3D design and product sales software
Configurix vs SketchUp: configure or model?
SketchUp gives designers freedom to create 3D geometry. Configurix specialises in custom configurators and software for complex products, connecting approved product choices with pricing, quotes and operational data. Compare a pergola project to decide where modelling, guided selling or a combination fits your team.
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Published by Configurix using the official SketchUp sources below and the Configurix implementation scope. This is a vendor-authored comparison, not an independent rating.
Modelling freedom or guided product sales?
Configurix
Guided 3D configuration for selling
The product model defines what a customer or salesperson may change, how compatible options behave and how the resulting design connects to price, quote and project data.
- Best evaluated with a representative product catalogue
- Guided choices instead of unrestricted geometry editing
- Commercial and operational outputs can share one configuration
SketchUp
Flexible 3D modeling and documentation
SketchUp offers web, desktop and iPad modelling, LayOut documentation, Trimble Connect sharing and an extension ecosystem. Its Generate Report feature can export component attributes, quantities and materials to CSV. Availability depends on the product, version and plan.
- Strong for open-ended geometry and concept development
- Broad ecosystem of content, extensions and documentation tools
- Sales pricing and quoting require a defined surrounding workflow
Select a requirement to see the questions to take into your evaluation. Your choice stays on this page and sends no enquiry.
Compare the whole workflow.
Look beyond feature names. For every requirement, identify the responsible supplier, included software, additional development and evidence from a working project.
Primary job
- Configurix
- Guide users through an approved configurable-product catalog and sales process.
- SketchUp
- Create, edit, visualize, document and share general-purpose 3D models.
- What to verify
- Define whether the user is selecting a product or authoring geometry.
Geometry control
- Configurix
- Dimensions and options can be limited by product-specific minimums, maximums and compatibility rules.
- SketchUp
- Users can model detailed and complex geometry with general drawing and editing tools.
- What to verify
- Test one valid design and one intentionally invalid catalog combination.
Product catalogue
- Configurix
- Approved systems, variants, finishes, accessories and regional availability are implementation inputs.
- SketchUp
- 3D Warehouse and configurable assets support modeling, but they are not the seller's governed CPQ catalog by default.
- What to verify
- Ask who owns updates when a supplier changes a component or size rule.
Pricing
- Configurix
- Price lists, formulas, tax, labour, installation, margin and controlled discounts can follow configuration changes.
- SketchUp
- SketchUp supports a surrounding commercial process through appropriately selected extensions or custom development. Confirm the actual calculation path rather than inferring it from modelling tools.
- What to verify
- Demonstrate the full calculation and approval path with actual rules.
Quote output
- Configurix
- The selected product, price and customer information can become a branded quote under the scoped workflow.
- SketchUp
- SketchUp Pro includes LayOut for 2D documentation; a commercial quote still needs a defined process or extension.
- What to verify
- Compare customer-ready documents, not only technical drawings or images.
AR and sharing
- Configurix
- A supported configuration can connect to a customer-facing 3D or AR step and retain the selected product data.
- SketchUp
- SketchUp documents AR viewing and model sharing, with app, device and licence conditions. Android Viewer support and distribution ended on 29 August 2025; its Android AR subscription ended on 5 August 2025.
- What to verify
- Test the exact customer device, permissions, scale and update behaviour.
Website journey
- Configurix
- A guided configurator can be embedded into a branded lead and quote journey.
- SketchUp
- SketchUp for Web supports browser modeling and link sharing; that is different from a governed sales configurator.
- What to verify
- Have a non-technical visitor complete the same task without assistance.
Open-ended design
- Configurix
- Deliberately limited to the catalog and rules included in the working build.
- SketchUp
- A core strength: users can create designs beyond a predefined product family.
- What to verify
- Keep a general modeler if one-off concept work is a regular requirement.
Materials and BOM
- Configurix
- Product identifiers, quantities, materials and configuration revisions can feed a scoped manufacturing BOM and agreed exports.
- SketchUp
- Generate Report lists component attributes, quantities and materials, with templates and CSV export. It depends on how the model and its data are structured.
- What to verify
- Reconcile the same assembly against actual part numbers, units, nesting, waste rules and the approved revision.
CRM and operations
- Configurix
- Lead qualification, calendars and appointments, jobs, orders, invoicing and integrations can be built around the accepted configuration.
- SketchUp
- Define the surrounding business systems and any extensions or custom connections required for the intended process.
- What to verify
- Identify data ownership, permissions, duplicate handling, failures and the person responsible for each handoff.
Decision guide
The same 3D image can hide a different workflow.
A customer may see a pergola in both tools, but the way that model was created—and what remains connected to it—determines the effort needed to price, revise and order the project.
Model authoring
In SketchUp, a trained user creates or adapts geometry. That flexibility matters when every project is conceptually different or the product is not captured by a reusable catalog model.
Product configuration
In Configurix, the implementation team first models the permitted systems and rules. Sales users then select valid variations without authoring the product from scratch.
Commercial continuity
A configuration can carry the product identity, dimensions, options and price inputs into customer documents. In a modeler-led process, those links must be designed separately.
Operational continuity
Ask whether approved product data reaches survey, procurement, production or installation—or whether another user must interpret and re-enter information from the model.
Decision guide
Many teams need both tools—at different stages.
The choice is not always exclusive. A manufacturer may use general modeling tools to develop systems, then publish approved commercial variants through a configurator. An installer may keep SketchUp for exceptional projects while standard products move through Configurix.
Product development
Use open-ended modeling where designers need freedom to explore profiles, structures, context and unusual assemblies before a system becomes a governed sales product.
Repeatable sales
Use a configurator where dealers or customers repeatedly select the same product families and need consistent rules, prices and branded output.
Exceptional projects
Define when a project leaves the standard catalog and moves to a specialist design review. The system should make that boundary visible rather than silently accept an unsupported design.
Data exchange
If both tools remain, specify the source of truth, file formats, version ownership and information that must move between product development, sales and operations.
Custom software for manufacturers
A configurator up front. Your business connected behind it.
We specialize in complex, configurable and made-to-order products. We build custom software around your catalogue, calculations, permissions, sales process and factory workflows.
Custom software around your products
We specialise in complex products and build custom configurators and software around your catalogue. Product rules, CRM and lead qualification, calendars and appointments, pricing and quotes, materials and BOM, jobs, orders, invoicing and website or business-system integrations are agreed for your implementation. Supplier data rights, available interfaces and acceptance tests determine what can be connected.
CRM and qualified leads
Capture the selected product, dimensions and options with each enquiry. Qualify by product fit, project requirements and commercial readiness, then assign the next action to the right salesperson.
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Next actionCalendars and appointments
Let a configured project continue into a sales consultation, technical review, survey or installation appointment. Connect calendars, responsibilities and reminders to the same customer record.
- 09:00Project review
- 11:30Technical review
- 14:00Production planning
Bill of materials and factory data
Map product selections to component codes, quantities, materials and cut lengths. Build the sales or manufacturing BOM your team needs, with revisions and production review rules defined for your products.
| Component | Quantity |
|---|---|
| FRM-01Configured components | 1 |
| PNL-02Materials and quantities | 1 |
| KIT-03Agreed operations | 1 |
Mapped to your product codes
Live prices and branded quotes
Apply your own formulas, price lists, dealer margins and approval rules. Generate a quote containing the saved specification, product images, commercial terms and a clear customer approval step.
Quote revision
Orders, jobs and production
Carry accepted choices into order lines and assigned jobs. Keep product revisions, required approvals, documents and delivery tasks together so sales and the factory work from the same specification.
- Accepted quote01
- Configured order02
- Production job03
- Installation04
Invoicing and accounting
Connect accepted orders to deposits, invoice drafts, payment terms and your accounting workflow. Agree which system issues the invoice and how references and confirmed payment status return to the project.
3D design and product sales software
Built for your website. Connected to your systems.
Launch a branded configurator in your existing website or a custom sales portal. Connect CRM, ERP, PIM, ecommerce, calendars and accounting through available APIs, webhooks or agreed imports. We define the data, permissions and responsibilities for each connection with your team.
- 01Your website
- 02Configurator
- 03CRM & calendar
- 04ERP & accounting
Choose the workflows your implementation needs. We build and validate them against your products, documents and target systems.
Discuss your catalogueTake one real product through every step.
Use one catalogue product, the same dimensions and the same commercial rules. Record training, extensions and manual re-entry as well as the final image.
- Build the same wall-mounted or freestanding pergola from exact dimensions.
- Change the roof, finish and side elements while preserving compatible choices.
- Trigger a span or option combination that the catalogue should reject.
- Calculate the selling price including installation, tax and one controlled discount.
- Create the customer-facing presentation, quote and approval experience.
- Revise the dimensions and confirm every downstream output stays consistent.
- Open the result on the intended customer mobile device and test sharing or AR.
- Record authoring time, training, manual re-entry and required extensions or integrations.
Questions before you choose
Build your sales workflow around your catalogue.
Tell us which products you sell, who configures them and what should happen after the quote. We will discuss a custom configurator and the business software your team needs.
Official sources
The linked SketchUp documentation supports the product descriptions below. Confirm plan, platform and extension requirements directly; absence from a public page does not establish that a capability is unavailable.
- SketchUp for Web
Browser modelling, Trimble ID, model collaboration and plan-dependent features.
- SketchUp product ecosystem
Official product ecosystem covering desktop, web, iPad, LayOut, Trimble Connect and extensions.
- Generate Report · Attributes and CSV
Generate Report: component attributes, quantities, materials, templates and CSV output.
- Android Viewer · End of support
Official Android Viewer retirement dates and alternatives for sharing models.
- Model viewing in augmented reality
AR viewing documentation; read with the retirement notice and verify current app, device and licence support.