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             Thank you for purchasing myHouse for Windows 1.51,
                    now with QuickHouse and DreamScape.

This README file contains further information about several new features and
enhancements in myHouse for Windows 1.51 that were added to the program and are
not included in the User's Manual.

QuickHouse: The fastest route to quick home design.

Click on the library icon within the wall toolbar to bring up the
Select House Type dialog box. This dialog box allows you to choose from more
than a dozen house-layouts including walls doors and windows.

Select the desired layout and input the actual exterior measurement for
your home.

Select the Window Style button to select the windows that will be
automatically placed in your design;

Select the Door Style button to select the doors that will be
automatically placed in your design.

Set the necessary parameters on the right hand side and then
press the OK button.

The selected layout will appear. You can move it above the floorplan with the
mouse and rotate it with the "+" or "-" keys. Place the floor plan by pressing
Enter or the left mouse button. You can also use any Zoom option while moving
the selected layout to have the view of your design.

DreamScape: Put your home design into your own neighborhood
or any other setting.

You cannot have  a real impression of your house or addition if you don't see
its surrounding either around it or from inside.  With myHouse 1.51's
DreamScape, you can achieve that goal.
Once you have the wireframe of your house select the DreamScape icon (the
small house icon with a background).  The default list of available backgrounds
in .BMP format will appear.  Other backgrounds are available and stored in a
compressed JPEG format.
Switch the file type from  BMP to JPG in order to see those files. Converting a
JPG file in  myHouse takes quite a lot of time (normally 1-2 minutes). In
addition to  the backgrounds included in the program, you can use any bitmap
file as a background in myHouse. Scan a photo or have your film processed
to give you your pictures on disk.

Once you have loaded the background,  drag the wireframe above the background
with the mouse, by holding down the left button of the mouse.

You can eliminate the background by  clicking on the icon with the house
without the background.

High color graphics (65536 or 16M colors) is strongly recommended 
for DreamScape. 

DreamScape in Movie maker
Now you can also add your neighborhood to the background of your movie. Press
the new "Add DreamScape" button on the Movie Maker window, and then the new
"Start" button to start movie recording. You can make dramatic pictures by
using this feature. Note however that you use the same backgound during the
whole movie the result is not always realistic. With some experience however
you will find those camera movements which result in movies close to reality.

Windows on round walls
Now you can place windows into round walls. Note that  round windows are not
transparent in 3D.

Hotkeys

There are a number of new hotkeys in myHouse 1.51
The following list will summarize all hotkey functions available
in myHouse 1.51

 F1                myHouse Help
 F2                Save
 F3                Change x,y arrow key increments or rotation step;
                   toggles between 1" and 1/16" or 45ø and 5ø respectively
 F4                Set the reference point to cursor position
 F5                Toggle between absolute and relative coordinates
 F6                Redraw
 Del               Deletes selected items
 +,-               Rotate selected symbols
 X,Y               Move with dx or dy coordinate
 Alt F4            Exit
 Alt BkSp          Undo
 Alt+Shift BkSp    Redo
 Shift F1          Help
 Shift F4          Tile windows
 Shift F5          Cascade windows
 Shift Cursor      Moves the cursor in 1' increments when using the arrow keys
 Ctrl F1           myHouse Help
 Ctrl X            Cut
 Ctrl C            Copy
 Ctrl V            Paste
 Ctrl A            Select All
 Ctrl R            Redraw
 Ctrl O            Toggle Ortho    on/off
 Ctrl S            Toggle Snap     on/off
 Ctrl G            Toggle Grid     on/off
 Ctrl +            Zoom In
 Ctrl -            Zoom Out
 Ctrl W            Zoom Window
 Ctrl E            Zoom to Extents
 Ctrl L            Last Zoom
 Ctrl D            Default Zoom
 Ctrl Z            Air View

The JPEG software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.


