How to install Sweet Home 3D - An interior design application
To install Sweet Home 3D in Ubuntu
Sweet Home 3D is an open source, interior designing tool. This application is used to customize your home and it gives a clear preview of the customization made. Installation of Sweet Home 3D is explained in this manual.
To install Sweet Home 3D
Run the following command to install Sweet Home 3D by a simple download.
For 32 Bit Systems
root@linuxhelp:~# wget sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d/files/SweetHome3D/SweetHome3D-4.4/SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x86.tgz
For 64 Bit Systems
root@linuxhelp:~# wget sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d/files/SweetHome3D/SweetHome3D-4.6/SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz
--2016-08-23 11:40:42-- http://sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d/files/SweetHome3D/SweetHome3D-4.6/SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.34.181.60
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.34.181.60|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 48358614 (46M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz’
SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz 100%[==========================================================================================> ] 46.12M 570KB/s in 3m 27s
2016-08-23 11:44:16 (228 KB/s) - ‘ SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz’ saved [48358614/48358614]
Once the download has been completed, extract the package to the home directory.
root@linuxhelp:~# tar -xzvf SweetHome3D-4.6-linux-x64.tgz
SweetHome3D-4.6/
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/.systemPrefs/
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/bin/
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/javaws/
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/lib/
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SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/j3dcore.jar
SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/j3dutils.jar
SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/jmf.jar
SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/libj3dcore-ogl.so
SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/sunflow-0.07.3i.jar
SweetHome3D-4.6/lib/vecmath.jar
SweetHome3D-4.6/SweetHome3D
SweetHome3D-4.6/jre1.6.0_45/bin/java
Run the script file from the extracted directory to launch the Sweet Home 3D application.
root@linuxhelp:~# cd SweetHome3D-4.6/ root@linuxhelp:~/SweetHome3D-4.6# ls COPYING.TXT LICENSE.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-CONTRIBUTIONS.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-JAVA.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-TANGO.TXT jre1.6.0_45 SweetHome3D THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-ITEXT.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-JMF.HTML THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-VECTORGRAPHICS.TXT lib THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-BATIK.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-JAVA3D.TXT THIRDPARTY-LICENSE-SUNFLOW.TXT root@linuxhelp:~/SweetHome3D-4.6# ./SweetHome3D 23 Aug, 2016 11:47:59 AM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$2 run INFO: Created user preferences directory. Java 3D: implicit antialiasing enabled
Now you can see the application. Here you can see four columns separated in the work space.
Right Side Top &ndash 2 Dimensional View
Right Side Bottom &ndash 3 Dimensional View
Left side Top &ndash Furnitures and Items
Left Side Bottom &ndash Summary of Items you have selected to build your home
Just a simple drag and drop will place the items in your preferred location in the 2D Panel. Then it displays the 3D view of the image.
To create walls, right click on 2D panel and choose “ Create Walls”
The wall you have created appears as follows.
To create rooms, click create rooms.
Draw a line along with your walls to create a floor.
Create separate rooms by creating walls in between the walls.
Now its time to start with the interior.
To rotate an image click and drag in the corner shown below and rotate.
Place the door as per your requirement.
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