Aug 19 2010
MediaLab 3D Studio of Tampa, Fla. has developed a revolutionary online tool which allows for new home builders to demonstrate the construction options, selected by a customer, to subcontractors.
This may include floor covering breaks, phone, cable, lighting fixtures and other outlets and switches. With this user-friendly tool, customers can work from the privacy of their own home, or with help from their sales representative, to make decisions about their new home according to their specific needs and preferences.
"Our Interactive Floor Plan Markup Manager eliminates marking up a sales brochure," said Mike Lozicki, President of MediaLab. "With our new tool, subcontractors can simply log onto the builder's web site to see an electronic version of the annotated floor plan. Not only is this more convenient, but it also ensures they are reviewing the most recent information."
The Interactive Floor Plan Markup Manager utilizes drag and drop symbols that are clicked on and then dragged to the floor plan, where they will remain in place until moved or deleted. The tool allows for personalizing features such as flooring types, electrical, television and cable outlets, electrical switches, lighting options, thermostats, ceiling fans, phone jacks, gas stubs and more. A choice of structural options such as fireplaces, bay windows, and alternate bedroom, bathroom or kitchen configurations are all just a click away. There are also features that allow for plan zooming and plan reversal.
Fulton Homes, an Arizona-based homebuilder, uses the Interactive Floor Plan Markup Manager as a sales tool where salespeople can save the customer's selections, print out a personalized brochure, and incorporate it into the sales contract.
"We will save over $50,000 a year in sales and back office time with the Interactive Floor Plan Markup Manager. The salespeople can markup a floor plan in a quarter of the time," said Dennis Webb, Vice President of Marketing for Fulton Homes in Tempe, Ariz. "We have gone paperless with our trades, eliminating floor plan copying for each subcontractor. They now access our web site."
Source: http://www.medialab3dstudio.com/