Configurator and cost calculator

Tagged: House cabin cost calculator

This topic has 7 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 1 month, 1 week ago by bigmike814.

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2021-10-26 at 4:23 pm #46486

halligator
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Hey.
I have just started working on creating a 3d configuration solution for a cabin company, and are considering verge3d.
But I am not able to see if your software are able to calculate prices on the different configurations.

Say a customer chooses a certain cabin model as a starting point. Then decides to change the roofing which increases the cost with 10k. Then decides on a different type of doors, adding another 20k.

Can the program then calculate as they go along so they can see what their different changes will cost them.

It should result in a order list, which the cabin company will receive. They will review the list manually, before contacting the customer to finalize the deal?

I am using blender.

If someone can guide me to avoid tutorial touching this topic, or if someone already have made something similar I am very interested in hearing more.

I no nothing about coding, and are only an eager 3d visulator now ready to take it a step further. Would love some collaboration.

Hallgeir

2021-10-26 at 5:04 pm #46489

xeon
Customer

Hi there,

There are many ways to do this using Vergd3d. The best method will be depending on your teams web integration experience with the platform you are using. Verge3D currently has built-in puzzles for WooCommerce.

There are some sample configurator demos that come with V3d that can assist you as well that are located in the App Manager. One you might be interested in is the Recliner.

You can also take a look at a https://webgl.r66dapps.com/p51/
This is a simple cost calculating demo. You create an order via the v3d app and the data is passed back to the HTML parent window to calculate costs on the fly.

On the fly cost calculations, building material lists, can all be done with Verge3d, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Since this is not really an order system the build list can be sent via email, stored in a database, put into a JSON object etc. I would imagine you would want to email the list to the user that created the list and then store it in a DB as well as email a sales rep based on location, zone or territory?

Happy to answer any questions. If you need a professional partner, you can reach me at xeon@r66d.com.

Xeon
Route 66 Digital
Interactive Solutions - https://www.r66d.com
Tutorials - https://www.xeons3dlab.com

2021-10-27 at 8:42 am #46508

halligator
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Thanks a lot. You really understood my request, and I love what you did to that bar :)
Love that workflow of the order list, and wil probably go for the verge3d as my tool for this project.

I will download Verge3d and start experimenting, but I will probably need some proffesional support for sure.

I am a one-man team so far. Until I have located how many people will be needed to work on this.

Excited

2021-10-27 at 2:45 pm #46525

xeon
Customer

Happy to answer any questions you have.

Xeon
Route 66 Digital
Interactive Solutions - https://www.r66d.com
Tutorials - https://www.xeons3dlab.com

2025-07-15 at 11:18 am #83112
Anonymous
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You might want to include a CSV export function in your configurator so contractors can easily pull itemized costs and use them for their own estimates. I’ve used a combo of JavaScript and that toCSV plugin — works well for pulling user selections and sending them to an email or download link. Makes life easier for everyone trying to budget stuff on the spot.
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2025-07-16 at 2:44 am #83128

bigmike814
Customer

I don’t know what Xeon did, but if you want to use live data, you’ll need to set up an API. You can do this using the puzzles but unless you want to update the hard code the pricing, you’re best to create a page where you can set the the prices to a json file and then use the json objects you set to load your pricing.

2025-07-17 at 5:28 pm #83220

xeon
Customer

Hi there…responding to “I don’t know what Xeon did”. I have not worked on this project but was merely suggesting there are many ways to solve it.

My approach / reco is to never start at the content….but start at the business requirements of the overall project. This will determine the platform/environment/CMS and method and solution for 3D files..etc…or if one will be needed and then a complete approach can be taken into consideration that will account for frequent modifications, updates and changes that will take place. Its also a good time to discuss maintenance with the customer because without that..the configurator is only good until the first change of products, pricing, etc.

For V3D artists/developers just starting out (not saying this is one of those cases), the configurator becomes the first thing they sell to a client. as it an easy sell. Then the reality of integration, number of SKUs, and continual updates settles in to find the budget is way off. Not to mention locating talent that can help them on their project within the budget.

But going back a step. Once the project has well defined technical and functional specifications the developer should be able to determine if the project is going to need to be hard coded, use an API or other approach. I personal preference would be the API route but I have seen so many different approaches…because users are starting at the content rather than the platform.

Xeon
Route 66 Digital
Interactive Solutions - https://www.r66d.com
Tutorials - https://www.xeons3dlab.com

2025-07-18 at 1:56 am #83222

bigmike814
Customer

My bad, I was only responding to his last question. Nothing to do with the previous conversation. Just mentioning if live data was needed, then v3d would need to load the data via API is all.
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