Tag: design workflow
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Tablet Cases for Contractors On the Go
An electronic tablet offers all kinds of conveniences, but protection against coffee spills, dirt, impact, and weather isn’t one of them. Here’s the skinny on protective cases.
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3D Printers Are About to Change Your Life
3D printing has arrived. The implications for building and design extend from architectural models to hardware to walls to simply helping your customers envision the work you plan to do.
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Visual Aides: How to Present Design Ideas
Let TV and movies be your guide to some creative approaches to presenting your next design plan.
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Third-Party Interference: Create Policies To Keep Clients From Changing Their Minds Mid-Project
Kitchen designer Jeff Kida suggests ways to keep clients on track with their project choices to help avoid cost overruns.
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Pipeline Management
Every Monday, the sales and design teams at Kiernan Remodeling + Design, in Bradenton, Fla., meet to discuss their upcoming sales appointments for the week. Every attendee at the meeting comes armed with this Pipeline Report, which details project leads that are at various stages of the sales process.
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Pinterest: Another Social Media Marketing Option for Remodelers
Pinterest, a social media site, connects remodelers and potential customers and enables them to share design ideas with each other and with a wider audience.
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Seeing Is Believing: Design Sofware Helps Clients Picture the Remodel
Softplan and ProKitchen software offer handy tools for presenting your clients with drawings and 3-D renderings of their project.
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Virtual Ease: Using 3-D PDFs to Convey a Design to Clients
Using 3-D images can help clients better understand and experience their remodeling project, making for clearer communication and a smoother process.
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Design Aid
Until about a year and a half ago, we solely drafted by hand. We now use AutoCAD LT for everything except hand-renderings or quick conceptual plans/elevations that give a sense of personalization to the project and keep it in the “idea??? phase.
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Designed for Business: There Are Benefits to Creating a Showroom — Even During the Recession
A new showroom helps Morrell Builders both redefine the selections process for clients and educate them about design/build, while differentiating the remodeler from competitors.