Product Content Notification Design V9

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1 Product Content Notification Design V9 Version 3 February 15, 2010

2 1. Photorealistic Renderings and Visualization Lighting Enhancements With the Global Illumination technology, obtain photorealistic renderings with superior graphics and unrivalled presentation quality. With a full range of superb visual effects and graphic options, your presentations are sure to leave a lasting impression with your clients as their dream design comes to life. The new options are: Smoother fall-off light effect, eliminating overexposed surfaces Change the brightness in real-time Get a natural light diffusion effect from spot lighting Without Light Ray Effect With Light Ray Effect Sunlight Effects Textures Create Walk-Around View Isometric View Rotation With the Sun option feature, see in real-time the shadow effect while moving the sun and easily obtain natural day-light ambiance reflecting any time of the day. New textures and material libraries with better quality. Easily modify texture finishes with the Coating and Finish characteristics features. Create a circular walk around view of the room that focus on a specific point and provide your customers with a QuickTime file of their project so they can view the room at any angle. The new Traveling Camera option is available from the Panoramic View dialog. Easily rotate an isometric view from the rendering based of the initial viewer position. V8.1 Rendering V9 Rendering Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 2 of 7

3 2. Publish Room Designs to the Web* Room Validation Over the Web Directly publish room designs from Design V9 to the 2020.net website for customers to review and validate online. Customers can zoom and rotate room layouts, while personalizing the decor for the walls and ceiling colors and floor covering. *May not be available in Version 9. If not, will be available in a Service Pack. 3. Closet and Furniture Module Design Closet and Furniture Design furniture on the fly. Using parts, users can easily snap components with automatic and smart connection points and build an entire closet cabinet. Not only limited to closet, users can use the same functionality to build audio-video cabinets and entertainment systems. Every Business Unit will have the flexibility to include or not this module in the standard V9. If not included, the Closet catalogs will be locked by default and can be unlock for selected users by updating their security device remotely. Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 3 of 7

4 4. Countertop Enhancements Countertop Wizard The Countertop Wizard supports the sales process for the solid/stone countertop and promotes collaboration between fabricator and retailer throughout the design process. At every step, the Countertop Wizard validates the design against the information and rules specified by a fabricator or manufacturer. The Countertop Wizard is a set of tools that allows you to: Guide users through the design process using an intuitive and logical step-by-step approach Quickly estimate the price of a countertop Reduce customers quote errors See a graphical representation of countertops, backsplashes and edges Up sale your project by offering different options on the countertop like trivet rods and drain boards Automatic Cut Out Dimensions Obtain complete automatic cut out dimensions when a sink is place or for any types of seams. It is possible to get precise dimensions such as illustrated on this graphic: Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 4 of 7

5 5. Idea Center Design Libraries Gather the best of your creations with the Idea Center. The Idea Center facilitates the idea search process allowing you to browse and select preconfigured designs or any space configuration such as an island to quickly create new designs. Ideas are categorized and sorted by criteria to help you find the right idea quickly and efficiently. Use the default criteria s or create yours that you have defined. By creating designs with the Idea Center, you can save a tremendous amount of time. Design Library Update Manufacturer s catalogs are always updated; the Idea Center is synchronized with catalog updates. This means that if a cabinet is modified, or is not available anymore, or the pricing has changed, the existing designs available in the Idea Center will be updated with the updated catalogs. 6. Manufacturers Profiles Share Virtual Showroom Profiles via 2020.net Manufactures create profiles for their dealers, those profiles contain door styles and finishes that the manufacturer offers and which the customer can play around with. Via 2020.net, the dealers retrieve the manufacturer s profiles and use them within Design V9 and with Virtual Showroom. With the manufacturers profiles work faster within Virtual Showroom. Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 5 of 7

6 7. New Features and Improved Catalog Windows and Doors Resizable Trims Quick Placement of Doors and Windows When a door or/and window is place on a floor plan, this item has a trim around. With Design V9, it is now possible to change the trims dimensions to reflect the reality to be more accurate and precise. This feature will reduce the risk of design and ordering errors. If you usually place the same door or window model on you design, this feature is a time-saver as they are set as your default. Drag and drop the door or window on the floor plan and easily set the hinge and window opening. New Door Styles Browse Catalogs by Manufacturer Name A range of 70 new door styles is available. Dealers will be able to design with the exact illustration of the manufacturer s door style. Group catalogs by manufacturer allowing you to find and place an item faster. New Accessories and Decorative Items Elevation View Automatically Switch Outdated Items During an interior design project, the overall look besides the kitchen itself is also very important; this is why adds new up to date accessories such as bathroom fixtures, furniture, lamps or decorative items and much more in the version. With Design V9, get over 300 new accessories. You can now easily identify which wall is associated with any elevation view. Just select any wall in your floor plan view and the corresponding elevation view will be highlighted with a green outline. When a catalog is updated, the existing designs that contain outdated items can be updated automatically when loading a design. Zoom Extents By double-clicking on the mouse wheel automatically view the extents of your layout. Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 6 of 7

7 Product Specification Page Get a fast access to a Product Specification Page directly through the Attributes dialog. Drawing Layout Template Drawing Layout templates can now be fully customized by the user to display predefined views automatically. An automatic isometric view has been added to the list of available views. 8. Partnership CadSoft The 20-20/Cadsoft solution allows customers who use Cadsoft s Envisioneer software the ability to pass data to the Design system, thus saving time in having to redraw the structure. The design can then be pass back to Envisioneer for inclusion in the total project. Product Content Notification Design V9 Page 7 of 7