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Parametrically defined or scripted home
Hello,
first of all, thanks a lot for this amazing program!
I would like to use SweetHome3D "parametrically". As a minimum example, assume a rectangular room surrounded by walls. I would like to have an option to resize the room based on given dimensions (width and height), without a need to redraw it manually.
In reality, I would have many such rooms and walls, stacked together, dimensions of each room being independent parameter and I would like to define these parameters and see the result "easily" (without manual redrawing). In an extreme case, the home would be "scripted".
Is it somehow possible currently?
If no, I would create a Python tool for this kind of scripting, producing a XML file loadable by SweetHome3D. Would anybody be interested in such feature? Just if I should publish the code once it is eventually finished.
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Re: Parametrically defined or scripted home
Even if only as a thought experiment, it would be interesting to see how such a script would work. It seems to me relatively easy to define a set of rooms with a few basic parameters, but how would you define the placement of rooms relative to each other?
Recently, I've played around a bit with AI generators, and although they produce something that vaguely resembles a house, they're impossible to live in because of the haphazard orientation of the rooms.
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Re: Parametrically defined or scripted home
Jan, why not trying to program your idea in Java from a plug-in? You would have no need to generate a SH3D file, just have to call Sweet Home 3D API.
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Re: Parametrically defined or scripted home
Even if only as a thought experiment, it would be interesting to see how such a script would work. It seems to me relatively easy to define a set of rooms with a few basic parameters, but how would you define the placement of rooms relative to each other?
Recently, I've played around a bit with AI generators, and although they produce something that vaguely resembles a house, they're impossible to live in because of the haphazard orientation of the rooms.
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Thanks for the reply.
The placement of the rooms would be defined basically as "first wall width + first room width + second wall width + second room width + ...". I did not meant automatic room placement.
As an example, I have a long hall (hallway, corridor, ...) with several rooms on one side. My use case would be something like: - what if I switch these two rooms (which would shift all other rooms and would need complete redrawing), how would it look like? - what if I enlarge this and this room and make this room smaller, what would it look like? - ...
