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Configura’s trek to NeoCon ’12 started with a Crown Vic – a big boat of a car that’s anything but “cool” compared to the cute izzy+ Mini-Cooper that wedges between the semi-trucks lining “Merchandise Mart row” during NeoCon Week.

Configura software is photo realistic, so the office space looks like it will when built out, complete with the proper fabrics and finishes.

The company’s next release, CET Designer 2.6.3 will give users the ability to add watermarks and speed up rendering.

Article by Rob Kirkbride, MMQB
This article first appeared in the Oct 31, 2011 edition of MMQB.

Article by Rob Kirkbride, MMQB
This article first appeared in the Oct 24, 2011 edition of MMQB.

A funny thing happened over the course of the last four years that Configura has held its CET Designer User Conference. The user conference was designed as a way for Configura to get feedback on its space planning software from users. Yet the conference has turned much more collaborative. Users are teaching each other best practices at the conference held annually in Las Vegas. And Configura executives couldn’t be happier.

By Rob Kirkbride

The folks at Configura, the Swedish space planning software company, feel the office furniture industry (and many other industries, for that matter) is too complicated. Office furniture has almost endless combinations and parts and its easy for even the most experienced industry veteran to mess up the plans or forget parts for an order.

CET solution for their dealers also include Steelcase, Haworth, Teknion, Spacefile, Mepal and, recently, KI.

Peter Shankman headlines 3rd annual event

Photo by MMQB

CET Designer training and support offered by Configura was part of a recent feature article in MMQB, a leading publication serving the contract furniture industry. Configura Training and Support Manager Tracy Prevost and others were cited in the article, which spoke to the importance of a software solution that offers educational opportunities such as user conferences, onsite and multi-city training, Webinars and more.

MMQB profiled LA-based Architect Joey Shimoda; in the articles, Mr. Shimoda talks about design trends as well as the importance of software like CET Designer from the A&D point of view.

A report completed by AMR Research in December on the benefits of configurators featured Configura, one of 16 technology providers interviewed for the report.

Results of our social media survey and update on the CET Designer User Portal*