eTeks is proud to report that the French Forensic Police Office (Scientific Police) recently chose Sweet Home 3D as a tool to design plans. This is a concrete application of the recommendation of the French government to give the preference to free open source solutions.
Before making this choice, the SCPTS (Service Central de la Police Technique et Scientifique) requested some additional features and 3D models that will let them represent crime scenes but also exterior road scenes.

New vehicles and road signs

Sweet Home 3D features for the SCPTS

The request of the SCPTS led to the development of some features released in Sweet Home 3D version 6.0, like the articulated mannequin, multiline texts and new options for polylines. Beside that, two plugins were developed:

• The UpdateRoadLines plug-in adds the Tools > Modify road line style menu item to let the user choose a French road line style for the selected polylines and their color.

  
  UpdateRoadLines plug-in

• The EvidenceMarkerGenerator plug-in adds the Tools > Add evidence marker menu item able to generate a numbered evidence marker on the item selected in the plan.

  
  EvidenceMarkerGenerator plug-in

New 3D models and textures for the SCPTS

Carlos Folch, the author of Resources.blogscopia, also designed 91 new 3D models and 5 new floor textures to complete the list of existing free 3D models with additional vehicles, clothes, weapons, tools and road symbols.
These models were released in the SCPTS.sh3f library contained in the 3DModels-SCTPS-1.0.1.zip file (4.3 MB - translated in English, French and Spanish - updated on 12/18/2018), where they can be easily found with the "SCPTS" keyword.

Like the other 3D models designed by Scopia, the new ones are available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, with the requirement of giving credit only in case a 3D model or a work derived from it is redistributed (see also Scopia license).
Before being translated in more languages and added to the Scopia library, SCPTS' 3D models are listed below to let you display each model in 3D by clicking on its image or download it by clicking on the link under the image. These models can also be found in the free 3D models search engine.

126 kB Bicycle	130 kB Scooter	132 kB Smart car	108 kB SUV	122 kB Chevrolet
104 kB Bus	127 kB Van	95 kB Flatbed truck	108 kB Police car	96 kB Gendarmerie car
37 kB Helmet	14 kB Hat	32 kB Cap	12 kB Glove	67 kB Glove
65 kB Trousers	71 kB Short	106 kB Dress	32 kB Skirt	32 kB Skirt
14 kB Jacket	28 kB Underpants	10 kB Underwear	23 kB Bra	22 kB Socket
8 kB Stocking	14 kB Stocking	25 kB Hood
96 kB Watch	89 kB Watch	12 kB Ring	28 kB Plate, glasses and cutlery
6 kB Ammunition casing	45 kB Revolver	32 kB Gun	74 kB Machine pistol	69 kB AK47
56 kB Shotgun	38 kB Rifle	29 kB Double-barreled shotgun	8 kB Dagger	8 kB Scalpel
7 kB Shovel	21 kB Saw	20 kB Hammer	4 kB Screwdriver	12 kB Cutting pliers
4 kB Crowbar	26 kB Jack	115 kB Rope	59 kB Chain	4 kB Tape
73 kB Drill	31 kB Grinder	5 kB Sole trace	10 kB Foot trace	13 kB Hand trace
5 kB Narcotic bag	9 kB Syringe	11 kB Cigarette	10 kB Cigarette butt	3 kB Hashtray
30 kB Bill 5€	31 kB Bill 10€	47 kB Bill 20€	35 kB Bill 50€	49 kB Bill 100€
36 kB Bill 200€	28 kB Bill 500€	31 kB Bills 5€	32 kB Bills 10€	48 kB Bills 20€
36 kB Bills 50€	50 kB Bills 100€	36 kB Bills 200€	29 kB Bills 500€
2 kB Arrow turn left	2 kB Arrow turn left and straight ahead	1 kB Arrow straight ahead	2 kB Arrow turn right and straight ahead	2 kB Arrow turn right
3 kB Parking slot	4 kB Parking slot 90°	6 kB Parking slot 75°	6 kB Parking slot 60°	8 kB Parking slot 45°
2 kB Pedestrian crossing	22 kB Rail crossing	2 kB Rails	10 kB Street light	8 kB Cone

The 5 new following textures were created for roads and are available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Thanks to the SCPTS for choosing Sweet Home 3D and making these additional features available under a free license! We hope it will help to solve some court cases in France and other countries around the world.

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Posted by Emmanuel Puybaret on 10 December 2018 at 14:40:00 CET #