SweetHome3D [Java building & decoration designer]

[webfork]

The installation file is huge (535 megs) but this Java-based program includes it's own JRE, similar to search program DocFetcher. It might be worth the footprint: This program is crazy easy to pick up. I did this in less than 15 mins of use:

Program screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Zyey0z8.png
Output: http://i.imgur.com/CueYHoK.jpg

I haven't seen another program where you could work on a 3D program on a Mac at work and take it home and continue on a PC without any extra effort. Note that I only tested the Windows 32-bit version but I was able to test on Mac as well and it worked fine.

Version tested: 4.6
Status: Portable, writes to the local \data folder
Stealth: No, writes last directory info to HKU\..\Software\Javasoft

Sites:
http://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2012/09 ... rsion.html
http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-S ... able.shtml

[shnbwmn]

Homepage: http://www.sweethome3d.com/
Portable version: download page (224 Mb).
(SweetHome3D-X.x-portable.7z)

Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.

I've messed around with this program in the past and it's really good. It's been around for quite a while now and is constantly getting updated. Large community, downloadable models/textures, and many example models/tutorials. It can run on Win 98 through to 10, and is also cross-platform (even runs on Solaris). Unfortunately this is a double-edged sword, as it's written in Java ... so not stealth.

For interest sake, check out the Sourceforge page. As of the time of posting, it has a total of 162,814 downloads for this week alone.

Tested: Portable
Main settings: %sweethome3d%\data\preferences.xml

Writes other stuff to registry, AppData and a folder called .oracle_jre_usage within User directory.

For interest sake, there is an online version here, but you need Java installed and to save models to your computer you need to register on the site ...

[I am Baas]

Is the search function broken at your end?

viewtopic.php?p=77453#p77453

[shnbwmn]

My mistake ... didn't search properly. Delete this topic.

[Midas]

Don't delete, please, just merge...

[webfork]

Don't delete, please, just merge...

Agreed -- these duplicates almost always fill in blanks that the original post didn't cover. Topics merged.

[webfork]

This program has been in ongoing development since discussions a few years ago, with a new version came out back in Aug. Changelog: http://www.sweethome3d.com/history.jsp

Have added to my list of programs to add to the database.

Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sweetho ... z/download
https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE- ... able.shtml

Status: Portable (with caveats about stealth mentioned above still very much in place)

[rbon]

Sweet Home 3D released on March 2, 2021
• web site: http://www.sweethome3d.com/index.jsp
• Sourceforge.net project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sweethome3d/
• Sourceforge.net download page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sweeth ... ome3D-6.5/
• direct download portable: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sweeth ... z/download
• archive size: 351,6 MB
• Sweet Home 3D Blog: http://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/2021/03 ... d_6_5.html
• Changelog: http://www.sweethome3d.com/history.jsp#version6point5
• Softpedia: https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE- ... able.shtml

About Sweet Home 3D - initial screenshot: http://www.sweethome3d.com/blog/images/ ... logBox.png