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Web Viewer controls

SWEET HOME 3D VIEWER v 4.3 ... Applet users may press the space bar to switch between aerial view and virtual visitor view, once they clicked in the applet. ...

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by okh » Sun May 11, 2014 11:24 am

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Help me to create a neon light / cylindrical in shape

Some one can help me to create a (neon/tube) light which is used under fall-ceiling(known as cove light). In the below Image the blue light effect under ceil...

Last post by Puybaret « Tue May 27, 2014 6:10 pm
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by sree.arun.kr » Sun May 25, 2014 3:51 pm

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Tue May 27, 2014 6:10 pm
How to insert a roof window?

Hi, I've been using SW for some time now, and still think it's even better than some expensive softwares... It can do almost anything one might think of I'm ...

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by truffe2miel » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:57 pm

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Mon May 19, 2014 2:33 pm
Once furniture is imported into SH3D, do I need to keep the unzipped folder I imported it from?

Or does SW3D pull from the folder for it to display correctly?

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by breanne_fuson » Sun May 18, 2014 8:13 pm

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Sun May 18, 2014 11:50 pm
Deleting pre-installed furniture from catalog.

I want to delete all of the pre-installed furniture from the catalog for organizational purposes, it's a bunch of bloat for me since I never use them. Is the...

Last post by breanne_fuson « Sun May 18, 2014 11:48 pm
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by breanne_fuson » Sun May 18, 2014 8:02 pm

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Sun May 18, 2014 11:48 pm
No wall pattern when printing

Hi, I've created a plan of a basement and have used different wall patterns to differentiate between new and old walls, and which are carrying a load or not....

Last post by holroy « Fri May 16, 2014 11:23 am
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by holroy » Fri May 02, 2014 8:48 pm

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Fri May 16, 2014 11:23 am
How to enlarge picture for printing?

Please, help to solve my problem. I'm printing my plan, but it's too small, I need to print it at the whole list. Is it possible to enlarge it's size?

Last post by Yukio « Thu May 15, 2014 9:13 am
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by Yukio » Wed May 14, 2014 1:02 pm

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Thu May 15, 2014 9:13 am
Import in Online version

Hey, I already create a project with the version for Mac and I would like to import it in the online version. Is it possible? Regards

Last post by Puybaret « Tue May 13, 2014 5:42 pm
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by cinziavendittelli » Tue May 13, 2014 4:32 pm

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Tue May 13, 2014 5:42 pm
Portal between to stairs in the middel of a flore

Hello How can i make a portal between to stairs in the middel of a Hall. I dit make a 1st fore and try this to make it ad the half of the 0 flore but i can't...

Last post by Sweettekenen « Mon May 12, 2014 5:25 pm

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Mon May 12, 2014 5:25 pm
How to put two walls exact distance apart?

If I have two parallel walls, how do I make them some exact distance away (e.g. 4 feet 2.75 inches) from each other? In visio, there is a tool that can be at...

Last post by hansmex « Fri May 09, 2014 8:18 pm
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by 2Dhome » Fri May 09, 2014 4:02 pm

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Fri May 09, 2014 8:18 pm
deleting saved files

Hi everyone. How can I delete some of my saved plans when I am working online? I started using sweethome 10 days ago and I already have more than 10 online s...

Last post by Puybaret « Sun May 04, 2014 10:20 am
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by k.stankova » Sun May 04, 2014 12:19 am

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Sun May 04, 2014 10:20 am
noobie needs help with really basic stuff

like how to move my design around on the grid, or move the grid display itself. I drew one room. I need more room on the screen to draw the rest of the house...

Last post by Puybaret « Sun May 04, 2014 10:19 am
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by wlegro » Sat May 03, 2014 8:37 pm

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Sun May 04, 2014 10:19 am
Any way to rotate rooms

Hi everyone, I have just started using this software the past week or so. Great application and at the moment I'm mainly using the 2D floor plan view. I have...

Last post by Ferraro « Fri May 02, 2014 4:52 pm
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by marbs » Fri May 02, 2014 2:35 am

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Fri May 02, 2014 4:52 pm
"Aerial view", but only part of the house

I want to take a picture of "aerial view", but only part of the house, how I can do? Thanks and sorry for my English.

Last post by Ferraro « Fri May 02, 2014 4:46 pm
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by Crisfonico » Fri May 02, 2014 1:33 am

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Fri May 02, 2014 4:46 pm
AdvancedEditing.sh3p - Edit Room Points Menu is blank

This is in reference to the plugin: AdvancedEditing.sh3p The "Edit Room Points" menu, when selected, is drawn as a blank box. The buttons and info boxes do n...

Last post by Dean_MKC « Fri May 02, 2014 6:34 am
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by Dean_MKC » Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:44 am
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How to raise walls!

Hi to everyone, I started use this software a week ago and I found some problems: - I did the walls high 2.90m (that is the real dimension of my house) but w...

Last post by hansmex « Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:47 pm
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by Alessandroradice » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:40 pm

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Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:47 pm
Showing door swing for double doors.

I have been adding door swings in my 2d plan view by editing the properties file attributes, which is an awesome feature. My question is: How to display door...

Last post by Ferraro « Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:26 pm
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by Ferraro » Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:12 pm

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How to create pentagonal podium?

Please, help me to solve the problem. I need to create pentagonal podium in the room. Which instrument can I use? [:-/]

Last post by dorin « Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:38 am
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by Yukio » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:07 pm

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Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:38 am
Can not save anymore my projects

I never had any real problem with this software, I love using it. I just created a new 'home' and saved it fine. When I now open it, and without changeing an...

Last post by MarcLondon « Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:50 am
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by MarcLondon » Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:48 am

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Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:50 am
doors and windows that can be opened and closed

Hello everyone, I am new to sweet home 3d. I want to create a house, export it in .obj format and use the 3d model of the house inside a gaming engine. In my...

Last post by Puybaret « Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:22 pm
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by ayesha176 » Wed Apr 16, 2014 1:49 pm

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Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:22 pm
Edit the furniture list

And another question... it's the week I ask everything on my mind [;)] This is about the furniture list on the left side of the screen. I already found out h...

Last post by Puybaret « Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:13 pm
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by truffe2miel » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:31 am

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Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:13 pm
OsX Win8.1 64bit interoperability failure

To whom it may concern, I have a problem by moving files from Win8.1 64bit to MacOS. A file, which has been created on Win8.1 64bit, SweetHome3d 4.3, Java 1....

Last post by Puybaret « Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:36 pm
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by Jerry2012 » Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:34 pm

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Tue Apr 15, 2014 12:36 pm
Door that won't pierce the wall...?

Hi, Here I am again, trying to import a .dae-file as a door, so that the feature would pierce the wall and leave the space inside itself empty. And... it jus...

Last post by truffe2miel « Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:50 pm
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by truffe2miel » Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:10 pm

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:50 pm
Importing 2d drawings.

Hello All. I am working on a large project on a very short deadline. I have the layout of the building's several floors(its a 10 floor hotel) both in pdf and...

Last post by Ekiminya « Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:02 am
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by Ekiminya » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:17 pm

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Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:02 am
Need assistance in creating a 15 sq ft X 40 sq feet house plan

Hello Experts, I am newbie needs assistance in creating a 15 sq ft X 40 sq feet house plan. Basically i want to understand how the scale / ruler works ? and ...

Last post by okh « Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:33 am
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by Sami_3d » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:53 am

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Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:33 am
create custom stair case?

I need to place a staircase that look like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2yIVX ... sp=sharing Can't find any tutorial on how to make a custom stair...

Last post by okh « Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:52 am
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by fredriksk » Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:38 am

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Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:52 am
creating photo

running on OS 10.5.8, sweet home 4.0. creating photo starts and stops shortly after creating about 40% or less of the picture. this is specific to this proje...

Last post by Puybaret « Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:46 am
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by petercseri » Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:33 am

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Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:46 am
Help please about colorof furniture

Hi i want to change the color of any furnite but when i click to modify there is on selection aboutthe color and wheni select any color all of furnite turn i...

Last post by okh « Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:48 pm
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by guernica » Sun Apr 06, 2014 10:01 am

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Slow down and/or pause virtual visitor

Taking video now. Is there any way to slow down the virtual visitor and/or pause the virtual visitor during the video? I would like the visitor to stop for a...

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SW3D stuck on startup...please help

hi everybody, i was working on a quite big plan...and from time to time the software jammed...restarting Sweethome3D helped... now i am stuck...because when ...

Last post by soho2000 « Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:49 am
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by soho2000 » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:59 am

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How to keep lights from washing out my bitmap boxes?

The room lights in my room are having an effect that I don't want. Basically, the lights completely wash out the top half of some "pseudo-sculptures". These ...

Last post by alevinemi « Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:44 pm
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by alevinemi » Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:55 am

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round doors or windows in a round wall ?

Hallo to all of you, Is it possible to edit the arc extent angle-property of windows and doors fot them to fit in a round wall ? If possible, how can I do th...

Last post by okh « Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:41 am
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by Zechinha » Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:04 pm

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Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:41 am
Unused items

Hi, new to this... a couple of questions.. how do i delete unused items?... i have loads of suff clogging up my 'home furniture' list that i am not using.. i...

Last post by okh « Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:23 pm
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by Reddog » Wed Mar 26, 2014 12:00 pm

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Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:23 pm
Rounded Roof?

Have made a small sports centre design for a local sports club's planning application. However my design shows it having a normal ridged roof, but the planne...

Last post by okh « Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:46 pm
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by RogerTE » Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:07 am

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Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:46 pm
No lights impossible?

Hi all! I have a problem: Whenever I create a room, there is always ONE light on the ceiling that I never put there. How can I get rid of that? To see what I...

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by Dieta0815 » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:22 am

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Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:07 pm
I don't think Magnetism is working

I might be doing this all wrong, but I thought Magnetism was supposed to be like snapping; if I got a wall close enough to another wall, it'd get sucked in t...

Last post by Puybaret « Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:44 am
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by fossfolks » Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:45 pm

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Replacing one design with another

I have 40+ old windows of identical size in current plan. The windows are old and should possibly be changed throughout the building. Now I wish to test how ...

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by okh » Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:34 am

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Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:41 am
Save Problem

Hey, I seem to be having troubles saving my project when I add certain pictures as the material for a picture frame. I'm using the online version. I get the ...

Last post by Puybaret « Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:20 am
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by KellyJesse » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:51 pm

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Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:20 am
Printing problems !

I'm using SH 4.3 with Java on XP SP3. No problems using my design, making a video or making a picture. When I try printing, the preview doesn't work nor does...

Last post by Puybaret « Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:24 pm
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by sirjeff » Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:13 pm

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Fri Mar 07, 2014 1:24 pm
Collada support in Trimble warehouse

Hi, I just discovered that Trimble completely redesigned their 3D warehouse and removed Collada files. [:(] Actually, the Collada files seem to have been rep...

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by Puybaret » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:24 pm

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Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:13 pm
How to Select all levels

Hi I want to resize the whole building with every furniture in it. I used Advanced Editing plug-in but i have 3 levels and I don't know how to select them al...

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by zizo_mosad » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:27 am

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Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:59 pm
Can I prioritize/bring to front an object?

Hi all, I'm designing my kitchen, I would like to drop my kitchen sink into a bench top but the bench top is shown where the holes in the sink should be. Is ...

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by Stoddzy » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:57 am

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Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:15 pm
Background pic (blueprint/plan) doesn´t appear?

Just started with this nice software but after the import of an background pic (blueprint/plan) this pic isn´t shown in the home plan pane, although I can se...

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by TSRalex » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:44 am

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Disassembling A 3D Model

Hi Everyone, I'm brand new to Sweet Home and SketchUp, but I'm having a BLAST playing with them! I was wanting to do a layout for a reno I'm planning for my ...

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by PointMan » Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:12 pm

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time of day in "Create photos at points of view"

Hello, program works excellent, I only have one problem. One day I created a single photo at 15:00 (2014-01-04). Since that day all pictures I create with "C...

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by joe.stone » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:51 am

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Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:07 pm
Freeze plan view when pasting new (large) objects?

Hi Folks On rare occasions, it would really help if I could freeze the normal plan window when pasting objects which are larger than the window view. I've tr...

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by windbag » Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:02 pm

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Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:08 pm
Main menu font is too dark

I use ubuntu 12.04 and items in main menu are too dark. How to fix it, increase contrast?

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by mystdeim » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:32 am

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Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:02 pm
2D drawings?

I've been using SH for modeling my house extension over the last 3 years and I love its simple use, easy ground floor drawing and great output. My only probl...

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Sweethome 3D user interface problem

Hi all, I'd like to point out that my current prefab home has been built (not yet placed on site, still in the factory) but nevertheless, designed entirely i...

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How can I delete from the furniture catalog?

Hi! I imported accidentally some bad objects into the furniture catalog. How can I delete files, folders, from the furniture catalog? (no longer need) Thanks!

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by HatiDani » Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:04 am

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