior sustaining walls and separation walls, which normally have the same texture, but distinguish themselves in tickness.

If the ...

OK I found, one needs to move away the view point.

Adding this to the help would make it perfect.

Thanks for the help!