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ddearilos about 3 hours ago 11 commentsRead Article on myhomecat.com

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Hey HN! Ilya and Nikita here. We’re building HomeCat, a tool that lets you design a backyard office space - https://myhomecat.com

We started out by helping people design sheds, and quickly realized that many people actually want to build a backyard office. There wasn't really an easy way to do this, so we thought we'd take on the challenge.

Right now, you can design a backyard shed and our tool will make it code compliant. It's maybe 90% of the way there, since you also have zoning/HOA and other edge cases. But it does figure out most of the details for you. Right now, it's pretty simple: enter your address, what you want to build (i.e. 8x8 backyard office), and it'll create a few concepts for you. If you like one, you can customize it with the chat.

Here's an example of a design that's compliant in SF: https://myhomecat.com/scene/classic-cottage-137134ef

We would love for you to try our tool if you are planning your backyard office. As a bonus to the HN community, we can professionally design one for you for free if you comment what you're looking for.

Happy labor day!

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dearilosabout 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
foopodabout 1 hour 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.
dearilosabout 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.
trainingonmeabout 1 hour ago
The UK doesn't seem to work, either. (Tried postcode and town)
dearilosabout 1 hour ago
I can add this in too. Sorry, it might take a bit of time!
hedgehogabout 1 hour ago
There's something funky with the renderer, it looks like perspective is wrong. All vibe coded?
dearilosabout 1 hour ago
Can you link your scene? It's possible there is an edge case.
hedgehog8 minutes ago
The one you linked here in the comments.
dearilos5 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...
richstokesabout 2 hours ago
Doesn’t load.
dearilosabout 2 hours ago
Just noticed this - fixing now!