In this article, we consider 3 types of solutions : Solutions without plug-in direct X that are Flash and Java, and solutions with plug-in direct X

What needs to be clearly defined to make the right choice

The first criterion concerns the need of interactivity.

When the 3D Cult from Cycore was launched, we have discovered applications that could show 360 degrees moving products.  Amazing, isn’t it ?but then it is necessary to put ourselves in the user position that have to : download the plug-in, install it on his computer, start his navigator again to… see a product moving round…

On the other hand, when  interactivity becomes better, real-time 3D technology  becomes even more relevant.

See the product configurator : it is more relevant to work with 3D real-time  technology on a product or a product database that offers many customized options. An example with a declining product in 40 different versions of colors, will definitely be preferable to process it only once with 3D rather than realizing 40 photographs !

But then, depending on the different application, solutions are more or less efficient and relevant.

Flash

The first 3D engine developed in Flash have been improved since a few years. Even if at first sight the offer seems very attractive, it also has its limits that set on a main restriction : Flash 3D engines don’t take account of your graphics card resources.

With real-time 3D technology, Flash is then relevant to represent products or places in a more symbolic way than photorealistic and doesn’t adapt to requirements for a quality rendering.

On the other hand,  Flash is the most adaptable solution as long as we don’t need 3D realtime technology, and can replace it with animations.

Advantages :

98% of posts equiped with Flash, plug-in don’t have to be installed

Development system and relevant interfacings

Compatibility Windows/Macintosh

Disadvantages :

Impossible to decently  represent  a product or a complex place

Java

Java platform seems to us to be the best compromise. Thanks to technologies as Webseed 3D, it is now possible to represent a product or a place in a qualitative way and to enable a high interactivity.

Java platform is the most relevant platform for the execution of 3D configurators and online-custom softwares, and interactive models.

Advantages :

85% of posts equiped with Java

Compatibility Windows/Macintosh

Powerful result  and powerful functionality

Disadvantages :

Resource needs in software engineering to develop relevant applications

Plug’in directX

Solutions with plug-in directX are the technical bases that provide  the more efficiency  to users. On the other hand, they bring more constraints for them too.

These solutions seems to be the most relevant for application development of because they have in certain cases a dedicated  framework that enables to ease  the creation of that type of applications.

We also often use them for the creation of viewers in a more industrial environment. B to B environment is less restrictive and a user will feel more comfortable  with the downloading and installation of the plug-in.

Advantages :

Powerful rendering  and powerful functionality

Disadvantages :

Compatibility issues with Macintosh or alternative navigators (Firefox, Safari…)

Resource needs in software engineering to develop relevant applications

We were not told about that article and were not expecting that pleasant surprise !

These 5 needs lead  to 5 answers  thanks to our decorating softwares :

Planner for 3D space design,

Clever Paint makes it possible to repaint your walls in a few seconds from a picture of your home.  Discover the first software that enables to simulate the change of paint colors on your  wall in just a few clicks !

Preview makes it possible to simulate the insertion of a product in your interior

and Choice enables to customize a furniture while displaying it

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Simulator for insertion of Airsolia’s photovoltaics panels

Custom softwares for insertion of Akena’s verandas

Custom software for insertion of Home Spirit’s sofas

The 5 companies from the association have complementary activities that all have a common aim : to innovate 3D interactive use

Feel free to visit the 3D innovation website, to know more about the members and to discover some of the online applications.

http://www.3dinnovation.org

Cedreo has just developed for MT International a 3D floorplanner software that makes it possible to design a working space in less than 5 minutes ! This 3D design application for  offices will be used by MT International’s sales force distributors and by end clients.

This application’s advantages are:

- Easy-to-use –  No training is needed to be able to use it. A teachware enables the user to learn how to deal with every step of the software. The simplicity of use, that is a leitmotiv at Cedreo, is then considered as the major value of that system.

- Quick-to-use : Commercials must be able to provide a result to their clients in less than 5 minutes : mission succeeded

- Sales transformation : the clients leaves with 4 images of his implementation besides the estimate

- Flexibility of use because this application works at any type of workplace but also on the Internet (without needing to install it)

How to design an Office with 3D ?

With just a few clicks, the user will be able to create his room plan, to place the elements (doors, windows, and furnitures), to customize the whole (choice of colors and options) and to generate a display of his office design  to end up with an estimate that is automatically generated.

What does it look like ?

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3D Store and merchandising  design – NK Newlook

3D  full house design

3D kitchen design

The company wants to develop a distribution network and use a 3D sale assistance system that would enable the salesforce to design and to enjoy a qualitative and a reliable representation of the building.

This 3D design software will be available online for its end clients, distributors and prescriptors (architects etc.)

This software will enable to easily and quickly design a 3D realistic building model. It will also help users to fulfill their needs more precisely all along the use of that system.

This software will be paired up to the 3D design software Cedreo Planner

The expected Return on Investments is based on :

- Renown : being the first to provide that kind of system online, Elmère developes its renown with its end clients, prescriptors, and potential distributors.

- Acquisition of new prospects who have had the opportunity to use this system to make themselves an idea before contacting Elmère. The use of that system  may require a first registration that enables to identify the user and to start marketing procedures.

- The time saved for the design office : Thanks to this software, the client can express his needs and desires in a quick and precise way thus reducing the work of the design office.

- The ability to turn prospects into clients : the client can come up with a product perfectly suited to his needs with Elmère products, and get a qualifying display.

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Cedreo Planner, interior design software

Cedreo Home Planner, design software for detached houses

3D home design software Alliance Construction

Kitchen design software - cuisishop.com

This application will soon be available on La Maison du Convertible’s website.

A POWERFUL, EFFICIENT, AND EASY-TO-USE INTERIOR DESIGN SOFTWARE

Thanks to  Cedreo Planner, a floorplanner software, in just a few minutes, the interior of the room is designed and its setting up is created.

Besides show room demos, the user is free to design his room as he wants to, with the wide range of furnitures included in Cedreo Planner,  and can customize them with: wood coverings, glass coverings, fabric coverings,  handles, buttons, etc. Therefore, the client can create his own environment and design his room to fit his needs and desires with La Maison du Convertible‘s furnitures.

Once the whole furnitures are installed, with the chosen colors and options, a photo-realistic picture of the scene is created to eventually make it easier to visualize the final setting.

Because La Maison du Convertible is concerned about saving space, it focalizes its development in the biggest french towns, and becomes an important protagonist for people who want to redecorate their house.

Today, Cedreo Planner  is an important asset for La Maison du Convertible, for the improvment of their clients’ interior design.

OUR OTHER 3D DESIGN SOFTWARES

Cedreo Planner, 3D interior design software

Cedreo Home Planner, design software for detached houses

Tertiary low-energy buildings design software  – Pénapale

Kitchen design software – cuisishop.com

A software dedicated to sale assistance for individual homes that takes account of  business rules and that works online to respond to the design office, sales force, and clients’ needs.

This software based on the interior design 3D software Cedreo Planner enables to

-          Create a 3D plan of your house

-          Place doors and windows and to choose  the type of carpentry

-           Customize rooms and design them in 3D thanks  to the  range of products from Cedreo’s clients. Many furnitures and decorating are available for users to create their indoor architecture before building it !

-          At every step of the creation, the system takes account of the constraints that the user could meet.

-          All the projects can then be dispatched between the design office, the commercial and the client for a strenghtened and simplified collaboration.

A display is available just below :

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New functionalities will be available by beginning of 2011 !

OUR NEWEST 3D DESIGN SOFTWARES, AND 3D PLANS EXECUTIONS

Cedreo Planner, 3D interior design software

Cedreo Home Planner, design software for detached houses

Tertiary low-energy buildings design software – Pénapale

Kitchen design software – cuisishop.com

This software enables  the distribution network to :

- Use this software easily and efficiently thanks to its easy manipulation

- Use it quickly : a photo-realistic result is shown to the client at his first appointment

- Accelerate the sales process : when the client is convinced about it, he gets the picture of his setting  besides his estimate

This augmented reality software belongs to Cedreo Preview’s softwares and it becomes part  of the sales management solution developed by Orkeis.

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What is the principle ?

Airsolia’s commercial takes a picture of his client’s house and shows back, just a few minutes later, a view of his equiped roof. The capacity to lead to a final result before the starting of the building site is a precious differential asset in this hyper competitive sector.

How to design a store with 3D ?

With  just a few clicks, the user will be able to insert furnitures, configure them, insert structures (colums, windows, doors, etc.), display the whole and generate a high quality image. This application works on the internet and also on your own computer system.

3D merchandising works efficiently  thanks to that type of systems dedicated to sales forces, sales network and to end clients.

What does it look like ?

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