UserManual HouseSketcher3D
UserManual HouseSketcher3D
User Manual
Sebastian Kemper
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1
2. Overview ................................................................................................................ 1
3. Main Menu ............................................................................................................. 2
3.1. Home Design ......................................................................................................... 2
3.2. File ......................................................................................................................... 6
3.3. Layout .................................................................................................................... 8
3.4. View ..................................................................................................................... 10
3.5. Photo ................................................................................................................... 13
3.6. Help ..................................................................................................................... 14
4. Level .................................................................................................................... 15
5. Library .................................................................................................................. 16
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House Sketcher 3D Introduction
1. Introduction
Welcome to House Sketcher 3D. House Sketcher 3D helps you to quickly create your
3D floor plan with little effort. These operating instructions will help you to find your way
around easily. I wish you a lot of fun and success for your projects.
2. Overview
Figure 1: Overview
Figure 1 shows you an overview or the start window of House Sketcher 3D. The main
menus are located in the top bar. Here you can change your settings, load and save your
projects, create a background floor plan, change the view or switch to photo mode.
The library menu is on the left. This is required to drag rooms, windows, doors or furniture
into your scene.
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House Sketcher 3D Main Menu
3. Main Menu
Under the menu item House Sketcher you can find the settings (Figure 2). Here you can
define the unit, set the language, make light settings, change the background and also
remove the watermark for the photo mode.
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House Sketcher 3D Home Design
Here you can decide whether your dimensions should be displayed in meters or feet
(Figure 3).
Under the item Light you can deactivate shadows for the 2D and 3D view and also define
the strength of the light sources (Figure 5).
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House Sketcher 3D Home Design
Change the design of the sky in the sky settings (Figure 6).
Here you can influence the design of the floor. There are three ready-made designs as
well as a freely selectable colour (Figure 7).
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House Sketcher 3D Home Design
When you take a photo, a watermark is integrated; you can deactivate it here (Figure 8).
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House Sketcher 3D File
3.2. File
To create, save, load or reset projects, you have to open the menu item File (Figure 9).
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House Sketcher 3D File
Load your Project (Figure 12). In addition, you can also change the project name here or
delete a project completely.
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House Sketcher 3D Layout
3.3. Layout
The Layout menu helps you to load a floor plan into your project as a photo and display
it in the background (Figure 13).
First you have to load your floor plan. A new window will open in which you can import
your photo from a directory on your computer.
To change the dimension of your picture select Activate. You can also make the floor plan
invisible or visible again at any time or reset completely.
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House Sketcher 3D Layout
Here you can see a loaded floor plan as a background or template. You can change the
size by dragging the arrow crosses. The coordinate system helps you to adjust the
dimensions of your floor plan correctly. At the bottom of the menu you can also rotate or
delete the plan. You fix the floor plan with the lock (Figure 14).
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House Sketcher 3D View
3.4. View
Under the menu item View you can choose between four views. The 2D view, the 3D
view, the Fly Cam view and the first person view (Figure 15).
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House Sketcher 3D View
In the 2D view you have a direct view of your project from above. Here you can use the
entire furniture library and design your project (Figure 16).
In the 3D view you can rotate your model and view it from freely chosen perspectives
(Figure 17).
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House Sketcher 3D View
The Flycam View offers the possibility to fly around freely in the scene. For the controls
you need the keys W (fly forwards), A (fly to the left), D (fly to the right), S (fly backwards).
Use the mouse to change the rotation of the view (Figure 18).
The First Person View is similar to the Fly Cam View. Here, however, you don't fly but
walk across the ground. But the controls are similar. Use the keys W (go forwards), A (go
to the left), D (go to the right), S (go backwards). Use the mouse to change the rotation
of the view (Figure 19).
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House Sketcher 3D Photo
3.5. Photo
To take pictures of your project and your current view, simply open the photo mode
(Figure 20).
In the photo mode you can choose between different filters (Figure 21).
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House Sketcher 3D Help
3.6. Help
The menu item Help will help you to get information or assistance (Figure 22).
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House Sketcher 3D Level
4. Level
To add a new floor or to jump back and forth between the floors, use the plus button or
the drop-down button at the top right. With the plus button, the window in Figure 23 opens
and floors can be added or removed.
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House Sketcher 3D Library
5. Library
The furniture library is on the left in the 2D view. For example, you can create your rooms
here (Figure 24).
For each room you can change the floor material, as well as the size and rotation (Figure
25).
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House Sketcher 3D Library
In the roofs library, you will find some roofs that you can use for your project. If you click
on the material symbol, the material library opens with numerous textures (Figure 26).
Under doors there are numerous doors as well as the breakthrough to remove areas from
a wall. Just drag them into a wall. A created door can be rotated and mirrored (Figure 27).
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House Sketcher 3D Library
Windows are similar to doors, they can also be drawn directly into walls. Can be rotated
and mirrored. A curtain can also be activated (Figure 28).
The rest of the library elements are all similar in their use. Here, for example, shown on
a staircase. The dimensions of this can be changed and mirrored. The position and
dimension are fixed with the anchor and can therefore no longer be changed (Figure 29).
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House Sketcher 3D Library
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