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The free interior design application Sweet Home 3D released version 7.0 with many improvements. Here’s how to install it via the official tarball.

What’s new in Sweet Home 3D 7.0:

  • Include YafaRay rendering engine, which was previously available as plugin.
  • New toolbar option to toggle magnetism.
  • Add “Flat ceiling only” check box to the room modification dialog.
  • Option to hide edges when importing 3D models
  • Ability to directly enter the diagonal value during room creation
  • See the release note for more features.

How to Install Sweet Home 3D in Ubuntu & other Linux

It’s easy to install the software via Flatpak package, simply press Ctrl + Alt + T on keyboard to open terminal. And run the 2 commands below will do the job:

  • Install flatpak daemon:
    sudo apt install flatpak
  • Install Sweet Home 3D as Flatpak:
    flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d.flatpakref

In case you don’t like the sandbox application, here’s the step by step guide shows how to install the official tarball.

Step 1: Download the tarball

The software offers official packages available to download in the link page below:

For modern PC and laptop, select download the “SweetHome3D-7.0-linux-x64.tgz” package. Then, go to download folder, and extract the package.

Step 2: Move extracted folder to local bin.

Open another file manager window, press Ctrl + H to show hidden folders, and then navigate to “.local” folder.

Create the bin sub-folder if not exist under “.local”, and navigate to that folder. Finally, drag and drop the extracted software folder into this directory.

Step 3: Create app shortcut

Finally, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. And run command to create an app shortcut file:

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/SweetHome3D.desktop

When file opens, paste the lines below:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sweet Home 3D 7.0
GenericName=Interior 2D design application with 3D preview
GenericName[de]=Innenraumplaner
Comment=Interior design Java application for quickly choosing and placing furniture on a house 2D plan drawn by the end-user with a 3D preview
Exec=/home/USERNAME/.local/bin/SweetHome3D-7.0/SweetHome3D
Icon=/home/USERNAME/.local/bin/SweetHome3D-7.0/SweetHome3DIcon.png
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=com-eteks-sweethome3d-SweetHome3D
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;2DGraphics;3DGraphics;
Keywords=interior;design;2D;3D;home;house;furniture;java;

As the picture shows, you have to replace the value of “Exec” and “Icon”. In file manager, navigate to the Sweet Home 3D folder under ‘.local/bin‘, you may then press Ctrl + L to highlight the folder path and then copy it into clipboard.

If you have done everything correctly, the app icon should appear in ‘Activities’ overview search result.

Uninstall:

To uninstall the package, simply remove the software folder under ‘.local/bin‘, as well as the .desktop file you created under ‘.local/share/applications’.

You can do the job either via File manager or by running the command below in terminal:

rm -R ~/.local/bin/SweetHome3D* ~/.local/share/applications/SweetHome3D.desktop

Free interior design software SweetHome3D 6.5 was released a few day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 20.10, Linux Mint 19.x, and 20.x.

According to the release note, SweetHome3D 6.5 features:

  • Azul OpenJDK 11.0.10 bundle for 64-bit Windows to get better HiDPI support.
  • Azul OpenJDK 15.0.2 bundle for Mac OS X ≥ 10.9, which supports notarization and the Apple new M1 processor.
  • JOGL library updated to 2.4 RC 20210111
  • Display Java runtime and Java 3D version in About dialog.
  • New options in Furniture and Textures Library Editors
  • Add a new example to the gallery, shows a house with pillars built on a small hill along a lake.

How to Install Sweet Home 3D 6.5 in Ubuntu:

First the software offers Linux portable as well as jar package in sourceforge page.

Sweet Home 3D is also available to install and keep updated via Flathub repository.

1. Setup Flatpak framework in Ubuntu:

First open terminal from system application launcher. When it opens, run command to install flatpak:

sudo apt install flatpak

Then add the flathub repository by running command:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

2. Install Sweet Home 3D flatpak package:

To install the package, run command in terminal:

flatpak install flathub com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

To update the flatpak package, run command:

flatpak update com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

Once installed, you can launch the software from ‘Show Applications’ menu and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To uninstall Sweet Home 3D flatpak package, run command in terminal:

flatpak uninstall com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

Free interior design software SweetHome3D 6.4 was released a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Linux Mint 19.x, and 20.

SweetHome3D 6.4 release highlights include:

  • Improved resolution scale management in the plan for HiDPI screens under Java 8.
  • Fixed a bug in redoing dimension line resizing.
  • Added IDs to home objects which may be modified.
  • Added support for editing home plans in Sweet Home 3D JS with the ability to save modified homes on a JSP server.
  • Fixed an issue in Sweet Home 3D JS Viewer which prevented touch management to work correctly under iOS.
  • Improved drawing order of transparent objects in Sweet Home 3D JS Viewer.
  • Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

How to Install Sweet Home 3D 6.4 in Ubuntu:

First the software offers Linux portable as well as jar package in sourceforge page.

Sweet Home 3D is also available to install and keep updated via Flathub repository.

1. Setup Flatpak framework in Ubuntu:

First open terminal from system application launcher. When it opens, run command to install flatpak:

sudo apt install flatpak

Then add the flathub repository by running command:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

2. Install Sweet Home 3D flatpak package:

To install the package, run command in terminal:

flatpak install flathub com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

To update the flatpak package, run command:

flatpak update com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

Once installed, you can launch the software from ‘Show Applications’ menu and enjoy!

Uninstall:

To uninstall Sweet Home 3D flatpak package, run command in terminal:

flatpak uninstall com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d

The free interior design software Sweet Home 3D has reached the 5.4 release. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10.

Sweet Home 3D 5.4 is a small release with several bug fixes. It features:

  • Set the minimum value of visitor’s field of view to 2°.
  • Fixed wrongly displayed rectangular textures when rotated.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented to close the Untitled window after opening a file under Mac OS X.
  • Fixed a bug that applied the resolution scale factor too many times on user interface.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented to move the points of a polyline.
  • Replaced JRE 8u112 by JRE 8u121 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java under Linux.
  • Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

How to Install Sweet Home 3D in Ubuntu / Linux Mint:

For Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18 and derivatives, you can easily install / upgrade to the latest software release via GetDeb repository.

1. To add the GetDeb repository, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'

You may replace xenial (for 16.04, Mint 18) in the code with yakkety for Ubuntu 16.10.

Then setup the key via command:

wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

2. Now launch Software Updater (or Update Manager) and you can upgrade Sweet Home 3D from an existing release.

Or just run the commands below to install / upgrade the software:

sudo apt update


sudo apt install sweethome3d

Uninstall:

To remove Sweet Home 3D, simply run apt remove command with sudo:

sudo apt remove sweethome3d && sudo apt autoremove

And you can remove the getdeb repository via Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab.

How to Upgrade to Sweet Home 3D 5.0 in Ubuntu

Last updated: September 11, 2015

Sweet Home 3D has reached the 5.0 release recently with some new features, improvements and bug fixes. See what’s new.

For those who have installed an old release from Ubuntu Software Center, here’s how to upgrade Sweet Home 3D in Ubuntu using the .jar archive.

The JAR executable file as well as 3D models of the application by default are installed in /usr/share/sweethome3d, just replace the directory with the latest .jar and model files will upgrade Sweet Home 3D to the latest.

1. Download the .jar executable file at THIS PAGE

2. Open terminal from the Dash, Launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut keys. When it opens, run command to open /usr/share/sweethome3d folder via root (install gksu first from Software Center):

gksudo nautilus /usr/share/sweethome3d

3. Open another terminal and run command to open your Downloads folder via root, then move the new downloaded .jar executable file to above folder.

gksudo nautilus ~/Downloads

4. Rename or remove the old .jar file, and rename the new one from “SweetHome3D-5.0.jar” to “sweethome3d.jar” (without quotes). So it looks like:

5. You may also check out the file permissions by right-clicking file -> Properties -> Permissions tab, and make sure it looks like:

Now launch Sweet Home 3D and go to Help -> About. Its version should be 5.0.

To upgrade 3D models:

1. First go to File -> Preferences -> click Check Now button to check out available updates.

2. Download the latest models from THIS PAGE, and extract all of them in your Downloads folder.

3. Again open both /usr/share/sweethome3d and ~/Downloads folder via root (see above commands).

When they opened, upgrade models by replacing the .sh3f files in “furniture” folder.

Not clear enough? See the video:

 

The latest Sweet Home 3D 4.4 was released on June 12, 2014 with many improvements and bug fixes. This quick tip will show you how to install it in Ubuntu 14.04 while Software Center has version 4.3.

First for detailed changes in Sweet Home 3D 4.4 read the release note.

1. The website provides Sweet Home 3D package for Linux bundled with Oracle Java JRE 1.6, download it from the link below:

32-bit or 64-bit? Check it out by going to System Settings -> Details. Check out if there’s a new release at here.

2. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the below command and hit enter to extract the package to /opt/:

cd /opt/ && sudo tar -zxvf ~/Downloads/SweetHome3D-4.4-linux-*.tgz

In the command, you may replace SweetHome3D-4.4-linux-*.tgz with the exact package name.

3. Now you’re able to launch SweetHome3D via:

/opt/SweetHome3D-4.4/SweetHome3D

If everything goes OK. Let’s create a launcher for it so that you can start it from Unity Dash or Launcher.

In a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T), run command:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sweethome3d-4.4.desktop

It will create a config file and open it with Gedit text editor.

Paste below content into the file and save it.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sweet Home 3D 4.4
GenericName=Interior 2D design application with 3D preview
GenericName[de]=Innenraumplaner
Comment=Interior design Java application for quickly choosing and placing furniture on a house 2D plan drawn by the end-user with a 3D preview
Exec=/opt/SweetHome3D-4.4/SweetHome3D
Icon=sweethome3d
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=com-eteks-sweethome3d-SweetHome3D
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;2DGraphics;3DGraphics;
Keywords=interior;design;2D;3D;home;house;furniture;java;

You may grab a logo icon from web. Name it sweethome3d.png and put it under /usr/share/icons/.

Once done, you’re able to open Sweet Home 3D 4.4 from Unity Dash result.

 

The free architectural design software Sweet Home 3D 4.3 has been released recently. This release mainly fixed 3D view bugs and added a Windows 32-bit / 64-bit installer.

Many users reported in version 4.2 a problem with a 3D view that sometimes remained empty. The developer has fixed that bug, as well as other bugs related to detaching / attaching the 3D view from / to the main window in multiple screens environment. Thus, this release should now work much better in such an environment.

The Windows installer now embeds both the 32-bit & 64-bit version of Sweet Home 3D. It will automatically install the right version on your system. If you upgrade from a previous version and use 64-bit Windows, it’s better to uninstall Sweet Home 3D first in case you installed the previous version in its default folder.

Sweet Home 3D 4.3 ChangeLog:

  • Fixed bugs that prevented the 3D view to be displayed when it was saved as detached, on one screen and multiples screens.
  • Fixed a font issue that didn’t display correctly Chinese text in the plan under Windows and Linux.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented to elevate the camera in Sweet Home 3D Viewer applet.
  • Fixed a bug that didn’t initialize the Staircase check box in the furniture import wizard when an imported 3D model is modified.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented to display correctly some floor rooms in the 3D view when they overlap.
  • Fixed the display of texts in catalog furniture tool tips under Java 5.
  • Fixed a bug that froze the program for some colored background images under Mac OS X with Java 7.
  • Fixed some unexpected behaviors when furniture is dragged from the catalog under Mac OS X with Java 7.
  • Improved performances of the 3D view in the Java Web Start and JAR executable versions run under Mac OS X with Java 7.
  • Accepted % and # characters in dependencies of OBJ and DAE files.
  • Created a 32-bit / 64-bit Windows installer which installs the 64-bit version of Sweet Home under 64-bit Windows, and its 32-bit version otherwise.
  • Displayed the 32-bit / 64-bit data model of the running version in the About dialog box.
  • Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

Install Sweet Home 3D:

Packages for Windows, Linux, Mac OS are available in this page.

For Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and Elementary OS, we can install it from GetDeb repository:

1. press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal.

2. Edit the source file by:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list

3. For Ubuntu 13.10 add below line into the file, change saucy to precise for Ubuntu 12.04 and its derivatives:

deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu saucy-getdeb apps

4. Download & install the key:

wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

5. Check for updates and install Seet Home 3D:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sweethome3d

That’s it.

Sweet Home 3D, the free architectural design software released v4.2 with support for non-rectangular doors and windows, improvements in the background image import wizard and bug fixes.

What’s New in Sweet Home 3D 4.2:

For the users who wanted to insert non rectangular doors or windows in a wall Sweet Home 3D 4.2 now fill correctly the space around doors and windows in the 3D view, whatever their shape, it’s even possible to handle complex shapes with multiple holes. The cut out shape in the wall can be computed automatically when you import a door or a window in the furniture import wizard, or customized with the Furniture Library Editor with a SVG path.

non-Rectangular sweet home 3d 4.2

The second and the third step of the background image import wizard now display Zoom in and Zoom out buttons to let you enlarge the imported image and enter some more precise scale and origin.

In the second step of the wizard, you can also apply vertical and horizontal constraints on the displayed scale line by pressing the shift key.

The search engine in the furniture catalog is now able to search any substring among furniture names, categories, authors and even keywords.

Many keywords were added in the default furniture catalog but also to furniture libraries.

Linux: fix an annoying regression that didn’t restore correctly maximized windows

via: Sweet Home 3D 4.2 release note.

Install Sweet Home 3D 4.2:

For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, Linux Mint 16 Petra, 13 Maya, Elementary OS Luna, we can install it from GetDeb repository.

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one to add GetDeb repository:

wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

For Linux Mint, getdeb can be directly enabled from Software Sources -> Additional repositories.

Then you can install Sweet Home 3D 4.2 in Ubuntu Software Center after checking for updates. Or run commands below instead:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install sweethome3d

sweet home 3D 4.2 in Ubuntu 13.10

This tutorial is going to show you how to install latest Sweet Home 3D 4.1 in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy & Linux Mint 16 Petra while the defaut version in Software Center is old.

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. Features include:

  • Draw straight, round or sloping walls with precise dimensions using the mouse or the keyboard
  • Insert doors and windows in walls by dragging them in the plan, and let Sweet Home 3D compute their holes in walls.
  • Add furniture to the plan from a searchable and extensible catalog organized by categories such as kitchen, living room, bedroom, bathroom…
  • Change color, texture, size, thickness, location and orientation of furniture, walls, floors and ceilings.
  • While designing the home in 2D, simultaneously view it in 3D from an aerial point of view, or navigate into it from a virtual visitor point of view.
  • Annotate the plan with room areas, dimension lines, texts and show the North direction with a compass rose.
  • Create photorealistic images and videos with the ability to customize lights and control sunlight effect according to the time of day and geographic location.
  • Import home blueprint to draw walls upon it, 3D models to complete default catalog, and textures to customize surfaces.
  • Print and export PDFs, bitmap or vector graphics images, videos and 3D files in standard file formats.
  • Extend the features of Sweet Home 3D with plug-ins programmed in Java, or by developing a derived version based on its Model View Controller architecture.
  • Choose the language displayed in the user interface of Sweet Home 3D and its rich help from 24 languages.
  • Download Sweet Home 3D to run it offline under Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris, or use its online version from any browser supporting Java.
  • Install Sweet Home 3D 4.1:

    The latest Sweet Home 3D is available in Getdeb repository for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives, such as Linux Mint 13/15/16, Elementary OS.

    1. To install it, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

    wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb
    
    sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

    2. For Linux Mint, there’s an option to enable it under ‘Software & Sources -> Additional repositories’.

    3. Use synaptic package to update package lists and install the app. Or run below commands instead:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install -y sweethome3d

    This tutorial shows how to install the latest Sweet Home 3D 4.1 in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint 13 Maya, 15 Olivia via PPA.

    Sweet Home 3D 4.1 was released with a few improvements and bug fixes. See changelog:

    • Optimized Export to OBJ format feature for big exports.
    • Moved the aerial view point of view closer to the first piece of furniture added to an empty home.
    • Added support for full screen mode under Mac OS X.
    • Fixed a printing bug that didn’t always show the expected pages.
    • Updated the Online version to ensure it won’t display an additional security warning when run with latest Java version.
    • Increased the default maximum memory used by the program to 640 MB, and made this size grow up to 1024 MB for Windows 32 bit installer version according to the available RAM in the system.
    • Fixed a bug in Sweet Home 3D, the portable version of Sweet Home 3D (119 MB), the Furniture Library Editor (12,3 MB) and the Textures Library Editor (784 kB) that prevented the deletion of some temporary files under Windows at program end.
    • Automatically deleted the private working folder of Sweet Home 3D at program end when it stops normally.
    • Accepted absolute paths in com.eteks.sweethome3d.tools.temporarySubFolder system property to simplify the way to specify where the private working folder of Sweet Home 3D should be.
    • Added com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.fixedPrintMargin system property to be able to force a print margin (expressed in centimeters) when customized margins entered in page format dialog box aren’t taken into account.
    • Fixed a bug that kept displaying the available updates of a library even once it wasinstalled.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented program launch when the name of imported libraries contained a very long string of digits.
    • Updated Spanish help pages.
    • Replaced JRE 6u43 by JRE 6u45 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
    • Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

    While the default version in Ubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu 12.04 are 3.7 and 3.4, the latest now is available in GetDeb repository.

    To add the repository, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

    sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
    
    wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

    For Linux Mint users, see this post to enable getdeb repository.

    After that, run commands to update and install Sweet Home 3D:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install sweethome3d

    Enjoy!