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  OT - advanced sales website sought Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2017-05-02 23:32 +0100
    Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-05-03 19:51 +0000
      Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2017-05-04 10:39 +0100
        Re: OT - advanced sales website sought "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-05-04 14:51 +0200
        Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-05-04 14:53 +0000
          Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2017-05-05 11:50 +0100
            Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Flng Fck <nothanks@invalid.invalid> - 2017-05-05 16:32 +0200
              Re: OT - advanced sales website sought Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> - 2017-05-06 11:14 +0100

#33163 — OT - advanced sales website sought

I have a friend who runs a growing furniture business.  One of his lines 
is a modular bookcase, where small units, boxes in different woods, are 
stacked up in a variety of possible configurations.

He wants a website where visitors can choose from various modules, and 
stack them visually, rearranging them until they have what they want.  
Ideally it would calculate overall dimensions, and cost, and ideally-
ideally give a 3D view (animated?).

I've seen and used some pretty smart architectural software that does 
stuff like this, though as an application rather than a website.  This 
is *way* beyond my coding knowledge, and I assume it would be best done 
using some platform with these abilities, customised for the particular 
product.  Anyone have any idea where he might get something like this, 
or get it built at a reasonable cost?

Apologies if this is felt to be OT, but I don't know where else to ask!
-- 

Phil, London

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#33184

For your reference, records indicate that 
Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:

> Anyone have any idea where he might get something like this, 
> or get it built at a reasonable cost?

Without supplying a definition of “reasonable cost” in this context, 
the only answer you’ll get is:  It cannot be done.  Custom software 
is not cheap.  Software needs ongoing maintenance.  Web-based 
software doubly so.

-- 
"Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."
River Tam, Trash, Firefly

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#33190

In article <oedcbg$gmd$1@dont-email.me>, droleary@
2017usenet1.subsume.com says...
> 
> For your reference, records indicate that 
> Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have any idea where he might get something like this, 
> > or get it built at a reasonable cost?
> 
> Without supplying a definition of ?reasonable cost? in this context, 
> the only answer you?ll get is:  It cannot be done.  Custom software 
> is not cheap.  Software needs ongoing maintenance.  Web-based 
> software doubly so.

I have to say that I don't think your contribution adds anything useful 
to this.  Modern software is componentised; I'm not seeking something 
wholly new.  I'm simply asking if any of the helpful folk on these 
groups know of anything I might follow up.

-- 

Phil, London

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#33192

Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote on 04 May 2017 in 
comp.lang.javascript:

> I'm not seeking something 
> wholly new.  I'm simply asking if any of the helpful folk on these 
> groups know of anything I might follow up.

These NGs are usenet discussion-goups, NOT helpdesks.

You have no right to deside what responses you don't want.

Placing OT postings is not done according to Netiquette, btw.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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#33195

For your reference, records indicate that 
Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:

> I have to say that I don't think your contribution adds anything useful 
> to this.  Modern software is componentised; I'm not seeking something 
> wholly new.  I'm simply asking if any of the helpful folk on these 
> groups know of anything I might follow up.

If the world seems unhelpful, perhaps you should reflect on what *your* 
contribution of “anything useful” is.  You certainly *still* haven’t 
disclosed what you deem to be a reasonable cost.  You definitely 
haven’t given a problem broken down to the level of reusable components.  
Nobody even knows what you’re running on the server side of things.  The 
best anyone can probably do with the information you’ve given is point 
you to something like <https://threejs.org>.  Everything else is work, 
and you’ve not made it clear that you’re willing to pay a reasonable 
wage.

-- 
"Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."
River Tam, Trash, Firefly

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#33213

In article <oeffa1$h9f$1@dont-email.me>, droleary@
2017usenet1.subsume.com says...
> 
> For your reference, records indicate that 
> Philip Herlihy <thiswillbounceback@you.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have to say that I don't think your contribution adds anything useful 
> > to this.  Modern software is componentised; I'm not seeking something 
> > wholly new.  I'm simply asking if any of the helpful folk on these 
> > groups know of anything I might follow up.
> 
> If the world seems unhelpful, perhaps you should reflect on what *your* 
> contribution of ?anything useful? is.  You certainly *still* haven?t 
> disclosed what you deem to be a reasonable cost.  You definitely 
> haven?t given a problem broken down to the level of reusable components.  
> Nobody even knows what you?re running on the server side of things.  The 
> best anyone can probably do with the information you?ve given is point 
> you to something like <https://threejs.org>.  Everything else is work, 
> and you?ve not made it clear that you?re willing to pay a reasonable 
> wage.

Thank you; the reference is useful, helpful, and very interesting, and 
definitely in the right direction.  I've no experience whatever of this 
gaming/visualisation area, so simply being able to pick up on the 
vocabulary used is of value.  Much appreciated.  Ultimately we'll be 
looking for someone to build the "configurator" my friend needs, but so 
far I've struggled to know what to ask for and where to ask it.

-- 

Phil, London

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#33215

Il 05/05/2017 12:50, Philip Herlihy ha scritto:
> Thank you; the reference is useful, helpful, and very interesting, and
> definitely in the right direction.  I've no experience whatever of this
> gaming/visualisation area, so simply being able to pick up on the
> vocabulary used is of value.  Much appreciated.  Ultimately we'll be
> looking for someone to build the "configurator" my friend needs, but so
> far I've struggled to know what to ask for and where to ask it.

Did you try browsing some furniture businesses webstes? I'm sure there's 
already someone out there offering some kind of configurator to 
potential customers, just find the ones you like and contact the 
software houses that created those websites. Just search for "furniture 
configurator" or "kitchen configurator" and so on

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#33234

In article <oei274$vsu$1@dont-email.me>, nothanks@invalid.invalid 
says...
> 
> Il 05/05/2017 12:50, Philip Herlihy ha scritto:
> > Thank you; the reference is useful, helpful, and very interesting, and
> > definitely in the right direction.  I've no experience whatever of this
> > gaming/visualisation area, so simply being able to pick up on the
> > vocabulary used is of value.  Much appreciated.  Ultimately we'll be
> > looking for someone to build the "configurator" my friend needs, but so
> > far I've struggled to know what to ask for and where to ask it.
> 
> Did you try browsing some furniture businesses webstes? I'm sure there's 
> already someone out there offering some kind of configurator to 
> potential customers, just find the ones you like and contact the 
> software houses that created those websites. Just search for "furniture 
> configurator" or "kitchen configurator" and so on

Thanks, I'll try that.  Meanwhile, another respondent** drew my 
attention to the three.js library, which looks so intriguing that I 
might end up having a go myself at some point!

**Replies to this thread were supposed to end up on 
comp.infosystem.www.authoring.html (using the Followup-to header) just 
to stop my multi-posted thread ticking off any more people than it had 
to!

-- 

Phil, London

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