Web App Development for a Construction Material Retailer

Challenge

With hundreds of parts and components available, there could be thousands of possible pergola configurations, which was a challenge in itself. In addition, we had to:

• ensure that these modifications looked real, providing users with a vision of how the future construction would look like when installed on the site;
• anticipate and eliminate possible errors that could occur in the configuration process due to the complexity and variety of options. 

Solutions

Through years of partnership, we’ve learned to intuitively understand this client’s needs, often tackling projects, streamlining processes, and addressing pain points with minimal requirements at hand.

When we first started, the team chose Unity to design the interface. However, the decision was soon made to change it in favor of Autodesk. It is a much more user-friendly technology that not only creates more visually appealing designs but also easily combines with Revit, which was chosen as a primary tool for the project. This transition positively impacted the entire project, resulting in more realistic rendering of 3D components and a significantly improved UX. 

Furthermore, we proposed to add a “save and share via link” feature for the configurations built. This addition meant a lot in terms of user engagement and marketing. Moreover, we’ve found storage services that could convert data free of charge and be seamlessly integrated into the configurator. The client approved this solution, and the implementation of this step is scheduled. 

The composition of the team working on this project included:

1 x Front-end developer (Angular)

1 x Back-end developer (.NET), 

2 x Revit & Autodesk Visualizator, 

1 x QA engineer. 

We’ve finished a big scope of work, but our collaboration continues, with more configurations and features to be developed in the upcoming months.