CAD-configuration Developer Guide

Template – Made to measure conference table

Letting the user customize is all about making it easy. In this configurator template, we have just allowed two parametric inputs for the user resulting in endless variants of a conference table. Together with a quotation button and automated manufacturing, a sales configurator like this can open up for now ways of selling cost-effective customized furniture.

Template – Perforated sheet calculator

Everything must not be 3D in configuration. Using the power of the 2D geometric CAD engine in DynaMaker it can easily output various hole patterns and shapes that can be downloaded directly by the user, or exported directly to manufacturing.

Formulas computing the area, perforation or other interesting values like pressure loss or strength data can be easily added in the top right of each configurator as a metric.

Template – Electrical cabinet CAD-configurator

Are you offering customized sheet metal cabinets and products and want the client to do the customization themselves? Or do you need to make cutouts at certain places?

No matter the case, this DynaMaker template for cabinets and electronics could perhaps be a good starting point for your first online CAD configurator.

Template – Glas railing configurator with drawings and BIM export

Glass railings are usually customized to the dimensions of the customer’s home. This template is great to build on if you’re looking for a way to sell custom glass railings in e-commerce. Once the design phase is complete the customer can request a quotation for their design and download a PDF drawing that show’s the design.

The template is available in two version: Predetermined layouts (Straight, L-shaped, U-shape, etc) and instance chains of sections (Keep connecting new sections).

If you want to understand the difference we recommend reading how to handle product configuration complexity in this article

Template #1 – Glas railing with predetermined layouts

Template #2 – Glas railing a sequence of sections

Template – Shower stand configurator for e-commerce

Enable the user to customize a shower stand with measurements and glass color. This is an example of how a configurator can look, and is easy to integrate into e-commerce where the customer can configure the shower stand with measurements from their home. The visualization makes it easy for the customer to understand how the final shower stand will look.

Do you want to explore this template? Try it out live or contact us to get the template to your DynaMaker account!

Template – Load and size calculator for Lifting tables

Picking the right size and load capacity for your lifting table is hard. The customer know what to lift while the manufacturer knows what is required to make a stable and safe liftable work table. Having online product configurators will help the customer to fill out what they know and let the rules calculate whats the optimal solution to quote.

We have created a basic starting template for lifting tables that you can use to get started in the right direction.

This template is also good for explaining the difference between user inputs and configuration rules and formulas.