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Recommendations for 3D Modeling Software for Floor Plans and Decorating (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by dohpaz42@lemmy.world to c/diy@lemmy.world

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I have looked at software like Sweet Home 3D, OpenPlan3D, and various cloud-based services that cost money. As nice as they look, they each have severe limitations -- main the inability to create accurate measurements for walls. For example, Sweet Home 3D doesn't give enough precision to create a wall with a 9/16 fraction. OpenPlan3D the field is disabled.

I would like to be able to build a 2D floor plan, but also be able to convert it into a 3D model that I can then add furniture to for interior decorating. I would prefer open source, but would settle for simply free to use.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

This can be done in Blender.

Here's a new addon specifically for floor plans, although it's not needed. I haven't used it, I think there are others.

Blender won't be as easy to use as some purpose built app, but it can do anything you want. There's also a huge library of pre-made furniture models in Blenderkit, which has a free and paid version.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

SweetHome 3D is free and made for this, there's also a lot of assets available online for free.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It’s not precise enough. I can’t use 9/16th measurements, and that’s needed.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Switch yo meters. Problem solved.