Your customer designs their bioclimatic pergola, their retractable pergola or their louvre screen in 3D, with sizes your factory can actually produce, an instant price and augmented reality on their own terrace. What reaches you is a contact with everything defined, ready to quote, manufacture and install.
A 3D pergola configurator is a web application where the customer chooses the type of pergola, enters their sizes and picks louvres, structure, colour and extras while seeing the result in 3D. Every decision is checked against the manufacturer's production rules and turns into a price, a drawing and a parts list.
For the manufacturer it is not a pretty catalogue: it is a sales and production tool. It filters out impossible sizes before they reach the technical office, produces the quote without redoing calculations by hand and hands the factory a parts breakdown consistent with what the customer approved.
At Grup3D we develop it bespoke, on a base that already works: bioclimatic and retractable pergolas, adjustable and fixed louvre screens, shutter-style louvres and continuous fixed louvres (brise-soleil), with their infills and options. The demo uses an example catalogue; on going live, your catalogue, your rules and your price list are loaded.
Selling made-to-measure solar shading means selling a product the customer cannot see, with hundreds of combinations and technical limits only the factory knows. These are the bottlenecks the configurator removes.
Forms arrive with no real measurements, no fixing type and no orientation. The sales rep asks, waits, asks again and the customer goes cold.
With the configuratorThe customer arrives with the model, sizes, louvres, finish and options already chosen, and with an indicative price they have already seen.
Spans beyond the profile's maximum, leaves too heavy for the ironmongery, structures that need another post. It is discovered at the technical office and someone has to go back to the customer.
With the configuratorThe production rules are checked with every change. If something does not fit, it explains why and proposes the solution: bring it down to the maximum, move to a double module or add a post.
A PDF catalogue and four photos of finished jobs are not enough to decide colour, louvre orientation or infills. The doubt delays the purchase or hands it to the competitor who does show them.
With the configuratorThey see it in 3D at their own size, with the real shade at every hour of the day, at night with LEDs, in the rain, in augmented reality on their terrace or dropped into a photo of their house.
Counting louvres, working out the pitch, adding up motors, applying finish factors and discounts in a spreadsheet. Every version the customer asks for is another half hour.
With the configuratorThe price is recalculated instantly with your price list: line items, extras, VAT and installation by area, and a PDF ready to send.
Dimensions copied wrong, parts forgotten, orders that reach the factory incomplete and installations that run late.
With the configuratorThe approved configuration generates the parts breakdown, the cutting list, the DXF, the bill of materials and the installation drawing. What is sold is what is made.
Every distributor quotes with their own spreadsheet and their own version of the price list, and the product's image changes from one point of sale to the next.
With the configuratorA trade area with their buying price, their margin and the suggested retail price, their brand on the PDFs and the price list always up to date from the manufacturer's panel.
Leads with no context that nobody shares out or follows up, and interested customers who never hear from you again.
With the configuratorEvery contact arrives with their configuration, is assigned to the sales rep for their postcode and, if they downloaded the PDF without asking for a quote, receives a reminder after 48 hours.
There is no way of knowing which models, sizes or finishes customers are looking for, or at what point they give up before asking for a price.
With the configuratorYour own analytics: most configured models and finishes, common widths, time per step and where people drop out.
The same configurator changes what it shows depending on who is using it: the private customer sees their pergola and their price; the trade user also sees their cost, their margin and their documents.
They arrive from your website or from a link sent by the sales rep. They configure, see the pergola on their terrace, compare options, download the quote and ask to be called.
They quote at the customer's home on a tablet, with their buying price, their margin and their logo on the documents. They save jobs and send them by WhatsApp or email for approval.
They define the solution with dimensions, a drawing and a profile section, compare alternatives and download a data sheet with no prices to include in their project.
They receive qualified contacts for their area, close with the A/B comparison tool in front of the customer and use presentation mode at trade shows, in the showroom and in meetings.
They receive orders with the parts breakdown, the cutting list, the DXF and the installation drawing, and maintain limits, rules and price lists from a panel, with no programming.
Every product type has its own flow and its own rules. The customer only sees what applies to what they have chosen.
Motorised adjustable louvres. The customer chooses sizes, structure (freestanding, wall-mounted or double module), finish, LED lighting, wind and rain sensors, heater, audio and app control. The configurator works out the number of louvres, the pitch, the posts and the motors, and warns when a size calls for a different structure.
A louvre roof that folds away to open the pergola completely. Sizes, structure, finish and infills are configured, and the configurator adds the reinforcing beam when the length requires it.
For façades, terraces and enclosures. Louvre model, horizontal or vertical arrangement, pitch, material, frame and opening system: fixed, side-hung, sliding, folding or projecting. It controls the maximum louvre length, the number of leaves, the weight per leaf against the ironmongery and full closure.
Different louvre profiles, tilt, pitch and frame, in fixed panels or opening leaves. The configurator works out the louvre overlap according to the chosen pitch and the number of louvres per leaf.
Louvres across large façade panels. The configurator spaces the supports according to the profile's maximum span, adds the brackets for fixing to the façade and works out the tilt and the pitch.
Each side of the pergola is closed separately: open, screen, glass or louvre. LEDs in the louvre or around the perimeter, RGB strips, heater, audio, sensors and app control. The 3D and the quote update with every choice.
Images from the demo with an example catalogue. On implementation, the ranges, models, finishes and limits of your own catalogue are loaded.
From the customer's first click to the workshop's cutting list, without changing tool or typing data in again.
Product, sizes, louvres, structure and opening, finish, options and summary. The private customer follows a simple flow; the trade user can open expert mode and have it all at once.
The 3D is rebuilt with every change of size, model or finish, with the real section of the louvre. The louvres turn or fold away and the leaves open, fold or slide just as they do in reality.
It is the question that holds back an outdoor purchase more than any other. The configurator answers it in two ways, with nothing for the customer to install.
Two configurations side by side in 3D, with a table of what changes and the difference in price. With it, the sales rep helps the customer decide between bioclimatic or retractable, freestanding or wall-mounted, with or without infills.
The summary brings together the parts breakdown, weights, area, lead time and line items. From there the customer or the sales rep generates every document of the sale.
The approved configuration becomes production documentation without anything being typed again: what the customer signs is what reaches the workshop.
Distributors, installers and architects log in with their own user, created by the manufacturer. Each of them sees the configurator with their own terms.
The information that today gets lost between forms, phone calls and spreadsheets, organised for sales management and for the factory.
The same configurator works across every sales channel, with the same data and the same price list.
The complete journey of a pergola sale when the configurator is connected to your sales network.
The customer designs their pergola on your website, on a distributor's site or with the sales rep in front of them.
To download the PDF or ask for a quote they leave their email: a contact is created that already carries their configuration.
The contact goes to the sales rep or distributor for their postcode.
If they downloaded the PDF and did not ask for a quote, they receive a reminder after 48 hours.
The customer reviews the link, compares alternatives and presses “Approve”.
An order with site details, delivery and an on-screen signature.
Parts breakdown, cutting list, DXF and bill of materials for the workshop, and an order into the ERP if it is integrated.
Three ways of selling made-to-measure pergolas online. A bespoke configurator is not always necessary: this table helps you decide.
| Criterion | PDF catalogue and price list | Generic configuration platform (subscription) | Bespoke 3D configurator |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the customer sees | Photos and size tables | The product in 3D, within whatever the platform allows | Their pergola at their own size in 3D, with sun, night, rain, augmented reality and photomontage |
| Production rules | The technical office applies them afterwards | Whatever the platform allows; complex ones usually call for extra development | Your rules, with an explanation and an alternative in one click |
| Price | By hand, in a spreadsheet | Usually with the platform's own pricing engine | Your price list, with line items, factors, areas and customer types |
| Workshop documents | No | Depending on the platform | Parts breakdown, cutting list, DXF, bill of materials and installation drawing |
| Distributor network | Price lists in Excel | Depending on the platform | An area with buying price, margin and white labelling |
| ERP / CRM integration | No | Usually through connectors or an API | Bespoke, with your ERP and your CRM |
| Cost model | Low | A recurring licence fee | An implementation and maintenance project, with no third-party licences |
| When it makes sense | Few models and standard sizes | Simple products or a quick start | A technical product with many combinations, real production limits and a sales network |
The honest summary: if you sell few models in standard sizes, a generic platform or even a good catalogue may be enough. When every pergola is made to measure and the factory has real technical limits, the rules, the exact price and the workshop documentation are what justify a configurator of your own.
The base already works: implementing it means loading your catalogue, your brand and your sales network.
Louvre ranges with their sections, weights and moments of inertia; pergola models with their beams and posts; production limits: maximum sizes, weight per fitting and number of motors.
Logo, colours, texts and your own domain. Prices by line item, finish factors, discounts by customer type and campaigns.
Integration into your website and your distributors' sites, with areas by postcode, sales reps and approved installers.
One session with the sales team and the distributors: the configurator during the visit, the comparison tool with the customer in front of them and the follow-up of contacts.
Computer, tablet and phone. Hosted over HTTPS, with no plugins and no apps to download.
It does not depend on a pay-per-use platform or on third-party licences.
Catalogue, price list, limits, sales network and texts are maintained from files and panels, with no code to touch.
The contacts, the orders and the statistics belong to the manufacturer and are exported to Excel or CSV whenever you want.
It is embedded in your website and passes the product, the sizes, the price and the status to your form or to your CRM.
To protect each manufacturer's work, the demo opens with a personal access per company, with limited uses and devices.
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 designs their pergola in 3D (type, sizes, louvres, structure, colour and extras) while the system checks the production rules and works out the price, the drawing and the parts breakdown. It is used for selling online, for the distributor network and for the sales visit.
Bioclimatic pergolas with adjustable louvres, retractable pergolas, adjustable and fixed louvre screens, shutter-style louvres and continuous fixed louvres (brise-soleil), with screen, glass or louvre side infills. If you make other solar shading products, they are added as new families with their own rules.
The configurator detects it straight away, explains which limit is exceeded (for example, the maximum louvre length or the maximum width of a freestanding structure) and offers the alternative in one click: bring it down to the maximum, move to a double module or add a post.
Yes. It works out an indicative price in real time with your price list: line items, extras, VAT and installation by area. Distributors also see their buying price and their margin. Price lists are updated from a panel, with no programming.
No. A QR code opens the configured pergola on a phone and the “View in your space” button places it at real scale, on Android and on iOS. The 3D model can also be downloaded in GLB format.
Yes. The whole configurator works in the browser on a phone, a tablet and a computer. In showrooms and at trade shows it is used full screen in presentation mode.
Yes. It is embedded with one line of code on your website and on each distributor's site, which can show their own brand. It also works as a direct link with the configuration already loaded, for campaigns and WhatsApp.
That is optional. Orders can go into the ERP as a sales order with lines by code and contacts can pass into your CRM. Without an integration, everything is exported to Excel or CSV.
Parts breakdown and cutting list, DXF, bill of materials with stock and an installation drawing with the setting out of posts and anchors, all from the configuration the customer approved.
The manufacturer. The contacts, the orders and the statistics are yours and can be exported whenever you want.
It depends on how many product families, technical rules, languages and integrations you need. Since we start from a base that already works, you are not paying for a development from scratch. After the demo we send you a fixed proposal with scope and price; you can see which variables affect it on the price of a 3D configurator.
It depends above all on your catalogue: what takes time is loading ranges, limits, finishes and prices. The 3D and the features already exist, so the project focuses on your data and your sales network. The timescale is set out in the proposal.
Request it on the form on this page. We will send you a personal access for your company and, if you like, show it to you on a 30-minute video call.
If you need to explore this configurator, request more information and we will send you a personal access to the full demo: the configurator, the trade area for distributors, the manufacturer's panel and the workshop documentation.
If you prefer, we will show it to you on a 30-minute video call and go through it with your catalogue in mind.
Would you rather try a cut-down version right away? Open the pergola configurator in the open demo: no registration, with example products and prices.
Would you rather talk it through? Call us on 662 061 421 or write to grup3d@grup3d.es.
How we build interactive 3D configurators for manufacturers and distributors in any sector.
See the service →Which variables affect the cost of a configurator and how a proposal is structured.
See pricing →Let the customer see your product at real scale in their own space before buying it.
See more →3D configurators for outdoor products, for manufacturers: pergolas, awnings, railings, carports, modules and street furniture, with price and order sheet.
See page →A guide to choosing and ordering a pergola: bioclimatic or retractable, wall-mounted or freestanding, how to measure it, side enclosures and extras, typical mistakes and what gets calculated.
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