Sweet Home 3D is an application that enables you to create a sketch of your home. This type of program can be useful if you plan to move to someplace new or to make some changes around the house.
The interface of the program is plain and easy to work with. Thanks to the Explorer-based layout, you can easily locate and import objects, according to their type – bathroom, bedroom, doors, windows, kitchen, lights, living room and others (e.g. box, curtain, cylinder, staircase, workbench, hot water radiator).
So, you can add items to the sketch by using the ‘drag and drop’ function, as well as make adjustments when it comes to the name, location, elevation, angle, size, color, texture and shininess of each piece of furniture.
By accessing the right-click menu, you can lock an object, create walls, rooms and dimensions, add text, modify the compass, import a background image, add levels, as well as zoom in and out, and export the project to the SVG or OBJ format.
Additionally, you can use the undo and redo functions, group and align objects, import a texture library, toggle the 3D viewing mode between aerial view and virtual visit, create images and videos, as well as print the object to a PDF file.
From the ‘Preferences’ area you can change the interface language and measurement unit, disable 3D navigation arrows, magnetism, rulers and the grid, as well as specify the new thickness and height of the walls. Options can be restored to their default values.
The program requires a moderate-to-high amount of system resources, has a good response time and includes user documentation. Sweet Home 3D did not freeze, crash or pop up errors throughout our testing.
Here are some key features of “Sweet Home 3D”:
· Draw walls and rooms upon the image of an existing plan
· Drag and drop doors, windows and furniture from a catalog onto the plan
· Update colors, texture, size and orientation of furniture, walls, floors and ceilings
· View all changes simultaneously in the 3D view from any view point
· Create photorealistic images and videos with various light sources
· Import additional 3D models and export plan at various standard formats
Requirements:
What’s New in This Release:
· Used the Shift key to keep objects moved in the plan aligned along horizontal or vertical axis, and changed the key used to toggle magnetism setting to Alt key under Windows, cmd key under Mac OS X and Shift + Alt key under Linux.
· Added Materials option in the furniture modification pane to edit the various materials (colors or textures) of the selected furniture.
· Improved the color chooser with the ability to choose a color among RAL and Creative Commons palettes, with a pipette tool or in a list displaying colors recently chosen.
· Added options in the room modification pane to change the color or the texture of the wall sides surrounding the modified room.
· Added Pattern in plan and Top color in 3D view options in the wall modification pane to change the pattern used to draw a wall in the plan and the color used to paint the top of a wall in the 3D view.
· Replaced Wall pattern in plan option by New walls pattern in plan option in the user preferences pane.
· Added 3 new wall patterns.
NOTE : IT’S FREE SOFTWARE, WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE OF RISK CAUSED AND DO YOUR OWN RISK !!
All Cool Freeware We Wanted 