It gives you a renewed sense of

EXCITEMENT

Those were the words of Seana Turner who attended Configura’s third annual CET Designer® User Conference. Nearly 100 CET Designer users and dealers and their respective manufacturers convened at The Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas Sept. 29 - 30 for conference.

“The conference really showed me the ‘meat and potatoes’ approach of Configura and the CET solution - that it’s moving far beyond just being a great design and rendering tool and more into a completely holistic dealership solution. Hearing the comments about how many dealerships are starting to turn off other software licenses and just use CET Designer drove that point home for me,” said attendee and presenter Paul Riches.

Didn’t get a chance to attend? Get all of the follow-up materials here.

Configura releases

CET Designer^® 2.5

CET Designer® Version 2.5 launched with enhancements that improve the software’s speed and functionality. “I just started using the latest version and I see big new improvements!” said Juan Melendez, RGO Office Products/Office Environments, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Major improvements include:

Enhanced scheme handling
Reworked lighting and rendering options
Enhanced calculation features and functionality
Ability to create custom panoramic backgrounds
Enhanced positioning and placement of objects
Improved support for CAD import
Google SketchUp™ 8 support
Faster 2D graphics

Learn more – including what’s coming soon in beta – here.

Inscape, Aurora sign on!

Configura recently signed two new clients who are collaborating with us to have CET Designer Extensions built. Canada-based Inscape and Illinois-based Aurora Storage Products both recently joined the Configura family.

Manufacturer clients have grown to include Steelcase, Haworth, Teknion, Spacefile, Mepal and KI. Meanwhile, KI’s Extension, SpecEngine, prepares for a 2011 launch. KI Manager Mike Vaessen attended the User Conference and remarked, “I know you’re using the word ‘simplify’ but I would also like to add ‘openness.’ Configura and its customers are very open about where they want to go!”

Training opps in the New Year!

Configura announces its 2011 Grand Rapids, Michigan-based CET Designer training courses. The additional 2011 multi-city training tour and 4th annual User Conference dates will be announced soon.

The Grand Rapids-based training dates are:

Jan. 11-12, Beginner
Jan. 13-14, Advanced
Feb. 8-9, Beginner
Feb. 10-11, Advanced
March 8-9, Beginner
March 10-11, Advanced
April 5-6, Beginner
April 7-8, Advanced
May 10-11, Beginner
May 12-13, Advanced

For additional details and registration information, please see: http://www.configura.com/cet/training