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Kitchen and bath manufacturers and retailers can better help designers and space planners navigate hundreds and thousands of product variations with ease when Configura’s Parametric Graphical Configuration (PGC) is employed.
The use of algorithms and parameters to provide unlimited variations of a product without it having to be a separate process to develop a special part number is what parametric manufacturing is all about. In On the Move: Episode 3, Configura co-founder, Johan Lyreborn, goes deeper into what, how and why PGC drives Configura’s CET software.
But what is so great about PGC for people who design spaces and the manufacturers that produce the products to outfit those spaces?
Growing from CAD to PGC
When Configura started in 1990, most companies were using CAD to design with a computer. CAD helped transform the tasks done at manual drafting tables to a computer.
But what Configura did was completely different. We drew parametric objects and combined them with high-level graphics and configuration rules. Doing so puts the user at the center of the design process along with realistic, smart and responsive graphics.
Today, that is exactly why Configura’s software is so powerful.
Value in seeing past the visuals
The visualization capabilities available in CET Kitchen & Bath offer an experience that allows designers and customers to quickly review and assess space plans and drawings.
Photo-realistic renderings, as well as quick installation drawings, bills of materials and even immersive video rendering Extensions make Configura’s software visually appealing for users and their end customers.
Configura recognizes the need for outstanding visuals in the design process—that is why the software is capable of 2D and 3D, as well as gamification-type video rendering.
But the visual benefits in CET are surface level—the juice is really in the behind-the-scenes proprietary code. CET does the heavy lifting, acting as a data host and conduit from ideation to installation.
An omnichannel solution
CET is innovative in how its use simplifies and enhances the way people and products interact in the kitchen or bath space planning and design process. It is designed to be an all-in-one go-to solution for product cataloguing, pricing, configuration, drawing and rendering.
In Configura’s built-in omnichannel approach for manufacturers or retailers, a company’s website, eCommerce platform, professional sales and in-store strategies can work in tandem, rather than operating in silos. Therefore, a consumer’s journey is interconnected regardless of which sales channels they use.
A vision of interconnectedness
In a perfect world, all products would be equally available for CET users to source, select and employ in design plans. For products to be considered and applied in designs, manufacturer data needs to be present within CET.
When manufacturers or retailers become part of Configura’s ecosystem, the people who design spaces using CET Kitchen & Bath have easy access to configurable products that are inherently coded for configuration—be that in available color palette, fabric, material, size and more.
PGC completely transforms the process of space planning and visualization by reducing complexity. Configura’s CET software takes the stress of calculation out of the design process, is smart enough to react to built-in rules and creates a better experience for all—manufacturers, retailers, CET users and end customers.
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