---
title: "Community Highlights: 4th edition"
description: "3D All the things!"
date: 2020-02-28 00:00:00
date_formatted: "February 28, 2020"
author: Franck Nijhof
author_twitter: frenck
categories: Community
og_image: /images/blog/2020-02-28-community-highlights/social.png
---

For the 4th edition, I thought it fitted to devote the community highlights to 3D!

_That is actually a lie, the [3rd edition](/blog/2020/02/19/community-highlights/)
would have been much more fitting, but was hijacked by Paulus ;)
At least it's my 3rd community highlight writeup, so that counts, right?_

Ready for some highly inspiring and mind-blowing 3D creations?

## 3D home navigation and control, using Unity

Are you sure you ready? Because Harrie de Groot created a fully navigatable
3D model of his home using Unity, accessible from within Home Assistant.

You really **need** to watch the video below now...

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ee7i3_EWyjk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

Well done, Harrie! That looks slick!

More details on his creation can be found on the
[Home Assistant Community Forum](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/3d-home-navigation-control-unity-home-assistant/174972).

## 3D printed interactive floorplan

If you have been around a bit, you might have come across a screenshot of
someone with an interactive floorplan in Home Assistant. [Ryan Connolly](https://twitter.com/rynam0)
took that idea straight into the real world by 3D printing his floorplan,
wired it, and hooked it up Home Assistant.

Talking about taking things into another dimension...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A janky video of my 3d printed <a href="https://twitter.com/home_assistant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@home_assistant</a> floorplan running <a href="https://twitter.com/NervesProject?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NervesProject</a> on a <a href="https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Raspberry_Pi</a> <a href="https://t.co/jrLyrR5TNO">pic.twitter.com/jrLyrR5TNO</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Connolly (@rynam0) <a href="https://twitter.com/rynam0/status/1232792092268691464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a>
</blockquote>

### Getting started with your own 3D floorplan

Ok, so the above two, rather impressive, listings might be a bit out of reach
for the most of us. Still, with some help, you could still achieve some pretty
nice looking 3D floorplans. [Aaron Godfrey](https://github.com/boralyl) wrote a
couple of excellent blog posts on this.

In his [first blog post](https://aarongodfrey.dev/home%20automation/floorplan-in-home-assistant/),
Aaron shows you what his floorplan looks like

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ebMQwVjVewU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</div>

He followed up with two blog posting on how to achieve this:

- [Tips for creating a Floorplan in Sweet Home 3D](https://aarongodfrey.dev/home%20automation/tips_for_creating_a_3d_floorplan_using_sweethome3d/)
- [Creating an Interactive 3D Floorplan in Home Assistant](https://aarongodfrey.dev/home%20automation/creating-a-3d-floorplan-in-home-assistant/)

### Bonus tip: HomeByMe

I've personally got recommended a tool for creating a 3D floorplan with a tool
that is generally lesser-known, but actually pretty awesome! [HomeByMe](https://home.by.me/en/)

<img src='/images/blog/2020-02-28-community-highlights/homebyme.png' alt='Screenshot of HomeByMe.' style='border: 0;box-shadow: none;'>

This is a result of a 3D floorplan created with [HomeByMe](https://home.by.me/en/).

It works fully in the browser and I enjoyed the experience using that.
So credits where credits due: Thanks for recommending me this sweet little
gem [Andrea Donno](https://www.twitter.com/andreadonno)!

## Got a tip for the next edition?

Have you seen (or made) something awesome, interesting, unique, amazing, inspirational, unusual or funny, using Home Assistant?

[Click here to send us your Community Highlight suggestion](/suggest-community-highlight).

Also, don't forget to share your creations with us via Social Media:

- Twitter it! Be sure to mention [@home_assistant][twitter]
- Share it on our [Facebook group][facebook-group]
- Post it to our [subreddit][reddit]
- Tag [@homeassistant][instagram] on Instagram
- Or via chat, drop us a line in the [#lounge at Discord][chat]

See you next edition!

[chat]: https://www.home-assistant.io/join-chat
[facebook-group]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeAssistant/
[instagram]: https://www.instagram.com/homeassistant/
[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant
[twitter]: https://www.twitter.com/home_assistant