If I had some photos to refer to, I might be able to come up with a few models. It would take a long time though since I am a beginner at making 3d models. You can see some of my contributions on SH3D's 3d models page. (Right click on an item and view the properties, it should tell you who made the model.)
You can learn to make the furniture too. Have you heard of "Art Of Illusion"? ( http://www.artofillusion.org/ ) That is the program I use.
Now that I have a catalog of IKEA furniture, I can make some models based on that. I don't have a lot of time at the moment but I plan to get around to it.
> Is it planned to deliver packages for main linux-distributions
> (ubuntu/debian etc) Or are there licensing issues?
There's no licensing issues, and I read around the Internet that some people are about to prepare and deliver such packages.
At this time, I'd prefer not to deliver them through SourceForge.net, otherwise releasing a new version of Sweet Home 3D is going to take too much time...
I'm not too sure about that but if I look at the model and then go by my very imperfect memory, I'm sure that it won't be so exact as to cause problems. There should be enough differences.
If we don't want to have copyrights problems, making furniture a little different and using different names is probably the best thing to do.
Nevertheless, after a look at http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?tags=IKEA , it's strange that it doesn't seem to bother Sketchup contributors !
They probably would have a problem with it if they were to get into making 3d models of their furniture, but as far as I know, they're not into that, at least not yet.
Making the furniture a little different as well as using different names is just what I have in mind.
I have made quite a few IKEA models.
I would be glad to upload them so anyone can use them.
Please explain me how to do so, or give me an e-mail address (Puybaret?) so you can publish them.
Hans, I received the models you sent me by email and thank you for your contribution. [:)]
It's the first time I see someone using Sweet Home 3D as a modeler!
