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Make 2011 your year to Simplify

Visit us at NeoCon!

Configura will be at the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair June 13-15, held at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago! If you’re going, be sure to stop by!

Visit Configura at our brand-new, completely redesigned Booth 7-7046
Highlights include demos of the new Photo Lab in CET Designer – extreme photorealism in the rendering process. Additional demos of CET Designer’s Movie Studio and Google SketchUp™ Extensions will be offered.

NeoCon contest – trip to Las Vegas
CET Designer users are invited to register at Configura’s NeoCon booth for the 4th annual User Conference, to be held Oct. 26-27 at The Venetian/Palazzo in Las Vegas. Users are also invited to enter a drawing for a free trip (hotel and airfare) to the conference. Click here for details.

Special NeoCon promotion
If a new user attends a CET Designer two-day class in 2011, the user can receive a free trial license of CET Designer during NeoCon Week (June 13-15) for the remainder of 2011. Contact Tracy.Lanning@configura.com for details.

 

 

4th annual CET Designer User Conference

Oct 26-27, 2011

The Venetian Palazzo, Las Vegas, Nevada

  • Classes taught by Configura experts
  • Sessions led by power-peer users
  • Manufacturer breakout sessions

The CET Designer User Conference is two full days of
learning, networking and fun! Attend presentations
led by Configura trainers, developers, peer users and
manufacturer representatives. Learn the latest features
and best practices of CET Designer and the manufacturer
Extensions. Join 100+ attendees from North and South
America to experience the solution that’s changing the
contract furniture industry.

Details, register here: www.configura.com/userconference

 

Winter Manufacturers’ Roundtable Meeting
 

What do Google and Configura have in common?

cet designer + google

Configura announces Google Product Evangelist Aidan Chopra as the keynote speaker of its 4th Annual CET Designer User Conference in Las Vegas!

The author of Google SketchUp™ for Dummies,
Aidan Chopra knows his way around the world’s most famous search engine and its off shoots – Google SketchUp™ and Google 3D Warehouse.

For CET Designer users, tapping the power of Configura’s
Google SketchUp™ Extension means opening a world of
additional imagery possibilities.

Aidan Chopra works at Google as the Product Evangelist for
Google SketchUp™, a 3D modeling tool used by design
professionals, engineers and 3D enthusiasts all over the world.

 

Winter Manufacturers’ Roundtable Meeting
 

CET Designer® courses approved for CEU credit

Configura’s Beginner and Advanced CET Designer training courses have been approved by the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) for Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits. The classes qualify for 1.6 CEUs.

Introduction to Configura CET Designer (Course number 40184) and Advanced Configura CET Designer (Course number 40185) CEUs are accepted by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).

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CET Designer 2.6 and Photo Lab releasing this fall

You’ve been wanting it: Photo Lab in CET Designer – extreme photorealism rendering in a single design-and-specification solution. We unveil it at NeoCon this June 13-15.

Releasing automatically with CET Designer 2.6 later this fall, Photo Lab produces renderings so realistic that the software eliminates the need for any other add-on-tool or outsourcing of the rendering function.

Photo Lab brings the realism to unprecedented levels:

  • Produces photo-realistic renderings within the industry’s only rules-based, design-and-specification software tool developed in collaboration with Haworth, Steelcase, Teknion and other major manufacturers.
  • Creates high-quality renderings with natural light and realistic shading previously only available in dedicated rendering applications
  • Renders multiple images at once
  • Enables immediate post-rendering processing and post-rendering changes (i.e., tweaking lighting) without the need to re-render
  • Automatically updates changes made by the user in the rendering to ensure accuracy

Price points, additional features
Although Photo Lab in CET Designer produces results as sophisticated as rendering solutions used by A&D firms and dedicated rendering companies, its cost is zero to CET Designer users. It will be an automatic feature available to users starting with CET Designer 2.6.

Also automatically included with CET Designer 2.6 will be an enhanced version of Movie Studio, the free CET Designer Extension that enables users to create virtual fly-thru videos of designed office space; and a new Reconfiguration tool that automates reconfigurations by enabling users to take a customer’s existing drawing and, by using the tool, see what existing product can be reused, what’s available in the warehouse, what needs to be ordered new and what’s leftover.

 

Winter Manufacturers’ Roundtable Meeting

 

 

Configura signs Connectrac for CET Designer© Extension

Configura recently signed Dallas-based Connectrac for a CET Designer Extension. Connectrac develops, manufactures and markets floor-mounted electrical access systems and a growing line of accessories. These products are being used in almost every type of facility – corporate, government, education, airport, healthcare and casino. The CET Designer Extension will be for Connectrac’s entire line.

“We are very excited about having a CET Designer Extension for our Connectrac products. As our product offering has grown and become more complex, our need has become acute for a system that will help us with layouts and pricing. Configura’s system is exactly what we need. Not only will it improve our accuracy and efficiency, but it will also give us a powerful graphical tool to communicate proposed layouts to our customers,” said Clint Strong, the company’s founder.

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Winter Manufacturers’ Roundtable Meeting

 

 
 

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Winter Manufacturers’ Roundtable Meeting

 

 
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