Sweet Home 3D [PC Download]
Purchase options and add-ons
- Draw walls and rooms on one or more levels
- Arrange doors, windows and furniture in the plan
- Customize colors and texture of furniture, walls, floors and ceilings
- View all changes simultaneously in the 3D view
- Import more 3D models and textures, and export plans and renderings
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Date First Available : August 22, 2014
- Manufacturer : Emmanuel Puybaret / eTeks-163024-163024
- ASIN : B00NLVKPDM
- Best Sellers Rank: #136 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #1 in Home Design (Software)
- Customer Reviews:
Product Description
Sweet Home 3D is an easy to learn interior design application that helps you draw the plan of your house in 2D, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.
Sweet Home 3D is aimed at people who want to design their interior quickly, whether they are moving or they just want to redesign their existing home.
You may:
- Draw walls and rooms of your home from scratch or upon the image of an existing plan, on one or more levels.
- Change the color or the texture of the walls, the floors and the ceilings, importing images of your own patterns if needed.
- Drag and drop doors, windows and furniture onto the plan from a catalog organized by categories, in which you can import 3D models created by yourself or downloaded from the web.
- Customize the size, the orientation, the elevation, the colors and the textures of each piece of furniture.
- View the changes in the plan simultaneously in a 3D view, in which you can navigate either from an aerial view point, or from a virtual visitor view point.
- Create a photorealistic image of your arrangement depending on the time of the day and the light sources placed in the plan.
- Create a video from a virtual path in the 3D view.
- Annotate the plan with room areas, dimension lines, texts, arrows and a compass rose.
- Print the home plan and the 3D view or export them in files at PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, OBJ standard formats, to reuse designed homes in other software.
This product is sold by the developer of Sweet Home 3D and contains more than 1400 3D models and 400 textures.
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Customers find the software easy to use, simple, and elegant. They appreciate the tools, which allow them to adjust color, texture, and size. They also appreciate technical support, and customization. However, some customers dislike the library. Opinions are mixed on quality, value, performance, and 3D graphics.
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Customers find the software easy to use, simple, and elegant. They say the tools are fairly straight forward and allow them to adjust color, texture, and size. Customers also mention that the learning curve is not bad and within an hour, they were getting their existing floor. They also say the tool bar and menu selections are fairly intuitive for anyone who has worked with any other graphics.
"...The best feature of the program for me, besides the ease of the learning curve and the great and quick photo rendering, is the ability to customize..." Read more
"This was a FANTASTIC AMAZEBALLS program for the price. Easy to use, simple and elegant.UNTIL WINDOWS 10 !!!!! ***..." Read more
"There's no tutorial, so you better plan on spending a week learning this worthless program...." Read more
"This is an easy and fun FLOORPLAN tool, if you want a roof....good luck." Read more
Customers like the technical support of the downloadable software. They say it has lots of features enough for home improvement, and is easy to learn and figure out. They also say it's a great planning tool with a simple interface. Some customers mention that the program meets many of their needs but can be difficult to complete or edit. Overall, customers find the software intuitive to use and has more practical applications than just for planning a home.
"...The possibilities are literally endless, as far as your imagination can take you...." Read more
"...I think the best part of this program is the range of capability that it has...." Read more
"...Help function leaves a lot to be desired. For the money it is Okay. I really only needed a 2d mode anyway." Read more
"...It keeps a list of these features and allows you adjust the size and orientation of them...." Read more
Customers like the customization of the downloadable software. They say it's easy to customize objects and create new ones. They appreciate the various adjustable 3D models and the incredible flexibility in creating each piece. They also mention that it'll allow them to adjust the size and orientation of items. Customers also say that they can create multiple level floor plans and test a wide variety of furnishings within the software.
"...curve and the great and quick photo rendering, is the ability to customize objects, and even create new objects without 3D cad software...." Read more
"...Each "furniture" element can easily be custom sized so even though the catalog might seem limited there is incredible flexibility in..." Read more
"...The tools are fairly straight forward, and allow me to adjust the color, texture, and size of individual objects...." Read more
"...It keeps a list of these features and allows you adjust the size and orientation of them...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the downloadable software. Some mention it's a very nice program, a well-thought-out home design program, and a great basic drawing program. However, others say that it lacks actual construction detail, is incredibly slow, and produces a final image of really poor quality.
"...It looks very close to the original, and was created using only 3 pieces existing in the program. A shelf, a rounded shelf, and a child bed...." Read more
"...Easy to use, simple and elegant.UNTIL WINDOWS 10 !!!!! ***..." Read more
"...only does that feature work incredibly slow, but the final image is of really poor quality. So over exposed that everything looks washed out...." Read more
"Very useful program for anybody trying to visualize the spatial arrangement of any space in your home...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the downloadable software. Some mention that it's fantastic for the money, inexpensive, and a decent starter program. However, others say that it is worthless, useless, and annoying.
"This was a FANTASTIC AMAZEBALLS program for the price. Easy to use, simple and elegant.UNTIL WINDOWS 10 !!!!! ***..." Read more
"...It is no substitute for a professional CAD program and does not do exteriors, but it does what it is advertised to do and does it quite nicely...." Read more
"...for and hadn't been able to find - impressive functionality at a reasonable price." Read more
"...no tutorial, so you better plan on spending a week learning this worthless program...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the downloadable software. Some mention it has impressive functionality at a reasonable price, and can do some pretty amazing things. They say it's fairly intuitive and the help function is good. However, others say that it doesn't work on their PC, it'll not run properly on Windows 10, and is not even usable anymore.
"...It does not have exactly the largest library of objects, but it is very versatile...." Read more
"...for ALLLLLL of their WINDOWS 10 users, and its clear they have not resolved the issue, are not updating their forum, and are ducking most people's..." Read more
"...what I've been looking for and hadn't been able to find - impressive functionality at a reasonable price." Read more
"...I found that the tool would only work on my desktop system, as my laptop did not have the correct Direct X/Open GL drivers...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the 3d graphics. Some mention the views are helpful, great, and helpful with visualizing layouts and decorating. However, others say that the graphics fatal error closes rendering useless, the design is very limited, and the 3D viewing function does not work.
"...for me, besides the ease of the learning curve and the great and quick photo rendering, is the ability to customize objects, and even create new..." Read more
"...The 3D modeling excels - makes it very easy to really see how things will look...." Read more
"Windows 10 OS. Works alright for a 2D layout. 3d doesn't work. Also won't display most items as anymore than a line box...." Read more
"...The program also has some capability for depicting the outside of a building, and the surrounding landscape...." Read more
Customers find the library in the software limited. They mention that there are very few options and add-ins. They also say that the scope of the software is limited and difficult to scale with a Google Maps image. Customers also mention that the plan creation space is very small.
"...The assortment of "objects" is really odd, and borders on silly in some areas. There are about 10 kinds of "easy chair" but no recliners...." Read more
"...CONS: Not enough furniture or flooring choices, and most of the doors have the knobs and hinges backward. Silly left handed me." Read more
"...The items to place onto the building are extremely limited and I learned that the most popular items of today (doors, windows, furniture) are not..." Read more
"...I'm running this on a surface and my surface pro can't keep up. Too much stuff, slows and freezes...." Read more
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The best feature of the program for me, besides the ease of the learning curve and the great and quick photo rendering, is the ability to customize objects, and even create new objects without 3D cad software. Each and every object can be shrunk, expanded, stretched and skewed every which way, stretching all the features proportionally. You can resize and shift any object in any way, with or without retaining the aspect ratio. One of the best features is that objects can merge with each other, meaning that they can occupy the same space at the same time. The reason why this is useful is because you can modify and create your own furniture pieces very easily by basically Frankenstein together existing shapes, but changing their texture and appearance, and then merging them together. A coke can with a matte carpet texture can become a lampshade, a basketball can become an oval art piece or a circular concrete building block. The possibilities are literally endless, as far as your imagination can take you. You can then easily group the items together and have new custom pieces created entirely within the program. To illustrate, I have attached a picture of a vintage, 1920s cherry wood bed with built in bookshelf and cabinets. It looks very close to the original, and was created using only 3 pieces existing in the program. A shelf, a rounded shelf, and a child bed. By expanding and contracting the pieces, and then merging them and pushing them together with the same texture, the end result can be achieved. Throw in a light source and a couple of pillows and the custom furniture, 1920s period bed was created. Show me another program that will let me do this in 10 minutes, and then create a photo rendering in 15 seconds, all for 15 bucks. Also attached is a detailed representation I did for a client representing an existing home office and library room. The room was created by customizing and creating pieces within the program, and it is entirely made up of the stock items and textures that came with the program, except for one texture on the floor.
Fantastic product.
The best feature of the program for me, besides the ease of the learning curve and the great and quick photo rendering, is the ability to customize objects, and even create new objects without 3D cad software. Each and every object can be shrunk, expanded, stretched and skewed every which way, stretching all the features proportionally. You can resize and shift any object in any way, with or without retaining the aspect ratio. One of the best features is that objects can merge with each other, meaning that they can occupy the same space at the same time. The reason why this is useful is because you can modify and create your own furniture pieces very easily by basically Frankenstein together existing shapes, but changing their texture and appearance, and then merging them together. A coke can with a matte carpet texture can become a lampshade, a basketball can become an oval art piece or a circular concrete building block. The possibilities are literally endless, as far as your imagination can take you. You can then easily group the items together and have new custom pieces created entirely within the program. To illustrate, I have attached a picture of a vintage, 1920s cherry wood bed with built in bookshelf and cabinets. It looks very close to the original, and was created using only 3 pieces existing in the program. A shelf, a rounded shelf, and a child bed. By expanding and contracting the pieces, and then merging them and pushing them together with the same texture, the end result can be achieved. Throw in a light source and a couple of pillows and the custom furniture, 1920s period bed was created. Show me another program that will let me do this in 10 minutes, and then create a photo rendering in 15 seconds, all for 15 bucks. Also attached is a detailed representation I did for a client representing an existing home office and library room. The room was created by customizing and creating pieces within the program, and it is entirely made up of the stock items and textures that came with the program, except for one texture on the floor.
Fantastic product.
UNTIL WINDOWS 10 !!!!! ***DO NOT PURCHASE THIS PROGRAM _(right now)_ THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE ERRORS!!!!
As soon as Windows 10 happened, this program (which I paid for), learned to use, and now have unfinished projects in,... is useless.
I have tried and executed all of their "fix" options posted in every blog possible.
You will get an Error Message claiming you need to 'update the graphics drive - DirectX/OpenGL blah blah blah... I have tried everything available using their suggested Java updates and downloads along with running the program from their provided Java link once you download it first.
...And IT WORKED!! - unless you want to start creating something.
In this "fixed" version I could access my old projects but all my previously downloaded/imported itemswere no longer accessible except for some of the textures most of which would not appear correctly.
If you attempt to import a NEW design off their site link to free designs, it freezes - every time. FROZEN. Their claim that you have access to thousands of designs IF you use the PAID version - relies on these imports to function fully.
****ESSENTIALLY*** - I paid for a program that no longer works - They have not resolved this issue to any real effect.
AND I see NO NEW EFFORTS on their part to address this issue. If you look in their Forum, you can see that there are over 6,000 views on this ONE issue alone, while on most others there are less than 100. This CLEARLY is a problem for ALLLLLL of their WINDOWS 10 users, and its clear they have not resolved the issue, are not updating their forum, and are ducking most people's attempts at contact.
I get it wasn't a flamboyantly pricey program - but I've only had it a year, I EXPECT it to still work!
I either want my money back - or a patch to the error.
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Man sollte sich also einfach mal einen Nachmittag dafür nehmen, um sich darin einzuarbeiten und auch mal einen Blick auf die Herstellerseite (einfach mal nach dem Programmnamen suchen) zu werfen, wo es eine gute FAQ, das Benutzerhandbuch (in Deutsch!) und ein sehr hilfreiches Forum gibt (dieses leider mehrheitlich in Englisch). Beste Methode: Learning by doing - einfach mal loslegen und ausprobieren. Wenn es hakt, ins Handbuch schauen, was meist schnell zum Aha!-Effekt führt. Dabei muss man nicht gleich mit seinem Traumhaus starten, sondern einfach mal was "hinwerfen" und man begreift sehr schnell, was man tun muss, um das gewünschte Ergebnis zu erhalten.
Dann hat das Programm absoluten Suchtfaktor - ich weiß nicht, wie viele Stunden ich damit verbracht habe, um ständig weitere Details, Änderungen, Ideen in mein Projekt einzubauen und dass, ohne zu verzweifeln sondern tatsächlich mit Spass an der Sache! Ich habe ein sehr komplexes Projekt damit gestalten können mit Zwischenebenen (erhöhte Ebene innerhalb eines Raumes), Balken im Raum und an der Decke, Kamin, Loggia, Balkon, Kücheneinrichtung etc. Gemäß o.g. erforderlicher Einarbeitung sollte man aber nicht erwarten, gleich alles auf einmal an einem Nachmittag fertigstellen zu können.
### Wichtig zu wissen gemäß einiger "Verwirrung", die ich aus anderen Rezensionen hier herausgelesen habe: ###
- Das Programm, welches es hier zu kaufen gibt, ist 1:1 das gleiche, welches es als freie (Open Source) Variante auf der Herstellerseite gibt. Differenz ist bei der Kaufvariante "lediglich" die wesentlich höhere Anzahl an Einrichtungsgegenständen. Eine Investition, welche sich auf jeden Fall lohnt, schließlich hat man ja nun mal auch seinen jeweils eigenen Geschmack. Der Preis von knapp 15 Euro für den gebotenen Funktionsumfang des Programms ist jedenfalls aus meiner Sicht ein Schnäppchen.
- Es gibt etliche frei verfügbare weitere Einrichtungsgegenstände im Internet zu finden - hierfür gibt es auch spezielle Webseiten, die diese Objekte anbieten. Meist werden die Einrichtungsgegenstände im Format .obj angeboten - hier muss man leider über einen Umweg die Datei in das Format .dae konvertieren, welches man dann in Sweet Home 3D direkt in die eigene Bibliothek importieren kann. Dies ist aber einfach möglich, z.B. via SketchUp (öffnen, exportieren als, fertig).
- Das Programm basiert auf Java und erfordert damit, dass diese Komponente auf dem Rechner in der benötigten Version installiert ist. Java ist kostenfrei und wird von Oracle angeboten. Die benötigte Version sollte vom Programm genannt werden, falls sie auf dem Rechner fehlen sollte.
- Die Darstellung der Räume in der Gestaltungsphase ist eine reduzierte Grafikdarstellung, welche ich jedoch ebenfalls bereits recht gut finde. Sie sieht aber eben schon nach Computergrafik aus und ist nicht fotorealistisch. Exportierte Bilder können dagegen quasi fotorealistisch erstellt werden - müssen aber vom Rechner entsprechend in Form eines Exports generiert/berechnet werden, was eine Weile dauert - je nach eingestellter Auflösung (Größe) des gewünschten Bildes. Grund ist, dass sämtliche Lichtquellen mit Schattenwürfen nach mathematischen Vorgaben realistisch berechnet werden müssen.
Man darf nicht davon ausgehen, dass dies einem aktuellen Computerspiel entspricht, in dem man sich in Echtzeit durch fotorealistische Räume bewegen kann. Diese sind speziell optimiert und nutzen zudem die GPU Ressourcen der Grafikkarte. Sweet Home 3D nutzt allein die CPU. Damit man sich durch das eigene Haus in der Gestaltungsansicht in Echtzeit bewegen kann, muss hier eine reduzierte Grafik angewandt werden. Auf meiner Wunschliste für die Zukunft steht aber in der Tat auch die Nutzung der optimierten GPU für bessere Leistung und schnellere Exports. Ich verstehe aber auch, dass das programmierseitig mit erheblichem Aufwand verbunden sein wird. Wer sich einen Eindruck verschaffen will, kann sich freigegebene Projekte auf der Homepage des Programms anschauen (Menüpunkt "Gallerie") und hier auch den Vergleich zwischen Gestaltungsgrafik und Export-Grafik ansehen.
- Eine Suchfunktion für die Möbel in der eigenen Bibliothek gibt es - auch eine Auswahl mittels Kategorien
- Den Funktionsumfang des Programms kann man durch Plugins noch weiter erweitern, welche frei auf der Herstellerseite verfügbar sind und ich auch sehr empfehlen kann (Menüpunk "Plugins" auf der Homepage).
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- Was ich in der Tat schwierig finde, ist die Umsetzung eines Dachs. Das könnte man als eine der aus meiner Sicht dringlichsten Themen in der nächsten Zeit mal angehen und einfacher gestalten
- Wichtige Info für Leute mit einem sehr hochauflösendem Bildschirm: Hier kann es mit Windows 10 zu einer sehr kleinen Darstellung der Menüpunkte bzw. Texte kommen. Vor dem Kauf sollte einmal mit der kostenfreien Variante probiert werden, ob es mit der Darstellung funktioniert.
Alles in allem bin ich rundum begeistert und sehr zufrieden mit dem Programm und dem Ergebnis. Es hat mir sehr geholfen, das zukünftige Zuhause besser planen und schon mal virtuell begehen und gestalten zu können!
Si le logiciel est surtout conçu pour l'aménagement intérieur (vue du dessus, mode piéton...), il n'est pas verrouillé donc il existe toujours un moyen de travailler sur l'extérieur et le jardin (même si la réalisation des toitures mériterait de progresser).
Le rendu photo réaliste est d'excellente facture, mais est très lent. Il est toutefois possible de simplifier le rendu pour l'accélérer (très pratique pour vérifier les ombres portées rapidement).
J'ai utilisé ce logiciel en version gratuite, j'ai décidé de l'acheter pour soutenir son auteur (Emmanuel Puybaret) tant ce logiciel est intéressant en comparaison des logiciels cités plus haut qui ne sont que du réchauffé de vieux logiciels anti-ergonomiques d'il y a 10 ans, utilisant des formats propriétaires limitant fortement leur évolutivité.
L'interface utilisateur est bien conçue, il est possible de détacher des fenêtres de la fenêtre principale pour gagner en espace de travail lorsqu'on a un deuxième écran. L'auteur étant français, inutile de dire que le traduction de l'interface en français est parfaite...
SweetHome3D propose l'import de formats OBJ, ADS, Collada, LWS, KMZ... ce qui facilite énormément l'enrichissement de la bibliothèque... si besoin est!
En effet, la version payante apporte de très nombreuse librairies, mais pas de fonctionnalités supplémentaires.
Les objets sont paramétriques: il est possible d'en modifier les propriétés (dimensions, matériaux...) pour les adapter à votre projet.
Pour conserver les avantages de la version payante, les mises à jour sont à télécharger sur Amazon et non sur le site de l'auteur.
Le site de l'auteur existe en FR et EN: la version anglaise propose des tutoriels intéressants et des plug-in d'extension.
Je pense que le logiciel est encore un peu limité pour travailler sur les plans destinés à un permis de construire, mais il est en constant développement et la productivité qu'il apporte sur l'aménagement intérieur en fait un outil très attachant.
Un excellent rapport qualité/prix.
This is a very straight forward house planing software. It is very easy to understand, and it allows you to make nice 3D views of projects you are planning in/around your house.
It does miss a few things, but well it's not a "professional" Software.
If you plan to do stuff for yourself (planing and designing) and you have no experience with any CAD Software i would recommend this product. If you are a professional user i may suggest to look for a different product. (even though some people may use it professionaly)
Après plusieurs tentatives de téléchargement, mon PC signale que la signature de « Sweet_Home_3D » est endommagée ou n'est pas valide.Ce logiciel acheté inutilisable.
L'installation s'effectue correctement, le démarrage de l'application s'effectue sans problème jusqu'à l'apparition du message signalant le blocage du logiciel qui affiche alors :"erreur fatale" . Aucune possibilité de continuer sans tenir compte de ce message ..