Version history

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Corrected the computation of image size of the plan copied into the clipboard when selection contains dimensions.
Changed the way to save homes to avoid the corruption of the previous version of a valid SH3D file, if current save ever fails.
Corrected a bug that opened twice a home file launched from Mac OS X 10.5 finder.
Managed the import of an OBJ file created with Blender even if it contains objects definitions in a line starting by a o letter.
Managed the import of a ZIP file containing a 3D model file at OBJ, LWS or 3DS format. This ZIP file may also contain the texture files of the 3D model and/or a MTL file (describes the colors and the textures of a 3D model at OBJ format).
Added support for the import of furniture catalog SH3F files.
Replaced JRE 6u4 by JRE 6u6 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
Added Spanish localization written by Pablo Mayordomo and Paco.

Corrected a bug about the creation of new furniture categories with spaces at the start or the end of their name.
Corrected a bug that prevented from changing the color or the visibility of some imported furniture.
As many users tries to use Sweet Home 3D to design homes with multiple floors, the maximum height of the observer in 3D virtual visit was increased from 2.5 meters to 10 meters (the observer point of view still remains at the 13/14 of its height, to repect human proportions !).
Replaced JRE 6u3 by JRE 6u4 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
Added Czech localization written by Štephan Novák.
Added Polish localization written by Paweł Antkowiak (user interface) and Szymon Życiński (help pages).
Added German localization of help pages written by Thomas Zimmermann.
Corrected typos in help pages.

Added textures applicable to walls and the ground.
Managed the heights of wall start and end points to create garrets.
Added a search engine in help pages.
Added tooltips on catalog furniture.
Managed A and D keys in 3D view equivalent to left and right arrow keys.
Changed zoom and help shorcut keys under Mac OS X (Cmd + Cmd - Cmd ?).
Changed the way the icon of an imported 3D model is created to avoid crashes at the end of import furniture wizard.
Improved plan scrollbars management during the drawing of walls and dimensions created in left and top margins of the plan.
Maintained the coordinates of the displayed top left corner when zoom is changed in plan.
Detected if 3D view print is possible according to the 3D configuration of user system.
Reseted focus correctly after the import furniture wizard is closed.
Corrected a bug about synonymous furniture in different categories of the catalog during a language change.
Replaced JRE 6u2 by JRE 6u3 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
Adaptated user interface for Mac OS X 10.5.
Used Tango project icons in tool bar and menu items.
Added 25 furniture created by contributors (their name is displayed in the tooltip of a piece).
Added Italian localization of user interface written by Simone Bufalino.
Added German localization of user interface written by Sebastian Breuer.
Corrected typos and described new features in help pages.

Added dimensions creation and edition.
Added a check box in preferences to make visible or invisible the grid displayed in plan.
Managed the change of user interface language in preferences.
Added indicators in plan rulers to reflect current mouse pointer location in plan.
Managed walls modfication with active magnetism.
Increased the pattern resolution of walls during print.
Corrected a bug about the lighting of imported 3D models with inverted faces.
Corrected a bug about adding Java 3D objects to a live scene.
Added Brazilian Portuguese localization written by Roberto Rocha.
Corrected typos in help pages.

Added Furniture > Display column menus to modify the columns list displayed in furniture list header.
Modified columns list displayed by default.
Managed the copy into clipboard of an image of selected objects in plan (this feature may not work under Linux).
Managed home print with Print..., Page setup..., Print preview... and Print to PDF... items of File menu.
Created Windows / Mac OS X / Linux installers.
Managed W and S keys in 3D view equivalent to up and down arrow keys.
Added iText library to manage print to PDF.
Used Java 3D 1.5.1 under Windows and Mac OS X.
Modified splash screen.
Corrected typos in help pages.

Added furniture import wizard accessible from Furniture > Import furniture... menu.
Managed the transparency of window panes under Java 3D 1.3.
Modification with the mouse of the height and the elevation of the selected piece of furniture in plan, by clicking on the bottom left and top right corners of the piece.
Added new furniture to catalog : sliding doors, slider window, radiators, shower, cylinder, fitted bath and washbasin with cabinet.
Managed recent opened files.
The first untitled and unmodified home is automatically closed when an other one is opened.
No new empty home is created at application relaunch.
Better integration in Mac OS X (Window menu, default menu when no home is opened).
Managed memory better when a home is closed.
Added Microcrowd Loader3DS library to manage 3DS format.
Used Java 3D 1.5.1 under Linux and Solaris.

Added two 3D navigation modes accessible from the 3D view new menu : the Aerial view mode matching previous mode available in version 0.15, in which the user can zoom from now on, and the Virtual visit mode matching the view of an observer moving around in the edited home. In this latter mode , the user may modify its 3D view point, either with the observer drawn in the plan, or directly in the 3D view.
Managed active keys in the 3D view.
Added 3D view > Modify... menu to edit the field of view and the height of the visitor, the ground and the sky color, the light brightness and walls transparency.
Enabled the change of each wall height with Plan > Modify walls... menu.
Added the ability to view the mirrored shape of a piece of furniture with Furniture > Modify... menu.
Plan size can't decrease anymore, to avoid some difficulties to create walls outside of default plan space.
Wall creation mode switches automatically to selection mode when the user drags and drops a piece of furniture in the plan, or when Furniture > Add to home menu is chosen.
Added a Door frame piece of furniture to catalog.
Displayed current Java version in About dialog box.

Modification of wall ends with the mouse.
Managed zoom in plan.
Added rulers at left and top borders of the plan (may be rendered invisible by editing preferences).
Added visual guides to align the ends of a wall with the ends of other walls.
Added tooltips displaying the length of a wall, the angle and the size of a piece of furniture during their modification with the mouse.
Added Edit > Select all menu.
Added furniture alignment menus.
Added contextual popup menus.
Added a Box piece of furniture in the Miscellaneous category.
Computed holes in walls at their intersection location with doors or windows in the 3D view.

Added Plan > Modify walls... menu to edit the coordinates of walls ends, as their thickness and their color.

Added Furniture > Modify... menu to edit the name, the size and the color of some furniture.

First public release.
This version matches the study case described in the French book Les cahiers du programmeur Swing, written by Emmanuel Puybaret and published by Editions Eyrolles in December 2006.