The bathroom shop sends you the measurement sheet with the width but without the return panel, with a “black profile” the customer saw in a photo and nothing about the anti-limescale treatment. The glass is toughened, assembled and on site it does not fit. And toughened glass cannot be cut down.
Toughened glass cannot be cut down. Everyone in your factory knows that and almost nobody who sends you orders does. Today two 6 mm panels from a 1,400 sliding front screen came back to the factory: the shop measured the width at mid height, the wall was out of plumb and at the bottom a centimetre was missing. The fitter could not close the profile. Both panels have to be made again and the customer has been showering without a screen for ten days.
The measurement sheet reaches you from a hundred and twenty bathroom shops, each with their own template. Some give the width and the height and forget the return panel of the corner screen. Others ask for a “bar handle” when the showroom had a different model, or do not say whether it needs the anti-limescale treatment. The shop assistant fills in what the customer told them, and the customer chose by looking at the four screens that fit in the showroom.
And the customer hesitates. They do not know whether the slider will leave them enough room to get in or whether a fixed panel with no door will wet the bathroom floor. They do not understand what changes between frosted and smoked grey glass, or how the brushed gold profile will look next to their taps. They take a catalogue away, come back on Saturday with their partner and ask the same thing. And the shop calls you to confirm a price they had already confirmed.
Width, return panel and height look like three simple numbers, but each type of screen needs its own: a corner screen needs the return, a front screen the width between walls, and the height depends on the model. If the measurement sheet does not know which type has been chosen, it leaves gaps somebody fills in from memory.
What it costs youToughened glass wasted and a second run with its own lead time.
The customer cannot see how the sliding panel runs or how much room it leaves, or whether a fixed panel will splash. In the showroom there is one of each, in different sizes and with a different profile. The assistant explains with their hands, draws on a piece of paper and the customer goes away to think. The hinged one, which might have suited them best, never came up in the conversation.
What it costs youA sale postponed to the following Saturday, when it is not lost altogether.
Chrome, matt black, brushed gold or white; clear, frosted or smoked grey glass; with or without a screen-printed band. There are dozens of combinations and the shop has four screens on display and a ten-centimetre profile sample set. The customer chooses by imagining, and sometimes imagines something else.
What it costs youComplaints about a finish the customer did not expect to look like that.
Bar handle, round handle or no handle, anti-limescale treatment, screen-printed band, 1,950 or 2,000 mm height: whatever the shop does not ask about does not appear on the measurement sheet, and what does not appear gets checked by phone or decided in production. Every query holds up an order that could already be on the line.
What it costs youOrders on hold waiting for one detail and customers who receive something other than what they expected.
The shop does not have your up-to-date price list for every combination of type, size, glass and profile, so they ask you for the price by email or phone. The customer waits a day or two to find out how much it costs to swap chrome for matt black, and in that time they ask another shop.
What it costs youSlow quotes that give the customer time to compare with another manufacturer.
Work out what it costs to make the same screen twice. Replace the example with your own replacement figures; the calls to confirm prices and the sales lost to waiting are separate.
€ a year
The values are an example: replace them with yours. The calculation is a simple multiplication and does not come from any study.
When a sliding front, fixed, corner or hinged screen is chosen, the configurator collects the width, the return panel and the 1,950 or 2,000 mm height, and redraws the screen in 3D with those dimensions and a person beside it for reference. With your manufacturing rules, sizes outside the range cannot be ordered.
Type and sizes with the screen in 3D
The panel opens and closes in 3D, and the customer sees how much room they have to get in. Then they save the sliding, the fixed and the corner one and compare them side by side, with the differences highlighted and the indicative price of each. The doubt is settled in the shop, not the following Saturday.
Open and close in 3D and a comparison of 3 options
Chrome, matt black, brushed gold or white profile; clear, frosted or smoked grey glass; screen-printed band and three handles. They change instantly on the screen in 3D, and the customer can see it at real size in their bathroom in augmented reality from their phone, with no app to install.
Glass, profile and handle in 3D and augmented reality
The flow goes through type, sizes, glass, profile, anti-limescale, screen printing and handle, so no detail is left hanging. Out comes the order sheet with the screen, the 6 mm toughened glass, the set of profiles and their references, ready for production or to go into your ERP.
Factory order sheet
With your price list inside, every combination shows its indicative price instantly, and each shop can have its own login with its margin and its brand. The customer knows at the counter how much it costs to go from chrome to matt black, and your office stops preparing quotes one by one.
Indicative price and a shop areaChoose a 1,400 mm sliding front screen, press Open to see the room the panel leaves and then compare it with the fixed and the corner one.
An open demo, with no registration, with example products and prices. It is designed for manufacturers, dealers and installers: private customers are welcome to try it, but we do not sell the product.
Bring the template the shops order with. In 20 minutes you will see the demo and which details your configurator would ask for so the order reaches the factory complete.
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. We start from a base that already works: you are not paying for development from scratch.
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There are more short answers in frequently asked questions about 3D configurators and who we are in 3D configurator company.
It collects the measurements each type of screen needs and shows them in 3D, so a missing return panel or a width that does not add up stands out. It does not replace the surveyor: if the wall is out of plumb, it has to be measured at several points and the smallest measurement used. With your rules, it limits the sizes to what you make.
Yes. The demo has a control to open and close the screen in 3D, and shows the clear opening left to get in. It is the quickest way for the customer to understand the difference between a sliding, a fixed and a hinged screen without having all three on display, and to decide in the shop.
The demo comes with clear, frosted and smoked grey glass; chrome, matt black, brushed gold and white profiles; bar handle, round handle or no handle; anti-limescale treatment and a screen-printed band. In your configurator it is your glass, thicknesses, profiles and accessories, with their references and their price.
A shower screen configurator with your models starts from this: 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. It goes up with the number of types and glass and profile combinations, the size rules that have to be controlled and whether the shops will have their own login or the orders will go into your ERP. We pin it down after seeing your price list and the measurement sheet you work with today.
Yes, as part of the development: each shop has its own login with its brand and its margin, and the customer sees that shop's price. And when a private customer writes to you through the website, their request goes to the shop in their area, which is the one that measures, sells and fits.
Yes, in augmented reality from their phone and with no app to install: they scan a QR code and the screen appears at real size in their bathroom. It is useful for getting a feel for the presence of the profile and the glass; the measurement that counts is still the one the surveyor takes on site.
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