3D PARQUET CONFIGURATOR

The premium model parquet business faces challenges such as rendering the finished floor. Potential buyers would like to be able to see how the parquet will look after installation, even at the stage of selection. Photos can not always convey an impression, moreover, they are static and are taken under certain lighting that can distort the presentation.

In order not to lose customers frustrated by the inability to get a complete picture of the parquet, a 3D configurator is a good solution. It is a web application that allows your site visitor to create visualizations for a wide variety of spaces on their own. Such a web application runs in a browser and runs on all modern devices. Due to the fact that the processing and construction of three-dimensional graphics is carried out on the client side, the application works quickly even with a slow Internet.

For the user, the configurator is made as convenient and easy to use as possible. For example, buttons for adding material and opening the configurator can be displayed on each product page in your catalog. Or just go to the constructor and start using it, first choosing the type of coverage (parquet or floorboard, parquet, modular parquet, types of wood and coatings).

The configurator allows you to build a room model from simple elements that matches your room, and set the color of the walls and lighting before you start modeling the parquet floor. Great importance is attached to lighting, the user can set both natural light and artificial sources in different places. Each element of the parquet flooring can also be viewed in all details separately, rotating 360 degrees.

The configurator also allows you to select different parquet options within the same model – for example, parquet with or without bevel, as well as parquet with different brushing options. When the image is zoomed in, the user will be able to see all the details, since a detailed texture has been added to all models. So your customers will be able to take a closer look at the exact differences between the brushing options.

Three-dimensional visualization of the panorama of the floor covering allows you to evaluate all the important criteria for choosing a parquet board. This is the size of the dice, which can be immediately correlated with the size of the room as a whole, as well as the color scale, shade, texture of natural wood. The opportunity to see the parquet in the laid form will also allow you to assess how active the texture of a particular parquet is – that is, how good the pattern looks on the floor. You can also create different patterns of the pattern – classic herringbone, deck orientation or oblique – you can also use the configurator.

Three-dimensional graphics are implemented using WebGL technology. Thanks to it, the configurator builds 3D images using a browser and based on the HTML5 markup language. WebGL is supported by all modern browsers, so the configurator runs on both desktops and smartphones as a cross-platform application.

The configurator itself is created in JavaScript, which is also reproduced in the browser, without additional plugins and compiler programs. For 3D graphics, we widely use the Three.js and Babylon.js libraries, which allow us to implement almost any design solution. Also, the Unity game engine is often used to work with 3D objects.

In order for the graphics to be reproduced, all models must be rendered. To do this, we use the blend4web package, which allows us to draw high-quality 3D models and create a texture for them, as well as the 3DS Max Blender program, in which the lighting is created. This allows you to create or edit parquet models that are supplied by the customer or downloaded from online catalogs.

3D Parquet Configurator is a great opportunity for your business to increase user engagement and increase sales by providing a higher level of visualization of finished floors. Such a web application will become a distinctive feature of your business among all competitors and a point of attraction for customers.