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# Baldwin Pergolas Online Configurators — Interactive Design and Pricing Tools ## Overview Baldwin Pergolas offers a suite of real-time 3D configurators that allow homeowners, architects, landscape architects, and commercial developers to design a custom pergola, visualize it in a photorealistic 3D environment, generate an accurate material price, and submit a proposal request — all without a sales call. These tools are among the most sophisticated design and pricing instruments available from any outdoor structure manufacturer. They represent a fundamental shift in how pergola projects begin: the client arrives informed, with a designed concept, an accurate budget, and a visual they can share with their architect, contractor, or HOA. The conversation that follows is more productive because the design work has already started. **In development:** Awnings configurator, Gable pergola configurator (with and without roofing), Modern pergola configurator. --- ## Key Concepts - Real-time 3D rendering — every parameter change updates the visualization instantly - Full day/night sky simulation — sun position, moon, stars, and accurate shadow casting - Lighting visualization — downlights and uplights illuminate the structure at night, adjustable intensity - Site photo upload — users can place the pergola into a photo of their actual property - Accurate Odoo ERP-connected pricing — estimated material price updates in real time - Lead generation — "Request Proposal & CAD" button submits the configuration to Baldwin - CAD file generation — every configuration produces a downloadable CAD file for review - Configuration summary panel — total columns, rafter count, rafter length, purlin count, arc length, and full specification - Four configurators live; additional configurators in development - Multi-file architecture — built for ease of maintenance and future expansion --- ## What Each Configurator Controls ### Standard Pergola Configurator | Parameter | Options | |---|---| | Configuration | Freestanding, Attached, Colonnade | | Width | Continuously variable | | Depth | Continuously variable | | Column style | All nine Baldwin profiles — round and square | | Column height | Continuously variable | | Additional columns | Auto or manual | | Beam size | 2×8 FRP (standard), larger options | | Rafter tail profile | Windsor, Baldwin, Kensington, Cove, Huntington | | Rafter spacing | Continuously variable | | Purlin spacing | Continuously variable | | Sun cycle | Time-of-day slider — animates sun position and shadow | | Downlights | Intensity slider — illuminates at night | | Uplights | Intensity slider — illuminates at night | | Color | Full color picker — any paint color | | Surface | Footings, deck, grass, patio | | Estimated material price | Live — updates with every change | ### Curved Pergola & Colonnade Configurator | Parameter | Options | |---|---| | Inner radius | Continuously variable (shown: 15'-0") | | Arc
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