Modumate - Vendor Marketplace
The asset library in Modumate was expanded to include accurate building assemblies and parts from partner brands and opened a new source of funding for the platform.
Other Modumate projects: Onboarding | UI Library | Schedules | Snapshot | Marketplace
My Role
I led the user research and UI/UX design for the Vendor Marketplace and established the sales pipeline for onboarding brands and their products.
The marketplace was the result of the most requested feature - more 3D assets in the asset library.
I led the user research and UI/UX design for the Vendor Marketplace and established the sales pipeline for onboarding brands and their products.
The marketplace was the result of the most requested feature - more 3D assets in the asset library.
Vendor Marketplace
Modumate’s asset library was expanded and provided users access to accurate premium models from the top door, window, and other building supplies manufacturers.
Modumate’s asset library was expanded and provided users access to accurate premium models from the top door, window, and other building supplies manufacturers.
Time to Scale
In order to deliver realistic ray-traced renderings and automated construction documents Modumate needed video game quality assets but the installer needed to be under 3GB. This meant the basic library of default assets was a major limitation for users, and a new place to discover, load, and use assets was needed.
Competitive analysis was conducted looking at what schedules in drawing sets looked like and how they performed, solicited from our customers. We took those problems and pains and looked at modern data table interfaces that customers resonated with.
Partnering with Engineering
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Flexible Data Model
The super schedule uses the same layout to display all types of building parts and assemblies. The design of the flexible table focused on logical groupings of different types of metrics so you can find what you are looking for at a quick glance without a matrix of empty fields in a spreadsheet. When users add new custom fields, they display where you expect them without fussy configuration of the schedule layout.
The schedule is almost always viewed by category (doors, windows, walls, etc) so the data columns line up cleanly and metrics are consistent no matter what view you are looking at. When you open an assemply, you’ll see a listing of all the children parts and assemblies at quick glance with their associated metrics and properties. Simply double-click any property to make a change and the model and all instances are instantly updated.
MVP Implementation and Testing
Initial user feedback was overwhelmingly positive with users looking for ways to export and do more with the data. Comments were added and an export feature to CSV allowed for builders and architects to compliment their existing workflows as they validated the data compared to their manual calculations.
Users also asked for better integration and availability of this data in the modeling interface and as a sharable interface. This lead to the revision of the product roadmap to introduce better telemetry and model data in other parts of the software.
Schedules in the Share Feature
The schedule feature became a cornerstone of the Super Deliverable - a web-based export of the project including drawings, renderings, and basic schedules of doors, windows, and FFE that is typically delivered to clients and consultants. The design utilized the same UI library making for speedy implementation.
Assembly Popover
The schedule feature also led to the creation of the assembly popover. When assemblies are hovered over in the modeling interface of Modumate, the detail popover reports relevant metrics and quantities. This data is pulling from the same feature set powering the schedules.
A simply tree below grouped properties gives an in-depth overview of the assembly and it’s constituent parts. The quantity data from the schedule was also added to the preset section of the properties panel providing access to this data. These features were delivered as a part of the schedules feature.
Other Modumate projects: Onboaring | UI Library | Schedules | Snapshot | Marketplace