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There is a particular kind of game that looks effortless from a distance and turns out to be anything but. You watch a short clip of a square hopping between...

English Yesterday we officially launched the new Sweet Home 3D Challenge – 4th Edition. The theme is Living Rooms! The rules are simple and the same as alway...

Happy 2026, everyone! I hope that this year will be a good one (or, for the other citizens of the United States, a better one). On to why I've created this t...

Ever felt that irresistible urge to burn rubber, send tires screaming, and gracefully slide around corners with the precision of a seasoned pro? If the answe...

Hi. I’ve started experimenting with mannequins in SH3D. They’re really great because you can use them to create virtually any body position for a person. In ...

A lot 3d models have a.dae file, which appears to be not suitable to download. Is there a way to change that to a colladafile?

Hi All, my g/f is finishing studying Software Engineering and she had to develop a small math game for children. It is based in an old scary castle and the m...

Hello, As you can see on the image on www.zinintransitie.nl/3d-example a lot of elements don’t have equal colours, but are grainy. I tried several light posi...

Hi. I keep saying that almost everything in SH3D can be done using only boxes. But often you need to deal with objects that have complex shapes. For example,...

Hi all! I've recently started a new little project, mainly to discover what I could do with QtQuick3D and its interesting rendering capabilities. As I spent ...

I know I've just recently posted about a vintage-style house plan upgrade, but that was something that I'd completed a while ago, just decided to include on ...

I think it would be incredibly useful if you could add a hide elements function say I create a working floor plan and I put a roof on it and I want to do mor...

The Bedrooms Challenge has officially come to an end! The winner is @3d_planai_nt , we’re incredibly proud of her work and creativity Congratulations! That s...

I am running XP SP3. I have been using SH3D for some time, and followed the prompt to update to 5.7 today. I spotted the FurnitureLibraryEditor program while...

Finally, accordingly with the Romanian laws, I'm completely RETIRED [:-B] I hope to not became retarded too soon [:-?]

3D rendering using GPU cores What would be a wonderful solution for the rather extreme slow rendering of 3D images. Especially the very long rendering time w...

G'day Everyone! Firstly I just want to say thanks to Emmanuel for creating this wonderful software. [@};-] I've been using it for 2 years now as a hobby "arc...

Hello there, I'm having a strange issue on a single project with the online version of Sweet Home 3d: some tools on the bar are no longer selectable (create ...

I can make a wall in an arc but not oval. If there is a way, please let me know. Otherwise, wishlist.

I'm exploring the possibility of using Sweet Home 3D to create games. Courtyard (pool) — “SwimmingPool” (Sweet Home 3D\Blog). Character and animation — Tomca...

I must say right away that I am not an expert in this field, rather I want to get advice from knowledgeable users. My attempts to study this issue are still ...

A powerful, Java-based procedural modeling tool designed for architects, 3D artists, and CAD engineers. This application streamlines the creation of complex ...

Add the ability to choose High Dynamic Range files *.hdr as Sky texture [:)]

Is there a way to add skirting boards on walls in Sweet Home 3d? Thank you all.

Hello, I’m posting this message to share the script I wrote to convert GLB files to OBJ, which allows them to be imported into Sweet Home 3D. I imagine this ...

I’m currently working on a home design in Sweet Home 3D and have run into a few challenges with some of the more advanced features. In particular, 1) I’m hav...

Im using Arch Linux with Niri scrolling window manager in this manager all windows spawn using half the screen the thing is that when i maximize sweethome3d ...

ClaudeAI end session "Me: It worked somehow. Will be better tomorrow. She: Glad it's working! Rest well and come back fresh tomorrow — sometimes that's the b...

This thread is a continuance of this thread NOTE: All images can be seen in their original size by selecting: Open image in a new tab Getting started on the ...

First of all, thank you very much to provide such useful software for open source community. I always having trouble with the staircase provided in furniture...

There's been a rash of AI (presumably) spam bots that are creating new accounts, posting vague messages that when read are often meaningless. They usually co...

When creating a series of models I tried to optimise the number of used files. I created one mtl-file and several obj-files. the structure of the files is: d...

Hello everyone! I've working in this Great Mansion If you're curious, I found it here: Monster house I'm planning to buy this mansion this year. LOL, just ki...

Hi We use chromebooks in my schools and used to work with the linux version of SH3D, but that was a real hustle. Since I changed to the Online Demo version, ...

Hi, I found that when walls join their width is not valid anymore. Did I miss anything here?

This plugin brings to SH3D the capability to draw 3D dimension lines that will snap to floors, walls and ceilings, directly in the 3D view. This could be use...

It's been about a year since I've posted anything. As mentioned in my last posting a year ago, I've gone back to college and have been busy with some sewing ...

Greeting from Saint Louis. I've created a website where I've placed some of my 3D models that I've created using SH3d's awesome software. Some models are old...

New Challenge Alert [B-)] For those who may have missed it, our new Sweet Home 3D community challenge is now live: Bedroom Designs. Send us your best bedroom...

Hi everyone, we’d like to let you know that we’re currently performing some maintenance and update activities on the Sweet Home 3D website. As a result, you ...

At least 3 times now, I have downloaded furniture files (Collada zip files) from associated websites and uploaded them to the "Users" category in the SweetHo...

It would be handy if the items list in the lower left corner could include walls as well. Then you could quickly see if a wall was accidentally shorter than ...

I used to tell you how you can improve the solar lighting in a room. SH3D allows you to show such illumination with sunlight, but sometimes it doesn't turn o...