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Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by ebspelman »

voisin wrote: post #14
guidoism wrote: post #6

I tried hard to make Sweet Home work for me. It solves the quick and dirty use case but I really wanted something where I could measure out every dimension in the house with a laser measurer, describe the shape and the relationships between the objects and let the computer do the rest. In a program like Sweet Home, and every other floor plan program out there if you make one change (like updating the measurement of t…

I wonder if there is a good answer for quick mapping using an iPhone’s LiDAR Scanner?

I work on an app called Polycam, and we have an automated Room / floorplan capture mode. We actually announced some updates to it earlier this week:

https://twitter.com/Polycam3D/status/1623730477637959680

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by jeremy_wiebe »

We completely renovated our apartment about 3 years ago. We used Sweet Home 3D to help visualize our kitchen as we took out a wall and rearranged things.

Being able to model it and then “explore” it in 3D was really helpful to settle on our final layout. And especially since the designer we hired gave us one option that stunk.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by necovek »

guidoism wrote: post #17
voisin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder if there is a good answer for quick mapping using an iPhone’s LiDAR Scanner?

This is definitely the eventual answer. I can't imagine in ten years we will be hand measuring walls.

Oh, yes we will.

Unless you want to move all the furniture out of place (even in-built one), all the heavy stuff blocking edges and corners from view etc. Good luck with that bathroom sink or kitchen counter-top.

And angles and inequalities (eg. top edge vs bottom edge), that gets funny fast.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by pabe »

I didn't find a better solution for planning the layout of a house. It's basically like playing Sims; way easier to handle than e.g. SketchUp.

It can also export layers (or the whole building) as OBJ which is awesome for 3D printing or working with Twinmotion. I decorated my rooms in Twinmotion and did awesome high fidelity renders. You can even experience your building in VR!

Maybe one day there's an AI that helps you with planning a home.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by mgdlbp »

guidoism wrote: post #6

I tried hard to make Sweet Home work for me. It solves the quick and dirty use case but I really wanted something where I could measure out every dimension in the house with a laser measurer, describe the shape and the relationships between the objects and let the computer do the rest. In a program like Sweet Home, and every other floor plan program out there if you make one change (like updating the measurement of t…

Parametric modelling - OpenSCAD (which you mention) is commonly used for that style of handwritten arithmetic and has a few python-based alternatives like CadQuery. In GUIs, FreeCAD has an architecture module that aims to be fully featured (never used it), but for just parametric drawings, SolveSpace is lightweight and probably more pleasant to use.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by trentnix »

I used Sweet Home 3D to plan a major home renovation in our new (to us) house and it worked great.

I used Magic Plan on my iPhone to map the floor plan with LiDAR, converted the result to a 2D PDF, and imported that into SH3D. I then drew walls and doors and windows on top of that, effectively recreating the existing home. Then we started experimenting.

SH3D proved to be invaluable at understanding how to utilize existing walls and unproductive space to minimize renovation costs. Being able to “walk through” the various plans we considered was invaluable. And I couldn’t be happier with how my plans worked out.

SH3D has some rough edges and took some time to master. But the learning curve was worth it.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by nerdponx »

mgdlbp wrote: post #47
guidoism wrote: post #6

I tried hard to make Sweet Home work for me. It solves the quick and dirty use case but I really wanted something where I could measure out every dimension in the house with a laser measurer, describe the shape and the relationships between the objects and let the computer do the rest. In a program like Sweet Home, and every other floor plan program out there if you make one change (like updating the measurement of t…

Parametric modelling - OpenSCAD (which you mention) is commonly used for that style of handwritten arithmetic and has a few python-based alternatives like CadQuery. In GUIs, FreeCAD has an architecture module that aims to be fully featured (never used it), but for just parametric drawings, SolveSpace is lightweight and probably more pleasant to use.

Have you tried LibreCAD? It seems specifically designed for 2D, but I don't know how "parametric" it is.

Re: Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application

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Post by mnsc »

pabe wrote: post #46

I didn't find a better solution for planning the layout of a house. It's basically like playing Sims; way easier to handle than e.g. SketchUp. It can also export layers (or the whole building) as OBJ which is awesome for 3D printing or working with Twinmotion. I decorated my rooms in Twinmotion and did awesome high fidelity renders. You can even experience your building in VR! Maybe one day there's an AI that helps y…

How is the workflow for going to vr? Do you need som fancy headset or would a quest 2 with a link cable work?
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