Reference · Parametric product configurator
Web Configurator for a Steel Swap Body
For XBond GmbH & Co. KG we turned the steel swap body XB1212 into a parametric 3D model with a web configurator. Customers set length, height, colours and equipment on the company website, saw the result in 3D and sent their request. The same model provided price, weight and technical drawings.
Client
XBond GmbH & Co. KG, Ahaus
Product
Steel swap body XB1212 (Stahlwechselkoffer) for trucks
Our part
Parametric 3D model, web configurator, automated output for sales
Output
Live 3D model, price and weight, request and offer, technical drawings
One product, many variants, one model.
A swap body is built to order. Length, load height, colours and equipment change with every customer. Before the configurator, each request meant work for sales, design and engineering before a customer got an answer.
We described the XB1212 as a set of rules in one parametric model. Every choice in the configurator updates the 3D model at once. The same data feeds the price, the weight, the offer and the technical drawings.
Dimensions and quantity
- Body length7150, 7450 or 7820 mm
- Load heightstandard or special height
- Quantityfrom 1–2 to more than 100 units
01
The product as rules
Dimensions, structure and options were defined as parameters with fixed choices and limits. That keeps every configuration buildable.
02
Colours and equipment
Customers chose RAL colours for each part of the body and added equipment option by option. Each change appears in the 3D model straight away.
Examples from the configurator
- Coloursframe, body, roof, rear portal (RAL)
- Roofskylight segments
- Rail transportDB grab edges to DIN 284
- Load securing2 t lashing rings (EN 12640)
- Moreventilation, customs seal, floor wear protection, document holder
03
Live 3D model in the browser
The configurator ran directly on the XBond website. Customers could turn the model, open it full screen and see their swap body as it would be built.
04
From request to offer and drawings
At the end, customers entered their contact details and sent the request or downloaded it. Behind the form, the model provided price, weight, the offer and technical drawings, without the usual back and forth between sales, design and engineering.
Request form
- Contactcompany, name, email, phone
- Notesfree text for special wishes
- Actionssend request or download it
From configuration to production
The configurator was more than a sales tool. Because every variant comes from the same rules, the model could also produce manufacturing data. A finished configuration could then go to the production floor with little manual work. This link between digital configuration and physical production is the idea behind cyber-physical production systems (CPPS) and Industry 4.0.
What this means for other products
Any product built to order from a fixed system can work this way: trailers and bodies, furniture, stairs, facades. The rules are defined once. After that, customers configure, and sales, engineering and production work from the same data.
XBond GmbH & Co. KG no longer operates. The video shows the configurator on the former company website.
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