| To edit Sweet Home 3D preferences, choose Sweet Home 3D > Preferences... under Mac OS X or File > Preferences... under
	    other systems. 
 In the preferences pane, you can choose the Language used in Sweet Home 3D user interface and the Unit used
	    to draw  the rulers and grid of the home plan, and to display lengths and areas.  The Category folders and the Searchable list radio buttons 
          let you choose how the furniture catalog should be displayed in each 
          Sweet Home 3D window.The 3D navigation arrows check box allows to display arrow buttons 
          that will help you to navigate in the 3D 
          view.
 The Magnetism check box enables or disables the magnetism used 
          in the home plan during walls drawing 
          and furniture placing.
 The Rulers check box allows to make the rulers around the plan 
          visible or invisible.
 The Grid check box allows to make the grid in the plan visible 
          or invisible.
 The Catalog icons and Top view radio buttons let you choose 
          how the furniture should be drawn in the plan (see images below).
 The Monochrome and Floor color or texture radio buttons 
          let you choose whether rooms should be drawn in plan filled with the 
          color or texture you chose for their floor, or with a grey color (printed 
          as white).
 The Wall pattern in plan combo box lets you choose the pattern 
          used to fill walls in plan.
 	      The New walls thickness value sets the thickness of all the walls that will be created once the preferences
	        pane will be closed.The New  walls height value 
	        sets the height of all the walls that will be created once the preferences pane will
        be closed.
 Finally, the Reset the display of tips button resets the answers you gave to the check box Do not display
	      this tip again shown in the tips dialog boxes displayed when you click on some tools. This means that all the
	      dialog boxes where you selected this check box  will appear
	    again. 
        
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          | Default plan rendering with catalog icons, monochrome floors and walls filled with a hatch pattern
 | Plan rendering with top view furniture icons, floor colors, and walls filled with black color
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