Sweet Home 3D Reviews

Vue Reviews

1. Alan

   | CEO at Self employeed | over 1 year ago
   VUE A-Z

   I became a VUE artist, when VUE 5 was released, and eventually went up the ladder to V.15 Complete. And , where I got tired of waiting hours, to create that "Perfect picture." And , why VUE failed miserably as an animation tool. VUE, for all it's improvements and changes, was basically stuck in the 90's, and still using the archaic frame building architecture found in WINDOWS . AVI. . IF , I wanted to animate anything, IT was going to be limited, and a VERY slow process. I.E. A two minute Ocean Sim, would take days to render, and the output, at best. COOL. but, with the brutally long, render times; IT basically became an expensive, worthless tool.

   Would I still recommend this for beginners? - YES, for the simple reason, it introduces them 3-D modeling, and scene development. IT'S also a good tool for matte artists, because creating a simple PHOTO REAL background ,takes very little time.

   OVER the years, though, I found the software, was real flakey, and prone to crashing. SO, in the end, I simply got tired of the nonsense, and moved on. I USE UNREAL 5 now, and it's a totally different world. I can create, and a fully animated scene, in a matter of minutes... and in full 3D , and with pre-animated objects. IT was game changer.

   SO, final words? I would give VUE a plug , for ease of use, and stunning photo real output, but, would not be my choice for an animation solution. Just, by it's design.

   I simply had too many bad experiences with the software. I hope the company focuses more on system stability, instead of adding MORE tweaks. MY assessment of V6.I , was very mixed. IT crashed constantly, yet, eventually was stable enough to use. V.9 , compete was an amazing program, and that's where E-ON got it right. Where they got it wrong, was the product was NOT affordable for the average user, and was also a factor; in me dropping the platform.

   🏁 Competitors: Unreal Engine

   👍 Pros:    Easy to use

Sweet Home 3D mentions (6)

• House planning App

  It’s not for iPad (don’t think) but we used this on a MacBook Air and it was really useful http://sweethome3d.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• What's a good software to use to design a new house layout that isn't thousands of dollars?

  Sweet Home 3D is a good one. Free, and it's got a web-based version Sweet Home 3D. Source: about 2 years ago

• Are there any tools to mock up a photo realistic 3d model?

  I like http://sweethome3d.com/ for testing single floor layouts. It's not photo realistic, but it's not cartoon either. Very simple to use. Source: over 2 years ago

• Sweet Home 3D [video]

  Sweet Home 3D is a free & open-source interior design application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.[0] [0] http://sweethome3d.com/ [1] http://sweethome3d.com/download.jsp. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Dealing with dark wood floors and a slightly dated fireplace

  I found http://sweethome3d.com/ which is free/open source. It’s been useful for playing with layouts if you’re happy to just use boxes for some items as there isn’t a huge library of furniture. You can import textures, model, but for the most part I’ve just cared to check the layout is sane and not to get a pretty render. Source: over 2 years ago

Vue mentions (1)

• More of my AMIGA coverdisks magazines

  It says right there: "Play God with the ultimate landscape generator" and that's what it did. You generate a random terrain, mould it to how you want it, set the levels of trees, water, grass, type of sky etc, set the camera position, and then it would render it for you. These days there are many more options: Terragen, Vue, World Machine, World Creator, Instant Terra, Bryce. Source: almost 3 years ago