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Tami Liu

Design decisions, technology choices, and what to expect on mobile and tablets

Zircon3D is often described as “fast” or “smooth,” but that performance is not accidental.
It is the result of deliberate architectural and technical choices made from the very beginning of the project.

This article explains why Zircon3D performs the way it does, what technologies make it possible, and why certain interactions especially on phones and tablets are currently more limited, even though the core system itself remains highly performant.

A real-time system, not a rendering pipeline

Many traditional 3D tools follow a render-first workflow:

Design → export → render → view
Any change requires reprocessing the entire scene

Zircon3D follows a different approach.

It is built as a real-time visualization engine, where:

The 3D scene is always live
Data changes update the scene incrementally
There is no export or re-render cycle

This is a fundamental reason why interactions feel immediate and responsive.

GPU-accelerated rendering with WebGL

At its core, Zircon3D runs on a GPU-accelerated WebGL rendering pipeline, which means:

Heavy visual work is handled by the graphics card, not the CPU
Large scenes remain interactive even with live data updates
Animations, lighting, and heatmaps are computed efficiently

Rather than relying on pre-rendered images or static textures, Zircon3D renders geometry and visual states dynamically, frame by frame.

This is what allows:

Smooth camera movement
Real-time device state changes
Continuous heatmap updates without freezing the UI

Data-oriented scene design

Zircon3D does not treat the 3D view as a decorative layer.

The scene is directly driven by structured data, including:

Rooms and spaces
Devices and sensors
Live state updates from Home Assistant

Only the parts of the scene that actually change are updated.
This avoids unnecessary recalculation and keeps performance predictable, even as systems grow.

Separation of interaction logic and rendering

Another key performance factor is architectural separation:

Rendering logic is isolated from UI logic
State updates are carefully scoped
Expensive operations are minimized during interaction

This makes actions like:

Dragging objects
Rotating the view
Zooming in and out

feel smooth and consistent, even on modest hardware.

Why mobile and tablet interactions are currently more limited

Zircon3D’s core engine performs well on phones and tablets.
However, interaction is a separate challenge from rendering performance.

On desktop:

Mouse and keyboard provide precise control
Complex gestures are easy to distinguish

On mobile and tablets:

Fingers are less precise
Gestures overlap (drag vs pan vs rotate)
Screen space is limited
Accidental input is more likely

Rather than shipping a compromised or frustrating editing experience, Zircon3D currently focuses mobile and tablet usage on:

Viewing
Monitoring
Light interaction

This is a deliberate design choice, not a technical limitation of the engine itself.

Roadmap: hand-friendly interaction on tablets

Tablet-first interaction requires different design thinking.

Zircon3D’s roadmap includes:

Larger, touch-optimized interaction zones
Gesture-aware tools designed specifically for fingers
Reduced precision requirements for placement and control
Editing modes tailored for tablet usage rather than adapted from desktop

This work is planned as a dedicated tablet experience, not a scaled-down desktop UI.

High performance as a long-term commitment

Performance in Zircon3D is not a one-time optimization.
It is a guiding principle that affects:

Rendering architecture
Data flow design
UI structure
Feature decisions

This is why Zircon3D can:

Scale from small homes to complex environments
Handle real-time data without freezing
Remain responsive even as features grow

In summary

Zircon3D is high-performance because it is:

A real-time system, not a static renderer
GPU-accelerated by design
Data-driven at its core
Architected to minimize unnecessary work

While editing on phones and tablets is currently limited by interaction constraints, the underlying engine is already capable and a tablet-friendly, hand-first experience is actively planned.

Zircon3D is built not just to look good today, but to remain fast, reliable, and scalable as your system grows.

Tami Liu

We’ve released Zircon3D v2.0.6 (2026-01-11) with improvements specifically targeting connect / disconnect toggle issues, which may be more noticeable in setups that use cloud services (for example Nabu Casa).

What’s new in v2.0.6:

Improved WebSocket stability for unreliable or high-latency network environments
Added a built-in log viewer to both the Designer and Viewer to make debugging easier

If you’ve experienced frequent connection toggling, please upgrade the Zircon3D Proxy add-on to v2.0.6 - this update should be more stable.

️ If the issue still happens after upgrading:

When you see the connection (Wi-Fi) icon switching between connected / disconnected
Click the icon to open the Connection Panel
Click Debug Info and export the log
Share the log with us so we can take a closer look

This new debug information will help us identify environment-specific issues much faster.

Thanks to everyone who reported this and helped us improve Zircon3D

Tami Liu

@Hacker182
Hi,
We’ve released an improvement along with a new debug tool in Zircon3D v2.0.6 (2026-01-11).
Please upgrade the Zircon3D Proxy add-on to this version, it should be more stable, as we’ve enhanced the WebSocket connection handling.

What’s new in v2.0.6:

Improved WebSocket stability for unreliable or high-latency network environments
Added a built-in log viewer to both the Designer and Viewer for easier debugging

If the connect/disconnect issue happens again, please do the following:

When you see the Wi-Fi / connection icon toggling between connected and disconnected
Click the icon to open the connection panel
Click the Debug Info icon
Export the log information and send it to us

I’ll attach a screenshot to show exactly where to find this option.

Thanks again for your patience and for helping us track this down, the new debug data will make it much easier for us to identify what’s happening if the issue persists.

Tami Liu

Which 3D Floorplan Tool Is Right for Home Assistant?

https://youtu.be/DmW2T6G2TiU

For years, many Home Assistant users relied on tools like Sweet Home 3D or traditional CAD software, powerful for drawing, but limited to static images that quickly fall out of sync with a live smart home.

In 2026, the game has changed.

This article compares Zircon3D with Sweet Home 3D and other popular floor-planning tools, and explains why Zircon3D was designed from the ground up for real-time visualization with Home Assistant.

Sweet Home 3D - The “Static Hobbyist” Choice

The workflow
You design your house, render a nice image, then manually place invisible buttons or overlays in Home Assistant.

The problem

Even the smallest change, such as moving a lamp or adjusting a wall, requires re-rendering the entire scene from scratch.
Simple layout tweaks can easily cost 20–30 minutes, turning quick experiments into a slow, frustrating workflow.
What you end up with is a static picture of your home, not a live model that can evolve with your smart system.

Your smart home evolves daily, but your floorplan stays frozen in time.

Zircon3D advantage: Live interactivity
Zircon3D uses a real-time WebGL engine. There’s no exporting and no re-rendering. Move a light, rename a room, or add a sensor and every connected dashboard updates instantly. Your home becomes a living model, not a snapshot.

Floorplanner - The “Cloud Designer”

The workflow
A polished web-based tool with a large furniture library, excellent for interior design and real-estate mockups.

The problem
Floorplanner isn’t built for smart homes:

There is no native integration with Home Assistant, making it difficult to connect real devices or automation data to the floorplan.
Displaying live sensor values typically relies on screenshots, manual updates, or hacky workarounds that quickly become outdated.
The tool has no concept of device state or animation, so lights, fans, and other devices can’t visually reflect their real-time behavior.

It’s a design canvas, not a monitoring system.

Zircon3D advantage: IoT-first DNA
Zircon3D was designed from day one to work with Home Assistant.
That’s why features like:

Thermal heatmaps
Real-time device state animation (fans spin, lights glow, heaters pulse)
Room-aware dashboards

are native concepts—not afterthoughts.

Matterport - The “High-End Pro”

The workflow
Scan your house using a dedicated 360° camera and upload everything to a professional cloud service.

The problem

The overall cost is high, combining specialized scanning hardware with an ongoing subscription fee that can be hard to justify for home or small setups.
All scans and models are stored and processed on external servers, meaning you don’t have direct control over where your data lives or how it’s handled.
For many Home Assistant users, mandatory cloud storage and processing raise privacy concerns and become a deciding factor against adoption.

It looks impressive, but comes with tradeoffs.

Zircon3D advantage: Local-first privacy
Zircon3D delivers a professional 3D experience without forcing your home data into the cloud.
Your floorplan and sensor data stay inside your network, while still offering smooth visuals and real-time interaction.

Other tools you might consider (and why they fall short)

SketchUp - Powerful, but manual, static, and not automation-aware
Planner 5D - Beautiful visuals, but no smart-home integration
Traditional CAD tools - Accurate, but completely disconnected from live data

All are great at drawing. None are great at living with your home.

Why Zircon3D is different

Zircon3D isn’t just a 3D floorplan tool, it’s a visualization layer for Home Assistant.

Real-time 3D (not exported images)
Native Home Assistant integration
Heatmaps, dashboards, and device animations
Local-first by default, cloud-optional
Designed for monitoring, not staging

If you want your floorplan to reflect what your home is doing right now, Zircon3D is built for that job.

Zircon3D - The “Home Assistant–Native” Choice

Zircon3D is a 3D visualization system designed specifically for Home Assistant, focusing on real-time interaction rather than static rendering.

It offers a free account to get started, with affordable paid plans that are significantly lower than professional scanning or other design tools, making it practical for both home users and small facilities.

Unlike traditional floor-planning apps, Zircon3D runs as a live WebGL engine, allowing layouts, devices, and sensor data to update instantly without re-exporting or re-rendering. It supports features like room-aware dashboards, heatmaps, and device state visualization, all while keeping performance smooth on everyday hardware.

Most importantly for many Home Assistant users, Zircon3D follows a local-first design by default, keeping your floorplan and sensor data within your own environment, with cloud features remaining optional rather than mandatory.

In short

If your goal is interior design or real-estate visuals, the classic tools still work well.
If your goal is understanding, monitoring, and interacting with your smart home in real time, Zircon3D stands in a category of its own.

Your home isn’t static anymore.
Your floorplan shouldn’t be either.

Tami Liu

@Hacker182 Thanks for the detailed explanation, this helps a lot.

Just to clarify how things currently work, the Zircon3D Web Designer (cloud) does not connect directly to Home Assistant due to privacy concerns, and it only stores floorplan layout information. Because of this, when you are editing in the web designer, you won’t see HA sensors under the Monitoring tab, lights won’t switch, and heatmaps won’t work. This is expected behavior, there is no live HA data connected in the web designer. All data visualization and live interaction (sensors, lights, heatmaps) currently work only through the Zircon3D Home Assistant add-on, where Zircon3D runs locally and talks directly to HA.

From what you described, your setup is essentially working in local-only mode. However, when HA Cloud is enabled and the system keeps switching between connected / disconnected states, this can lead to unstable data flow, which explains what you described, that lights not switching, heatmaps not displaying and the HA integration showing the same behavior as the web designer. This is not related to missing ports. Only port 11200 is required for local access, and no additional ports are needed for normal operation.

Here are some recommended approach for now:

Use the HA add-on UI (local) for monitoring, switching lights, and heatmaps
Use the web designer only for layout/design floorplan work
If stability issues persist (connected / disconnected), please try temporarily disabling HA Cloud to confirm the connection remains stable locally. When accessed locally, the connection should stay stable and devices should load normally. We’re actively looking into ways to improve this behavior for cloud access in future updates. but for now this separation between cloud design and local visualization is by design.

If you’d like, please share a short log snippet from the moment the connect/disconnect happens, it will help us investigate and improve.

HA Add-on log
Home Assistant → Settings → Add-ons → Zircon3D Proxy → Log tab
Please copy the log lines around the time you see the disconnect/reconnect.
Web browser log (DevTools)
a. Open Home Assistant in your web browser
b. Go to Zircon3D → Monitoring tab
c. Press F12 to open Developer Tools
d. Refresh the page (so we capture the full reconnect process)
e. In DevTools, click the download/export button (as shown in the screenshot) to save the log file, then send it to us.

Tami Liu

@Hacker182 Hi, this is a known issue in certain setups, and it’s usually related to how the connection is made rather than a problem with your sensors or configuration.

In most cases, this happens when Zircon3D is accessed through Home Assistant Cloud (Nabu Casa). The cloud ingress can cause unstable WebSocket connections, which makes the status toggle between connected and disconnected.

What you can try:

Access Zircon3D locally instead of through HA Cloud:
http://homeassistant.local:11200/
(or use your HA server’s IP with port 11200)

If you’re running HA in a VM or behind a firewall, make sure port 11200 and WebSocket traffic are allowed.

When accessed locally, the connection should stay stable and devices should load normally. We’re actively looking into ways to improve this behavior for cloud access in future updates.

Tami Liu

Hi everyone,

Due to a Cloudflare-related outage earlier today, some users may have experienced 500 server errors when signing in or using Zircon3D.

Everything is now back online.
To fully restore functionality inside Home Assistant, please restart the Zircon3D add-on:

Home Assistant → Settings → Add-ons → Zircon3D Proxy → Restart

Thanks for your patience! If you notice anything unusual, feel free to reach out.

— Zircon3D Team

Tami Liu

We’re excited to share an update designed specifically for business and commercial users who want to bring advanced 3D visualization into their daily operations.

New Business Pricing

$28 USD per month
$280 USD per year (billed yearly)

Our goal is to make professional-grade visualization accessible to small businesses, farmers, commercial facilities, and multi-building environments.

Designed for Real Commercial Workloads

With the updated Business plan, you can:

Create up to 4 projects
Each project supports:
- Unlimited building area
- Unlimited monitored devices
Includes all features from Home Pro
Priority support

Technical caps exist only to protect system stability. In practice, limits are extremely high and suitable for most business scenarios.

Coming Soon: Zircon3D Greenhouse Edition

We’re also actively developing the Zircon3D Greenhouse version, designed for:

Farmers
Growers
Small agricultural businesses
Multi-span greenhouses
Controlled-environment agriculture

This edition focuses on production areas, environmental monitoring, climate layers, heatmaps, and sensor-driven 3D insights — making it a perfect fit for modern smart farming.

If you're a greenhouse operator or planning a future deployment, this will be especially valuable.

Why We Made These Changes

Many early business users told us:

The previous $80/month price felt too high during early adoption
Their buildings and sensor counts exceeded Home Pro limits
They needed a simple “high-capacity” plan without locking features behind new tiers

So we redesigned the plan to remove those barriers and make Zircon3D easier to adopt in real commercial workflows.

Join the Discussion

If you'd like to follow updates on the Business Plan or the upcoming Greenhouse edition:

Join our Facebook community for ongoing discussions
https://www.facebook.com/groups/zircon3d
Or leave your questions and thoughts below — we’d love to hear from you

Thanks for growing with us!
— The Zircon3D Team

Tami Liu

Thanks for the question! Our controls on mobile and tablet still need improvement, and we’re planning to refine the touch interaction experience in future updates.

For now, you can try creating a top-view camera angle, which is much easier to use on mobile/tablet and reduces accidental click-and-drag actions.

Here’s how to create a custom view, please check the video at 5:03: https://youtu.be/tm3IbnAiQzA

Feel free to share more feedback, it really helps us improve the mobile experience!

Tami Liu

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Home Assistant OS options - Feature Request - Zircon3D Community.pdf

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How to add custom sensor data to Zircon - General - Zircon3D Community.pdf

Tami Liu

The Importance of 3D Visualization in Smart Home Applications

Smart home technology has revolutionized the way we interact with our living spaces. From controlling lighting and climate to monitoring security, smart devices offer an unprecedented level of convenience and automation. However, as the number of connected devices in a home increases, managing them effectively becomes a challenge. This is where 3D visualization comes into play, offering an intuitive, interactive, and spatially accurate way to monitor and control smart homes.

Why 3D Visualization Matters for Smart Homes

Traditional smart home dashboards often rely on lists, maps, or static 2D floor plans. While functional, these interfaces can be limiting when dealing with complex setups. A 3D visualization-based system enhances user experience in several ways:

Spatial Awareness: A 3D floor plan accurately represents the layout of a home, allowing users to see the exact location of each smart device in relation to furniture, rooms, and walls.
Enhanced Control: Instead of searching through menus, users can interact directly with a 3D-rendered environment, clicking on devices to toggle settings, view status, or make adjustments.
Improved Troubleshooting: When an issue arises, knowing the precise location of a sensor or smart appliance can help diagnose problems faster.
Better Planning and Optimization: When adding new devices, a 3D visualization provides a clear understanding of the space, ensuring optimal placement for smart home efficiency.

Displaying and Controlling Smart Devices on a 3D Floor Plan

A 3D floor plan takes smart home management to the next level by offering a visually intuitive way to interact with devices. Instead of reading through a list of sensors or scrolling through a 2D map, users can simply navigate a realistic digital twin of their home, selecting and adjusting devices in real time.

Lighting & Climate Control: Adjust brightness, color temperature, or thermostat settings by clicking on lights and HVAC units in the 3D space.
Security & Surveillance: View camera feeds, check door locks, and monitor motion sensors within a true-to-scale representation of the home.
Energy Monitoring: Visualize energy consumption per room, floor, or specific appliances in an easy-to-understand format.
Smart Appliances & IoT Devices: Control smart plugs, speakers, and other devices with a simple click or gesture, improving the overall automation experience.
Heatmaps & Environmental Data: With advanced visualization, users can see thermal imaging, humidity levels, and air quality metrics directly on their 3D floor plan.

Zircon3D: The Perfect 3D Visualization System for Smart Homes

Among the available smart home visualization solutions, Zircon3D stands out as a unique and powerful system designed specifically to integrate with smart devices.

What Makes Zircon3D Unique?

Highly Realistic 3D Rendering: Unlike generic dashboards, Zircon3D provides an immersive and dynamic 3D floor plan that reflects real-world layouts with accuracy.
Interactive Smart Device Control: Users can control their smart home by interacting directly with the 3D environment, making management more intuitive than ever.
Heatmaps and Sensor Data Integration: Zircon3D supports visualizing temperature, humidity, air quality, and motion detection as real-time overlays on the floor plan.
Multi-Platform Accessibility: The system is available on web and mobile, ensuring seamless control from any device.
Scalability from Home to Business Use: Whether managing a single-family home or a commercial building, Zircon3D provides the flexibility to scale visualization needs effortlessly.

The Future of Smart Home Interaction

As smart home ecosystems grow more complex, 3D visualization will become an essential tool for homeowners and facility managers. By providing an intuitive, interactive, and visually engaging experience, Zircon3D bridges the gap between technology and usability, making smart home control accessible for everyone.

If you're looking to enhance the way you interact with your smart home, Zircon3D offers the perfect solution—a powerful, scalable, and user-friendly 3D visualization platform designed for the future of smart living.

Want to learn more? Visit https://zircon3d.com/ to explore how 3D visualization can revolutionize your smart home experience!

Tami Liu

Understanding the environment inside your home has never been more important — and more intuitive — than now. With Zircon3D, you can view real-time temperature and humidity heatmaps across your entire home in a fully interactive 3D floorplan. This feature goes far beyond traditional dashboards. It transforms your sensor data into a thermal layer you can see and feel — at a glance.

️ Why a 3D Heatmap is Better Than Numbers

Most smart home systems show environmental data as a list of temperature or humidity values per room. While functional, numbers require mental effort — you have to read, compare, and interpret them in context.

But with a 3D heatmap, your brain does less work and sees more. The moment you look at your Zircon3D model, you’ll instantly spot:

Hot or cold spots
Humid zones (like kitchens, basements, or bathrooms)
Areas with sensor failure or drop-off
Rooms where climate control may be inefficient

Color-coded layers mapped directly onto your 3D space make it obvious what’s happening in your home — no charts or tables required.

🧠 Color is a Language Your Brain Understands

Humans evolved to read visual cues. A splash of red feels hot. Blue feels cold. We don’t need to "translate" a Celsius value when we see the heat right on the walls or floors of a room.

In Zircon3D, each space is shaded based on sensor data pulled in real time from Home Assistant or your supported smart home platform. Whether you're glancing at your bedroom from your phone or exploring your basement from a tablet, the thermal layer gives you a natural, intuitive sense of space and comfort.

️ Built for Home Assistant — and More

Zircon3D integrates seamlessly with Home Assistant via our Zircon3D Proxy add-on, letting you visualize all your temperature and humidity sensors automatically in your existing smart home setup.
https://youtu.be/YMsyuJpP2RA

And we’re not stopping there — Zircon3D is a standalone system as well, with planned support for additional platforms and OEM integrations. Whether you’re a smart home enthusiast or a developer building your own solution, Zircon3D can turn your raw data into an immersive experience.

Use Cases Beyond Just Comfort

Smart HVAC tuning: See where hot or cold zones exist and adjust vents or thermostats accordingly.
Airflow analysis: Identify stagnant or poorly ventilated spaces.
Sensor health: Quickly detect dropped or faulty sensors by the absence of data on the heatmap.
Energy efficiency: Cross-reference the heatmap with insulation zones or external weather data.

Experience It Yourself

Your smart home is more than devices — it's a living, breathing environment. Zircon3D’s real-time heatmap feature helps you see it like never before.

Try it now for FREE and bring your floorplan to life:
https://zircon3d.com

Tami Liu

Sensors from home assistant to Zircon3D - General - Zircon3D Community1.pdf

Tami Liu

We’re excited to announce the release of Zircon3D v2.0, packed with powerful new features and improvements to help you get even more from your smart home visualization.

And here’s the good news: starting with this version, every new and existing user gets a 30-day free trial of PRO. More details

That means you can experience all the advanced features like Custom Heatmap Layers, Heatmap Replay, and more Pro features for a full month. It’s the perfect chance to explore everything Zircon3D can do before you decide whether to upgrade.

New Features & Improvements

[Pro] Custom Heatmap Layers

Create your own heatmaps for CO₂, Wi-Fi signal, power usage, sunlight intensity, or any other numeric data from Home Assistant. Flexible matching rules and color ranges give you full control.
Watch how it works:
https://youtu.be/MVT3vvEO9no

[Pro] Heatmap Replay

Bring your sensor history to life! Heatmap Replay lets you watch changes unfold over time, making patterns and anomalies easier to spot.
See it in action:
https://youtu.be/P3rhuf6buDk

Enhanced Viewer – Fully Configurable View Profiles

Save and reuse your preferred perspectives with View Profiles. Adjust angles, overlays, layers, and visual styles, then display your views directly in Zircon3D or embed them into your Home Assistant dashboard.
Learn more:
https://youtu.be/Bhc6KOWZwgQ

Enhanced Layout

We’ve reorganized the UI to make Viewer the central focus. Viewer is now designed for everyday use, navigating, monitoring, and working with your data. While Designer (Edit mode) is mainly for building your project and 3D floorplan. This way, once your floorplan or site is created, you can stay in the Viewer and interact with your system without switching back and forth.

Customize Models

Models like windows, doors, and furniture can now be resized by scaling, giving you more flexibility to adjust object dimensions and better match your real-world setup.

Unlimited Dashboards for Free Users

Free Plan users can now create as many dashboards as they want - no limits!

Expanded Pro Quotas

Pro users now get 200 sensors per project and up to 4 projects - that’s 800 sensors total, doubling the previous limit.

30-Day Free Trial of Pro

Try all PRO features for free with our new 30-day trial. Explore the full power of Zircon3D before you decide to upgrade.

Thank You!

A big thank you to our growing community for your support, ideas, and feedback. Zircon3D v2.0 is built on what you’ve been asking for, and we can’t wait to see how you’ll use these new features.

Get started today: https://zircon3d.com

Tami Liu

Hi everyone! Zircon3D v1.2 is now live.

This release introduces several new features, including customizable stairs, wall openings, and standalone divider walls. We’ve also added support for wall-mounted items like lights and framed pictures, as well as ceiling-mounted lights. On the Home Assistant side, the enhanced Monitoring panel now supports template sensors with a configured unique_id, KNX integrated entities and other standalone entities from Home Assistant, along with improved search and filter capabilities. Pro users can now change floor materials, and as always, we’ve included various bug fixes and improvements.

1. How to Add Customizable Stairs
You can now add fully customizable stairs under Building Parts, with support for straight, L-shaped, and U-shaped designs.

To customize a stair:

Select the stair and open the Properties Panel on the right.
Enable the Override toggle to unlock advanced settings.
Adjust the Width, Tread Depth, Riser Height, and the overall Rise and Run.
For L-shaped stairs, toggle between Left and Right turns.
U-shaped stairs also support Left and Right configurations.

This gives you flexible control to design the staircase that fits your layout perfectly.

https://youtu.be/qd_3kGRQCvk

2. How to Add Divider Walls and Wall Openings
To add a standalone divider or create an opening in a wall, go to the Building Parts tab and open the Rooms sub-tab.

Divider Walls:
Drag and drop a Divider onto the floorplan to create a separate wall. You can resize, reposition, and rotate it using the position helper to match your preferred layout.
Wall Openings:
Drag and drop the Opening component onto any existing wall. This creates an opening within the wall, which you can resize by dragging the blue handles. To remove the opening, select the parent room and use the right-side Properties Panel.

These tools offer more flexibility for refining your floorplan structure.

3. Wall-Mounted and Ceiling-Mounted Items
You can now easily mount objects directly to walls and ceilings:

Ceiling Lights:
Select a ceiling light and drag it over your floorplan. When you hover near a ceiling, it will highlight, drop the light to mount it in place.
Wall-Mounted Items:
Wall-mounted lights and framed pictures can be dragged onto any wall. The system will automatically align and attach them to the wall surface.
This makes it simple to add decorative or functional elements directly onto your structure.

https://youtu.be/qZKqv394oz0

4. Enhanced Monitoring Panel with Search & Filter, Supporting Template and KNX

This update brings expanded compatibility to Zircon3D’s Monitoring panel. We now support Template Sensors (with unique_id), KNX integrated entities, and other standalone entities from Home Assistant.

When adding your monitored devices to the floorplan, you can:

Drag and drop the Home Assistant Entities or devices from the Monitoring Panel directly onto the floor, or
Map them to furniture models for a more immersive experience.

These features help you build a smarter, more visual representation of your environment.

If the sensor represents a temperature value, make sure to also specify:

device_class: "temperature"
A valid unit_of_measurement (e.g., "°C")

Here’s an example configuration:

template:
  - sensor:
      - name: "temperature_difference"
        unique_id: "temp_diff"
        state: >
          {% set t1 = states('sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_temperature_2') | float(0) %}
          {% set t2 = states('sensor.aqara_temp_humidity_sensor_temperature') | float(0) %}
          {{ (t1 - t2) | round(2) }}
        unit_of_measurement: "°C"
        device_class: "temperature"

This will allow Zircon3D to recognize and display the template sensor correctly.

https://youtu.be/2vl8UVddpx8

5. Floor Material Customization (Pro Users Only)

Pro users can now customize floor materials for each space.

To change a floor’s material:

Select the floor from the Navigation Tree on the left.
Then, choose a material from the Properties Panel on the right.

This allows greater control over the look and feel of each room in your 3D model.
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Tami Liu

https://youtu.be/KG40YVmyDnU?si=ND2QHiz22qt8LoBw

Hi everyone! Zircon3D v1.1.1 is out with Enhanced Smart Panel Support for switches, bulbs, plugs, temperature sensors, and cameras.

We’ve also made data visualization more configurable. Now you can manually map Home Assistant entities to Data Cards and Heatmaps, change icons, and adjust settings to better fit your needs.

Got questions or feedback? Join the discussion at https://zircon3d.com/.

Check out our setup video: https://youtu.be/KG40YVmyDnU?si=ND2QHiz22qt8LoBw

Tami Liu

We’re excited to announce the General Availability release of Zircon3D!
This version introduces subscription plans, including a Free Plan and paid options for advanced features.

New Features & Enhancements

Subscription Plans – Introduced flexible pricing tiers, including a Free Plan and premium options.
3D Model Performance Boost – Improved rendering efficiency for smoother visualization.
Room Alignment & Auto-Alignment – Added precise alignment tools for better modeling accuracy.
Dark Theme & Multi-Color Dashboard – Customize your experience with a sleek dark mode and a configurable dashboard theme.
US/Metric Unit Support – Seamlessly switch between unit systems.
Gauge Dashboard Display – Added a gauge component for better data visualization.
Enhanced Edit/Preview Workflow – Improved user experience when designing and previewing projects.
Roof Alignment & Joining Improvements – Enhanced roof positioning and interaction displays.
Improved Door & Window Installation – Optimized placement and interaction for doors and windows.

This update lays the foundation for future enhancements while ensuring flexibility and usability across different user needs.
Thank you for being part of the Zircon3D journey!