Smart Design

1
Smart Design

• Feasibility Presentation
• CS 410
• Red Team
• Presenter Olga Stubbs
• 24 March 2005

2
Team Members
3
Presentation Outline

• Problem Characteristics
• Solution
• Market
• Objectives
• Pros/Cons
• Design
• Costs
• Risks
• Conclusion

4
Design Process
5
Design Process

• Initial Discussion

6
Design Process

• Expert Consultation

7
Design Process

• Design Approval

8
Design Process

• Design Implementation

9
Design Process

• Final Discussion

10
(No Transcript)
11
Design Breakdown Process
Initial Discussion,
Final Discussion
Expert Consultation,
4
and Design Approval
36
Design
Implementation
60

• www.salary.com and www.rkdesigns.ie

12
Problem Statement

• Currently creating preliminary 3D renderings for
  commercial Interior/Architectural design is a
  complicated, time-consuming, and difficult to
  duplicate process.

13
Problem Characteristics

• Time
• Money
• Designers Clients
• Ann Orwig, Director of Tidewater Operations for
  Gwaltney Fleming, Inc.

14
Our Solution

• Smart Design
• A software package that renders a room (or
  more) in 3D to allow on the spot preliminary
  designs through a company oriented, customizable
  database for instant customer feedback.

15
(No Transcript)
16
Solution Characteristics

• Contains Customizable Database
• Gives Immediate Prototyping
• Performs 3D Rendering
• Models Lighting Styles
• Wont Measure Rooms Automatically

17
Competition
18
Market Analysis

• 24,643 Commercial Design Firms in the U.S.
• Top annual billings
• Fletcher-Thompson Inc. 21,300,000
• Highland Associates 14,579,500
• Ted Moudis Associates 11,950,000

Direct Media, Inc. newyork.construction.com
19
Potential Market
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
Industrial
Arts
Education
Government
Research
Healthcare
Retail
Manufacturing
Facilities
Centers
Facilities
Facilities
Direct Media, Inc
20
Project Objectives

• Build Customizable Database
• Provide Database Object Updates
• Integrate 3D Rendering Software with Database

21
Customizable Database

• How will it work?

22
Pros

• Saves Time
• 1-2 weeks per design on average
• Saves Money
• 6,000 per design on average

Ann Orwig, Director of Tidewater Operations for
Gwaltney Fleming, Inc.
23
Cons

• Software Development Complexities
• 3D Modeling of Database Objects

24
Functional Components
25
Management Structure
26
Development Cost

• Personnel 1,500,000
• Design Consultants
• Software Engineers
• 3D Rendering Consultants
• Database Designers/Programmers
• Market 100,000
• Licensing 100,000
• Total 1,700,000

• www.salary.com

27
Customer Cost

• Laptop or PC 2,500
• Smart Design 5,000
• Contract for Updates 500/yr
• Database Server 1,000
• RAID Storage 1,000
• Network Device(s) 400

www.gateway.com
28
Risks

• User Interface Complexity
• Computational Requirements
• Database Backup
• Database Query Time

29
Conclusion

• Problem
• Solution
• Market
• Objectives
• Pros/Cons
• Costs
• Risks

30
Questions
31
Experts

• Interior/Architectural Design
• Ann Orwig, Director of Tidewater Operations for
  Gwaltney Fleming, Inc.
• Database Expert
• Chutima Boonthum, PhD Student, ODU, CS Dept.

32
References

• http//newyork.construction.com/people/toplists/20
  04TopDesignFirms.pdf
• http//www.gwaltneyfleming.com/
• http//www.3drender.com/glossary/3drendering.htm
• http//www.rkdesigns.ie/services.htm
• http//www.punchsoftware.com/products/as18.htm
• http//www.i-d-d.com/interior_design_software/inte
  rior_design_software.htm
• http//www.punchsoftware.com/products/as3000.htm
• http//www.remodeling.hw.net
• http//www.real3d.com/about.php
• http//bps-interiors.com

33
Appendix Program Flow