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What is 3D product configurator?

A 3D product configurator lets a shopper change a product’s options — colour, material, size, parts — on an interactive 3D model and see the result and price instantly.

Also called: product configurator, visual configurator

Instead of a static gallery, the product page shows a live 3D model. Every option the brand sells — fabric, finish, hardware, modules — is a control the buyer can change, and the model updates in real time.

A commerce-grade configurator is tied to real business rules: each configuration has a price, maps to the store’s variants, and can generate an instant quotation for the sales team.

Configurators matter most for products that vary by size, finish or material — furniture, kitchens, doors and windows, luggage, lighting — where a photo per combination is impossible.

Why it matters

Configuration replaces guesswork: the buyer sees exactly what they are ordering, so fewer orders come back as not what they expected.

3D Configurator Modular kitchens

Related terms

  • 3D product viewer

    A 3D product viewer is an interactive, rotatable 3D model embedded on a product page so shoppers can spin, zoom and inspect a product from every angle.

  • Variant mapping

    Variant mapping links each option in a 3D configurator to the matching variant or SKU in the store, so the cart, price and stock reflect exactly what the shopper configured.

  • WebAR (app-free AR)

    WebAR is augmented reality that runs in a phone’s web browser, so a shopper can place a product in their real space from a product page without installing an app.

  • PBR materials

    PBR (physically based rendering) materials describe a surface by real-world properties — base colour, roughness, metalness, normal detail — so it looks correct under any lighting.

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