You're doing amazing things for the blender and architecture community ! Hopefully more architects and designers start using free software like blender because of you. Thank you for the amazing work!
Wow, getting good to better and with your capability I am very sure the best is coming too. Thank you for this great contribution to Blender. Appreciate it.
I think a useful function would be to display, when creating a new wall (e.g. internal 2:17) the length to the corners of the wall from which we start drawing
Love this plug-in and what you are doing! It's huuuuge! I'm trying to get an architect that I know to use Blender 3D with some add-ons for architects. He says, that he's looking forward to trying it out when he gets time. I will most definitely mention your plug-in!
using the walls tool there is a small gap to the right between the cursor and the real point in the world where it is being created. This is a small adjustment that can improve a lot the qualiy
How did you create the extra three sections of wall at 8:19? I got the wall diagonal, but then if I try to extend that wall it stretches it out, not adds a new section. Great add-on, by the way. thumbs up and subscribed. EDIT: Extrude Region! I figured it out. I had to watch it several times to catch that. It looks different in my version. Gives me a + sign in circle. odd. EDIT II: I also had no idea there were "Select Mode" buttons to switch between Vertices/Edges/Faces. I'm learning.
Sorry for the NOOB Qs! It's really fun. I have a lot of experience in Adobe IL/AE/PS etc, and have been dabbling in Blender/Unreal/Unity, so I'm still learning the finesse.
In the Blender overlay menu you can turn on face area display to see the surface area. You just need to add a floor and go into edit mode on the floor.
I am not sure what you mean. You can drag and drop materials on to walls. You can update all of the materials by updating the wall material pointer. If this doesn't answer your question try asking on discord, so I can get more information.
You can always change the z location of walls to create multi story homes, but I still have more work to do here. I am currently focused on creating a workflow for designing kitchens, baths, and closets. I plan to continue development to include stairs, railings, and other exterior components.
Is there no method to enable grid snapping while drawing out a line? Makes it easier if you just want to draw something out in 3D space and don't have exact measurements, because I notice things can get slightly distorted if you're just eyeballing placement...
I currently don't have a way to enable grid snapping. The wall system is intended to allow you to enter in exact dimensions for accurate sizing. Grid snapping would be nice to have though. I will look into implementing this.
While I have my units set to Feet, when drawing walls, I'm still seeing and having to calculate in inches. Is there a way to draw walls and type in numerical values in feet? Really liking the improvements and Thank You!
I know it's possible to import into unreal, but keeping the ability to open and close the doors will require some work to be done in the unreal engine.
I have followed the instructions on the Website to install this addon, but the only tabs I see are "Materials,Fronts,Hardware and Build" What am I doin wrong. Why does my addon not look like yours after installing?
I think I already helped you on the discord channel, but just in case make sure you follow these instructions. creativedesigner3d.com/2023/03/03/home-builder-3/
Today I'm trying Home Builder 4, when I tried to make inner walls, the pointer didn't change like yours, and my wall kept intersecting to the existing one.
It seems Home Builder have problems with big maps and work only on a small map, I am trying to design an entire floor of college, but it does not allow me to create walls or do anything outside its Plane Area ( Plane gets generated when we click on create walls). There's no option to scale the plane or increase its work area. The work area seems limited. Can someone help me in increasing its work area.
I have imported a DXF file for my house. It is scaled 1:1. I want to snap to the vertices of the DXF reference file but I can't seem to get the draw wall command to snap to any of the vertices. Is this even possible?
@@andrewpeel1996 Thank you for the reply and advice. I am trying HB4 for the very first time and have 4.0.1 beta installed as of last night. I have been using Archipack on and off for over a year. What you have developed here looks incredibly promising. While I am not a Blender expert, I do know enough to be dangerous. Still, I can't seem to start a wall by snapping on a reference vertice. I found a workaround that is not exactly ideal. I can select a wall and use the "edit wall" function to move and snap end of wall vertices into alignment with my DXF plan view. I would be happy to share my DXF file if you are inclined to test your luck. - thank you
@@andrewpeel1996 As a simple test, I created a plane and attempted to snap a wall starting point to any of the 4 vertices. That still did not work. This snapping functionality would be a welcome addition to those of us using vector reference files.
I plan to improve designing multi floor houses, but for now you can draw the walls then change the z location of the walls in the right click prompts page.
Not sure if it's me being stupid but i can't figure out how to activate the extended assets that i just purchased. I have the v3.0.7 add on and cannot see any option in the preferences of the addon to link to an assets folder... :/
Thanks for the support. I am currently working on migrating the extended asset library to the new version. You will automatically get access when it is released. If you ask on discord I can help you get it set up with the previous release.
I don't know how painful/bug-prone it would be to implement but, if the API allows it, perhaps overriding the default blender delete with your custom one could be a good toggelable QoL setting
Yeah this is possible, but overriding common hotkey commands could cause issues for some users. I am going to look at doing this again when Blender implements Blender Apps. Thanks for the feedback.
You're doing amazing things for the blender and architecture community ! Hopefully more architects and designers start using free software like blender because of you. Thank you for the amazing work!
I'm going to abuse the hell out of the add-on. You're truly heaven sent!!! Thank you Soo much❤
A builder of ideas that is the foundation of our learning! Thank you Andrew Peel!
Anyone who is serious about archviz in Blender has to know about Home Builder!
Interior walls so nice!
Great work. I was literally starting a house model project last night and then this popped up 🥂
simply brill! i am only learning Blender and this tut has opened great possibilities for me. many thanks
Great, thank you
Very well explained thank you.
Amazing plugin. Thank you!
Pretty cool and useful, Thanks for develop this great addon !
OMG! Andrew you are a miracle worker. I can't wait to see where this plugin goes. Great job!
Awesome!
Always enjoy your tools and videos!
Wow, getting good to better and with your capability I am very sure the best is coming too. Thank you for this great contribution to Blender. Appreciate it.
I think a useful function would be to display, when creating a new wall (e.g. internal 2:17) the length to the corners of the wall from which we start drawing
Yeah that's a great idea. Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks Andrew. This is looking good.
This is just phenomenal!
Nice explained ❤
I had a problem when adding cabins, and now I know the problem, and I know the advice
Now , I am waiting for next video 🙌🏻
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Thank you for sharing!
Amazing as always! Thank you!
Love this plug-in and what you are doing! It's huuuuge! I'm trying to get an architect that I know to use Blender 3D with some add-ons for architects. He says, that he's looking forward to trying it out when he gets time. I will most definitely mention your plug-in!
You're a legend 👏
Awesome work
using the walls tool there is a small gap to the right between the cursor and the real point in the world where it is being created. This is a small adjustment that can improve a lot the qualiy
love it
thanks you! good video!
Amazing
How did you create the extra three sections of wall at 8:19? I got the wall diagonal, but then if I try to extend that wall it stretches it out, not adds a new section. Great add-on, by the way. thumbs up and subscribed.
EDIT: Extrude Region! I figured it out. I had to watch it several times to catch that. It looks different in my version. Gives me a + sign in circle. odd.
EDIT II: I also had no idea there were "Select Mode" buttons to switch between Vertices/Edges/Faces. I'm learning.
Sorry for the NOOB Qs! It's really fun. I have a lot of experience in Adobe IL/AE/PS etc, and have been dabbling in Blender/Unreal/Unity, so I'm still learning the finesse.
Beautiful! Way better than Sweet Home 3d
Great , like this great work , do you mind sharing how you create your startup file
Yeah good idea. I will create a video for this.
woooow.. fantastic
I was wondering if you can add section command like Revit software, it's going to be so useful for architects.
Yeah I will have some commands to generate plan, elevation, and section views of your scene.
能和flow插件一起使用就好了，因为他有很多优秀的资产，全屋定制除了柜子还需要单独的板，包括直板、弧形板、异形板、灯槽板等等。
You should be able to use Home Builder with other add-ons, but I'm not sure of the add-on you mentioned.
Why dont all measurements change? It keeps inches for Draw wall..
Amazing.... Is there a way to automatically calculate surface of a room? Thank you.
In the Blender overlay menu you can turn on face area display to see the surface area. You just need to add a floor and go into edit mode on the floor.
That's so cool! Do you have pocket doors?
Currently no, but I will be adding more door types soon.
Hi andrew, how to add textures/ materials to walls , if i have 4 exterior walls is it a must to work on them one by one separately , thanks
I am not sure what you mean. You can drag and drop materials on to walls. You can update all of the materials by updating the wall material pointer. If this doesn't answer your question try asking on discord, so I can get more information.
What would be the best approach for two story buildings with balconies, and roofs?
You can always change the z location of walls to create multi story homes, but I still have more work to do here. I am currently focused on creating a workflow for designing kitchens, baths, and closets. I plan to continue development to include stairs, railings, and other exterior components.
This would be amazing if I could export this for unreal engine
Can you tell me how to add floor on top of each other as in a building
I plan to make this easier, but right now you can move the z location of the walls on top of each other to create multi floor buildings.
somethings buggy: Blender crashes when i change the system to metric and length to cm / m
How are your walls blue?
Is there no method to enable grid snapping while drawing out a line? Makes it easier if you just want to draw something out in 3D space and don't have exact measurements, because I notice things can get slightly distorted if you're just eyeballing placement...
I currently don't have a way to enable grid snapping. The wall system is intended to allow you to enter in exact dimensions for accurate sizing. Grid snapping would be nice to have though. I will look into implementing this.
cool as always. are there any usage restrictions with Blender Octane?
Not that I am aware of. Feel free to give it a try. If you run into any questions reach out on Discord.
I have a problem with set scale with two points it is not showing. home builder 3.0.7. Any info how to fix thank you in advance
Drag and image into blender and make sure you have the image selected. Try asking on the discord if you are still running into issues.
Have you played Home design 3d on steam?
While I have my units set to Feet, when drawing walls, I'm still seeing and having to calculate in inches. Is there a way to draw walls and type in numerical values in feet? Really liking the improvements and Thank You!
Make sure you are on the latest version. In the About Interface click Check for Updates.
@@andrewpeel1996 Ahh, yes... I had done this already but forgot to re-open Blender. All good now!
Can these builds be imported into unreal engine and still have the ability to open and close doors and such?
I know it's possible to import into unreal, but keeping the ability to open and close the doors will require some work to be done in the unreal engine.
I have followed the instructions on the Website to install this addon, but the only tabs I see are "Materials,Fronts,Hardware and Build" What am I doin wrong. Why does my addon not look like yours after installing?
I think I already helped you on the discord channel, but just in case make sure you follow these instructions. creativedesigner3d.com/2023/03/03/home-builder-3/
Today I'm trying Home Builder 4, when I tried to make inner walls, the pointer didn't change like yours, and my wall kept intersecting to the existing one.
I am not sure what you are running into. If you ask on discord I can help you out. creativedesigner3d.com/2021/09/08/discord-channel/
My CTRL button doesn't allow me to set a new angle. My walls are only 90degrees no matter what I press..
I change the key to set the angle to ALT so snapping can work with CTRL. I hope this helps.
It seems Home Builder have problems with big maps and work only on a small map, I am trying to design an entire floor of college, but it does not allow me to create walls or do anything outside its Plane Area ( Plane gets generated when we click on create walls). There's no option to scale the plane or increase its work area. The work area seems limited.
Can someone help me in increasing its work area.
This is something that I will be fixing, but you can fix this by adding your own plane at the size of the room you want to draw before drawing walls.
But how can i modify the plane, it wont let me touch the plane as the plane only shows up when drawing walls@@andrewpeel1996
Thanks this fixed the issue@@andrewpeel1996
I have imported a DXF file for my house. It is scaled 1:1. I want to snap to the vertices of the DXF reference file but I can't seem to get the draw wall command to snap to any of the vertices. Is this even possible?
I changed the way snapping works in Home Builder 4. I would give it a try in that version.
@@andrewpeel1996 Thank you for the reply and advice. I am trying HB4 for the very first time and have 4.0.1 beta installed as of last night. I have been using Archipack on and off for over a year. What you have developed here looks incredibly promising. While I am not a Blender expert, I do know enough to be dangerous. Still, I can't seem to start a wall by snapping on a reference vertice. I found a workaround that is not exactly ideal. I can select a wall and use the "edit wall" function to move and snap end of wall vertices into alignment with my DXF plan view. I would be happy to share my DXF file if you are inclined to test your luck. - thank you
@@andrewpeel1996 As a simple test, I created a plane and attempted to snap a wall starting point to any of the 4 vertices. That still did not work. This snapping functionality would be a welcome addition to those of us using vector reference files.
How can I create a second floor?
I plan to improve designing multi floor houses, but for now you can draw the walls then change the z location of the walls in the right click prompts page.
why cant i set angle? :< when I click ALT (somehow it auto assigned ALT for setting angle) it only draws a very long wall... how can I fix it?
I changed to the Alt key to allow Ctrl to work with snapping. I am fixing the issue with the wall being to long when setting the angle.
Not sure if it's me being stupid but i can't figure out how to activate the extended assets that i just purchased. I have the v3.0.7 add on and cannot see any option in the preferences of the addon to link to an assets folder... :/
Thanks for the support. I am currently working on migrating the extended asset library to the new version. You will automatically get access when it is released. If you ask on discord I can help you get it set up with the previous release.
@@andrewpeel1996Thanks for the reply Andrew. I couldn't connect to the discord server either via the link at the bottom of the extended assets page
@@svennorris Try the link here. creativedesigner3d.com/2021/09/08/discord-channel/
@@andrewpeel1996 The link worked. Thank you
Please where to get this software?
You can find the download link here. creativedesigner3d.com/2023/03/03/home-builder-3/
Ctrl key is not working in Blender 4.0 :(
I ended up changing the rotation hot key to Alt and am using Ctrl for snapping now.
@@andrewpeel1996 Alt key doesn't work either
Okay, but why when i hold ctrl to change the angle it doesn t work
I change the key to Alt so Ctrl can be used for snapping. I hope this helps.
I don't know how painful/bug-prone it would be to implement but, if the API allows it, perhaps overriding the default blender delete with your custom one could be a good toggelable QoL setting
Yeah this is possible, but overriding common hotkey commands could cause issues for some users. I am going to look at doing this again when Blender implements Blender Apps. Thanks for the feedback.