Show HN: HomeCat – Design your backyard office

(myhomecat.com)

24 points | by dearilos 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • dearilos 2 hours ago
    We just got the hug of death. Fixing it - sorry about that! You can clone this scene and start designing from it for now https://myhomecat.com/scene/classic-cottage-137134ef

    Edit: back up and working now!

  • toyg 50 minutes ago
    Hijacking a bit, sorry: I already built the space, but I just filled it with old, mismatched, clunky furniture. Is there some sort of designer site where I could play with furniture, apart from Ikea?
    • dearilos 45 minutes ago
      We actually do want to do more complex interior, and let you add furniture from any catalog. Can I email you on your profile about this?
  • foopod 2 hours ago
    Americentrism? Code compliant where? I tried my place in New Zealand, but the address isn't recognized. I couldn't find anywhere on the site what countries/regions are accepted.
    • ajb 50 minutes ago
      To be fair it's going to be nontrivial to implement all the codes everywhere. In some cases it's going to be impossible for an app like this to judge - In the UK, for example, there are "permitted development" rights which allow certain things (like a garden office or other outbuilding) without going through a bureaucratic process. But while some of the rules are easy to automate (eg, must be less than 2.5m high) some are not. For example, the UK allows building over 50% of the garden[1]. But if it was just measurement based, you'd be able to build over 50%, then 50% of the remaining 50%, etc etc. So the rule is "50% of the original garden". That's going to be difficult for an app like this to find out.

      [1] it's slightly more complicated than this

    • dearilos 1 hour ago
      What province/state/territory in NZ? I can add it in. We just research the code compliance stuff manually so we couldn't cover the entire world but I can add your case in.
      • trainingonme 1 hour ago
        The UK doesn't seem to work, either. (Tried postcode and town)
        • dearilos 1 hour ago
          I can add this in too. Sorry, it might take a bit of time!
  • hedgehog 1 hour ago
    There's something funky with the renderer, it looks like perspective is wrong. All vibe coded?
    • dearilos 1 hour ago
      Can you link your scene? It's possible there is an edge case.
      • hedgehog 1 hour ago
        The one you linked here in the comments.
        • dearilos 57 minutes ago
          I think you might be talking about how the camera uses orthographic rendering? This article explains it well https://manual.keyshot.com/keyshot11/manual/cameras/lens-set...
          • hedgehog 51 minutes ago
            That's a good reference for what orthographic rendering is, but if you look at the rendered scene it's definitely not orthographic. Parallel lines in the model converge towards the camera when the model is viewed from an angle.
  • richstokes 2 hours ago
    Doesn’t load.
    • dearilos 2 hours ago
      Just noticed this - fixing now!