In this issue: 3D Product Configurators are skyrocketing | Servex launches the CET Product Configurator | Baresque access Configura’s Marketplace | Children’s Factory & The Agility Company are about to release a new CET Extension | ERG International invests in CAD symbols and Revit Families for their Charlotte Lounge Chairs | Garadry wins our animation of the month

Virtual Reality (VR) – the next marketing frontier in the furniture industry. Furniture manufacturers and dealers are demanding more VR content to increase consumer engagement with costumers. Manufacturers can digitize their products to create digital assets geared to increase consumer engagement. VR technologies use digital assets (3D Models) as an input to generate interactive virtual spaces.  Virtual showrooms and…

Why construction companies are demanding BIM Revit families for MEP manufacturers There has been a dramatic shift in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, from CAD (Computer-Aided Design) to BIM (Building Information Modeling). BIM refers to digital representations of products and equipment that are placed into intelligent building models to create 3D representations along…

The age of collaboration: Specification platforms for office furniture manufacturers Specification platforms for office furniture manufacturers are great marketing tools to suceed in the North American furniture industry. Office furniture manufacturers are competing to create and update the electronic catalogs and symbols of products by using specification platforms to increase product reach and visibility. Specification platforms like 2020 (2020 Worksheet), Project…

VR adoption in the real estate industry. Rapid adoption of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies is imperative to succeed in the Real Estate Industry. Modern real estate agencies are providing their customers with VR headsets allowing them to take virtual tours of several properties. VR technology opens the possibility to create artificial environments generated by a software based on 3D…

Revit lighting families to illuminate the A&D community The lighting industry benefits from Autodesk Revit when creating Revit lighting families (BIM objects) to gain visibility and provide architects and project designers with accurate and detailed information on available light fixtures. Lighting manufacturers must assure that the creation of the Revit lighting families is fully optimized…