“How much would a kitchen cost me?”, with a photo of the old one and not a single measurement. Behind it come a visit, hours of design work and a quote that often never gets signed. Here the customer enters their measurements, sees their kitchen in 3D with an indicative price and reaches you with a plan, finishes and a PDF.
Monday, five past nine. On the workshop phone there are three messages from the weekend. One is a photo of a kitchen from the nineties with a note saying “it's quite small, how much would it cost me?”. Another is a plan drawn in biro on a paper napkin. The third is someone who wants “an island like the one in the photo” in a kitchen they have not sent a single measurement for. To answer any of the three you have to go and measure, and to go and measure you have to call, fix a day and cross half the city.
On Wednesday the designer has the first-floor flat's kitchen open in the design software: L-shaped, sink under the window, tall units for the oven and the fridge. The customer sees it and asks how it would look as a U. And in white. And without wall units, “so it does not feel cramped”. Every round means redoing the design and the quote, and the week goes on three kitchens nobody has signed yet. One of them, on top of that, is heading to another shop with your design under its arm to compare prices.
The one that does get signed goes to the workshop, where someone turns the plan into boards, edging and fittings by hand, using a price list in an Excel file that not everyone keeps up to date. And on site comes the surprise: the window was lower than it looked, the pillar in the corner was not on the plan or the dishwasher door hits the oven door. Another part gets made, it is fitted all over again and the margin on that kitchen is lost along the way.
In the shop, in the design office and in the workshop. Behind every one of these lines there are hours, visits and orders slipping away; under each one, how it gets solved.
They arrive on WhatsApp with a photo of the old kitchen and an “it's quite small”. To give a serious price you need a visit, and very often the visit is for someone who only wanted to know whether their budget would stretch.
With the configuratorThe customer enters their measurements, their window and their door, tries shapes and finishes and sees their kitchen with an indicative from–to price, VAT included, before calling you.
Every kitchen is drawn from scratch in the design software, even though the customer has not decided anything yet. Many end up as the 3D that gets shown in another shop to ask for a lower price.
With the configuratorThe layout comes out on its own from the measurements: sink next to the water supply, hob at the extraction outlet, corner units, tall units and wall units that respect windows and doors.
Three or four rounds of design and quote per kitchen, and the decision drags on for weeks. Meanwhile, the customer asks for another quote at the shop next door.
With the configuratorShape, finishes and equipment change with one click and the price is recalculated instantly, showing how much it goes up or down. Three alternative layouts come out automatically, each with its price.
A window lower than it looked, a pillar, the boiler, a radiator or a door that clashes. It comes to light with the customer watching and the fitter trying to work out how to fix it.
With the configuratorWhile the design is being made, it warns about anything that does not fit or gets in the way, explains why and offers a fix that has already been checked: one click and it is solved.
Boards, edging and fittings are taken off the plan module by module. One figure copied wrong is a board cut all over again, and every designer sets heights and depths their own way.
With the configuratorYour manufacturing dimensions are built in, and every design produces the workshop sheet with the cutting list, the metres of each material and the fittings, plus the cutting list as a CSV.
Fronts, worktops, handles and fittings change price and the change does not reach every quote. Which supplier works out best for this kitchen never gets calculated: there is no time for it on every order.
With the configuratorPrice list, finishes and costs for each supplier in one panel; it tells you which combination of suppliers works out best for each design and what your margin is.
A catalogue and four finish samples do not show the whole kitchen, and the person deciding with them was not in the shop. The conversation at home happens from memory.
With the configuratorThey take away an image of their design, with the measurements and the price, and a link to keep changing it, by WhatsApp or email, or they open it on their phone with a QR code.
The person who designs is the one who knows how to do the quotes. If they are on holiday or off sick, the enquiries pile up. And wardrobes and furniture are done the same way: from a blank sheet.
With the configuratorThe first design is done by the customer, and wardrobes, walk-in wardrobes and nine types of made-to-measure furniture are designed in the same tool.
Five steps that almost every workshop and shop repeats by hand. Each one loses time or lets an error slip in.
A photo of the old kitchen on WhatsApp and “it's quite small”. What you lose: there is no information to answer with.
Travelling out and measuring walls, window, water supply and extraction outlet. What you lose: half a working day.
Layout and render in the design software; then changes, and more changes. What you lose: designer hours.
Modules, fronts, worktop, appliances and fitting. What you lose: the extras nobody showed.
Measurements, cutting list and fittings typed in by hand all over again. What you lose: the odd cut, which has to be done again.
The problem is not the price of your kitchens. It is everything that happens between the customer's first message and the workshop sheet.
We do not know your figures; you do. Replace the example values with yours and in two minutes you will know how much designing and quoting by hand costs you today.
| Figure | Example | How it is calculated |
|---|---|---|
| A · Quote requests per month | 20 | Kitchens, wardrobes and furniture |
| B · Hours per request | 5 h | Visit, design and quote |
| C · Requests that end in an order | 25 % | One in four |
| D · Orders with a measurement or fit error | 5 % | One in twenty |
| Hours a year on designs that do not sell | 900 h | A × B × (100 − C) % × 12 months |
| Orders a year that need correcting | 3 | A × C % × D % × 12 months |
And what the sum leaves out: the free designs the customer takes to another shop, the kitchens put off until next year and the extras — LED lighting, organisers, one more tall unit, the island — that nobody got round to showing.
A 3D kitchen configurator is a web application where the customer enters the measurements of their kitchen, places the window, the door, the water supply and the extraction outlet, chooses the shape and the finishes, and sees their kitchen in 3D with an indicative price that changes with every decision. With no sign-up and nothing to install, on a computer, tablet or phone.
For a workshop or a manufacturer it is not a pretty catalogue: it is a sales and production tool. It filters enquiries before the visit, lays out the units with your manufacturing dimensions, warns about anything that does not fit, works out the price with your price list and turns the approved design into a workshop sheet with a cutting list.
At Grup3D we develop it bespoke, on a base that already works: straight, L-shaped, U-shaped and galley kitchens, with an island or a peninsula; fitted, freestanding and walk-in wardrobes; and nine types of made-to-measure furniture. The demo uses an example catalogue and example prices; when it goes live, your catalogue, your dimensions, your price list and your brand are loaded in.
The customer sees their kitchen and its price. Your team receives the request with everything it needs, and the workshop gets the cutting list.
It stops drawing every enquiry from scratch: customers arrive having already seen their kitchen and its price, and every signed design becomes a workshop sheet with its manufacturing dimensions.
It shows its whole catalogue of fronts, worktops and handles without having it on display, with its own rules, and receives orders from its shops with the same data and the same cutting list.
They design on the tablet with the customer in front of them, change the shape or the finishes in seconds, show the alternatives with their price and compare suppliers on the same design.
They quote the kitchen together with the renovation of the room — strip-out, plumbing, electrics, tiling, painting, suspended ceiling and flooring — calculated from the real measurements.
They design from the sofa, see what fits and how much it costs, show it at home and ask for the visit once they know what they want.
Three products in the same tool, each with its own flow and its own rules. The customer only sees what applies to what they have chosen.
Straight, L-shaped, U-shaped, galley, with an island or a peninsula, with several windows and doors, pillars, downpipes, boiler and radiator. The configurator places the sink, dishwasher, hob, extractor hood, tall units and wall units following your rules, and any module can be changed to the millimetre. Seven examples to start with and four customer profiles that adjust the equipment.
Fitted, including under a sloping ceiling, freestanding, or an open walk-in wardrobe in a straight, L or U layout with a drawer island. Hinged doors, sliding doors with 2 to 4 panels or folding doors, top box, mirror and finishing trims. Interior per section: hanging, double hanging, drawers, shelves, shoe rack, trouser rack, jewellery tray and pull-down rail.
Nine types: living room and TV, bookcase, bathroom vanity, hallway unit, desk, headboard, sideboard, utility room and window seat. Each one with its own options — wall-hung or floor-standing, drawers or doors, LED, mirror — and the same price, plans and cutting list as the kitchen.
Images from the demo with an example catalogue. When it is implemented, your modules, finishes, manufacturing dimensions and price list are loaded in.
From the customer's first message to the workshop sheet, without switching tools or retyping data. Each feature answers one of the lines above.
Answers “how much would a kitchen cost me?”. The customer enters the length of each wall and the ceiling height, and drags the window, the door, the water supply and the extraction outlet onto a plan.
Answers “do me a design”. From the measurements, the program looks for the best arrangement: sink next to the water, dishwasher right beside it, hob at the extraction outlet, corner units, tall units and wall units that skip the window.
Answers “on site the fridge would not fit”. The configurator checks every design against your manufacturing dimensions and ergonomic rules, and warns before the customer falls in love with something that cannot be fitted.
Answers “I cannot picture it”. Fronts, worktop, handle, splashback, floor and wall are seen together on the whole kitchen, with relief and sheen, and the customer switches from one style to another with one click.
Answers “what if we make it L-shaped?”. Every change recalculates the price instantly with your price list, and the customer sees how much it goes up or down and why.
Answers “I need to talk it over with my partner”. The customer takes away their kitchen, not a brochure.
Answers the visit that was not needed. When the customer asks for the measuring visit, you receive everything they have decided.
Answers the hand-made cutting list and the price list in an Excel file. In the password-protected professional area:
Kitchen with an island, a change of style, open doors, night mode, a wardrobe and a living room unit, and the price with its breakdown. And then, try it: choose “Straight with island”, go to “Finishes” and open “Why this price?”.
The same journey as before, without the steps that used to be done by hand.
The customer enters their measurements on your website and sees their kitchen with its price, without signing up.
They share the design at home by WhatsApp or see it at real size in the kitchen with their phone.
You receive the request with plan, measurements, finishes, indicative price and PDF.
You open their design, adjust it with the measurements from the visit and send them the final quote.
The same design produces the workshop sheet with the cutting list and the fittings, and the CSV for cutting.
Three ways to design and quote kitchens. You do not always need a bespoke configurator: this table helps you decide.
| Criterion | Kitchen design software (on the designer's computer) | Generic online planner | Bespoke 3D configurator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the first design | Your designer, after the visit | The customer, on their own | The customer, and you receive it to fine-tune |
| Measurements | The ones taken at the visit | Usually fixed sizes and limited shapes | Those of their own kitchen, with windows, doors, pillars and supply points |
| Manufacturing rules | The software's, plus the designer's judgement | Those in the catalogue of whoever offers it | Yours, with warnings and one-click fixes |
| Price for the customer | Later, in the quote | The one in its catalogue | Your price list, instantly and broken down |
| Workshop documentation | Depends on the software | No | Workshop sheet, CSV cutting list and supplier references |
| On your website | No | On the website of whoever offers it | Yes, with your brand and your languages |
| Cost model | Per-seat licence | It is not yours | An implementation and maintenance project, with no third-party licences |
The honest summary: design software is still needed for complex projects and the final render. The configurator does not replace it: it does the work that gets lost today before that point — the enquiry with no information, the visit that does not sell, the first design and the changes — and, afterwards, the cutting list.
We start from this configurator, which already works, and adapt it to your catalogue, your dimensions and your price list. You are not paying for development from scratch.
Most projects for manufacturers fall between €14,500 and €35,000, depending on the catalogue, the manufacturing rules and the integrations. Maintenance and hosting from €190 a month. Once we have studied your case we give you a fixed price, in writing, before we start.
The shapes, modules, fronts, worktops, handles and appliances you sell.
Your manufacturing ones: plinth, heights, depths, openings and what you do not make.
Prices, fitting, delivery and what each supplier costs you.
Logo, colours, languages and who the requests go to.
There are more short answers in frequently asked questions about 3D configurators and who we are in 3D configurator company.
It is a web application where the customer enters the measurements of their kitchen, positions the window, the door and the supply points, chooses shape and finishes, and sees their kitchen in 3D with an indicative price instantly. For the workshop it is a sales and production tool: requests arrive with a plan, measurements, finishes and a PDF, and every design can be turned into a workshop sheet with a cutting list.
No. It opens in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone, with no sign-up and nothing to install. They only leave their details if they want to request the measuring visit; until then they can design, change and compare as many times as they like.
Yes, and that is what makes the design buildable: plinth height, wall unit height, worktop depth, gap between worktop and wall units, board and front thicknesses, the modules you make and the ones you do not. The warnings and the automatic layout work with those dimensions, not with generic ones.
The configurator warns about it while the design is being made: a tall unit that does not fit, a hob right against a wall, too little worktop between sink and hob, a narrow walkway beside the island, a door that brushes against something. Each warning explains why and, when there is a fix, offers it already checked and applies it with one click.
Yes. The same tool includes the fitted wardrobe (also under a sloping ceiling), the freestanding wardrobe and the walk-in wardrobe in a straight, L or U layout with a drawer island, with hinged, sliding or folding doors and its interior by section. And made-to-measure furniture: living room and TV, bookcase, bathroom vanity, hallway unit, desk, headboard, sideboard, utility room and window seat.
With your price list: each item has a “from” and a “to” price, plus VAT, fitting, delivery and multipliers by range and door model. The customer sees an indicative range that changes with every decision and, with “Why this price?”, the breakdown by section. The price list is changed from the panel, with no programming.
A request with their details, the image of the design, the plan, the measurements, the finishes, the indicative price and the PDF proposal the customer saw, with a link to open their design in 3D. It stays in the panel with its status and, if you set up an email account, it also reaches you by email.
Yes, in the professional area: a PDF workshop sheet with the cutting list for each module (part, material, measurements, edging and quantity), the square metres of each material, the fittings and the supplier reference for each finish; and the cutting list as a CSV for your cutting software. That area is password-protected and the customer does not see it.
Yes, in the panel. Each supplier has its cost per item, its fitting and its delivery; for any design or request the configurator works out the cost with each one, your margin against the indicative price and the best combination by section. None of this appears in what the customer sees.
Spanish, English, French and German, with a menu in the header or straight from the link. The steps, the buttons, the guide and the PDF proposal are translated. If a customer requests the visit in another language, they get their confirmation in their language and you get the request and the PDF in Spanish.
Developments start from €6,500 for a visual configurator of one product family; most projects for manufacturers fall between €14,500 and €35,000, depending on the catalogue, the rules and the integrations, plus maintenance from €190 a month. Faithfully reproduced finishes and special 3D parts are quoted separately, per product. Once we have studied your case we give you a fixed price; you will find more detail on the price of a 3D configurator.
The 3D, the layout rules, the plans, the PDF and the panel already exist, so the work focuses on your catalogue: modules, fronts, worktops, handles, appliances, manufacturing dimensions, price list and brand. The timescale depends on how many finishes need preparing and is set in the proposal.
Yes. The demo is open at configurador.grup3d.es/cocinas, with no password, with an example catalogue and prices. If you would like to see it with your own catalogue in mind, we can show it to you on a 30-minute video call.
The demo is open, with no password: configurador.grup3d.es/cocinas. It opens in any browser, on computer, tablet and phone, with an example catalogue and prices.
If you would rather see it with your own catalogue in mind, we will show it to you on a 30-minute video call: how your fronts and your dimensions would look, how requests would reach you and what would come out on the workshop sheet.
Would you rather talk it through? Call us on 662 061 421 or write to grup3d@grup3d.es.
The modular kitchen for your retail network: straight, L-shaped or with an island.
See more →Fitted and walk-in wardrobes with their interiors, made to fit the space.
See more →Width, basin, finish and mirror, seen in the customer's own bathroom.
See more →Which variables affect the cost of a configurator and how a proposal is structured.
See pricing →3D configurator for manufacturers of furniture, upholstery, beds and mattresses, doors and textiles: your catalogue in 3D, with your price list and order sheet.
See page →A guide to measuring a kitchen before designing it: walls from corner to corner, ceiling height, window and sill height, door, pillars, and the water, extraction and power points.
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