Sweet Home 3D Help > Creating homes, walls and furniture

|  |  | Saving and opening a home

To save a home, choose File > Save or File > Save as.... Every Sweet Home 3D file has a .sh3d extension. If you don't type this extension, Sweet Home 3D will automatically add it to file name. Once a home is saved, its file name appears in home window title bar and in the File > Open recent home menu. You may also: export the furniture list to a file at CSV format (with tabs to separate values), by choosing Furniture > Export to CSV format... menu item, export the home plan to a file at SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format, by choosing Plan > Export to SVG format... menu item, create an image at PNG format from the 3D view, by choosing 3D view > Create photo... menu item, create a video at Quicktime MOV format from a path in the 3D view, by choosing 3D view > Create video... menu item, export the 3D view of a home to OBJ format by choosing 3D view > Export to OBJ format... menu item. This feature lets you choose the OBJ file which will describe all the objects of the 3D view, along with its MTL file and textures images that will be created in the same folder. To open an existing home, double-click on its file, choose File > Open... or choose one of the files of the File > Open recent menu.

• | A Sweet Home 3D file stores the plan of a home, the backgound image you imported into it, the 3D view characteristics you set, and all the 3D models of the furniture you added to that home. This feature allows you to exchange your home file with people that don't have the same furniture catalog.
• | Choose File > Save and compress to save your home at a compressed format fully compatible with Sweet Home 3D default format. This operation takes longer but will create a much smaller file.
• | Choose File > Open recent > Erase menu if you want to erase the list of Sweet Home 3D files that appear in File > Open recent menu.