All you need to know about HomeByMe
Frequently Asked Questions
HomeByMe is a platform providing 3D product configuration and visualization, 3D space planning, augmented reality, and business operations management solutions. Together, they personalize the entire consumer buying experience in the virtual world. We provide kitchen, bathroom, storage, DIY and furniture and decor businesses with market-leading 3D space planning solutions that impress consumers and enrich their buying experiences with new ways of inspiring ideas, evaluating their decisions, and purchasing home goods.
3D planning is a powerful design approach that allows you to visualize home interiors, such as kitchen and bathroom fittings, fixtures, furniture and decor, within a 3D floor plan. This virtual model of the building floor plan includes structural and design details such as walls, windows, doors and stairs, all drawn to scale complete with measurements. The aim of 3D planning is to make it easier to visualize details, including furniture and decor, and be clear of how everything will look before committing to a purchase or remodeling decision.
We are the world-leading 3D space planning solution provider, but this is only part of what we do. We also develop 3D product and style configuration, visualization, augmented reality, and business operations management solutions. Please head to our solution and product pages for more information.
HomeByMe is a platform with the purpose of making dream homes possible thanks to virtual universes. On https://home.by.me/, consumers and independent professionals such as interior designers and craftsmen can access our solution directly. We provide our 3D planning service for free or through a monthly subscription.
On https://enterprise-home.by.me/ companies of all sizes (from small and medium businesses to large international companies such as brands, retailers and manufacturers) can discover our wide range of solutions, covering 3D space planning, product configuration, augmented reality and sales cycle management. Companies can contact us on 3DVIA.Sales@3ds.com for more information. We would be more than happy to answer your queries, deliver a personalized demo and create a quote.
http://home.by.me is a free 3D planning solution targeted at consumers and interior designers as well as craftsmen and professionals within the home and furniture industry. It’s a place for them to design their own home projects and create high-quality renderings, which they can share within the HomeByMe community. We offer additional subscription plans for those who want to take advantage of more features.
HomeByMe Enterprise delivers special solutions targeted at kitchen, bathroom, storage, DIY and furniture and decor retailers, manufacturers and brands of all sizes worldwide. Our business solutions cover the entire consumer buying experience, delivering all the capabilities for customers and sales to imagine, design, plan, configure, buy and sell home interior projects in 3D.
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HomeByMe solutions are developed by Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in 3D innovations for more than 40 years delivering solutions to companies of all sizes and all sectors. With 20,000 employees originating from 140 nations, Dassault Systèmes serves 290,000 companies and 25 million business users (engineers, CAD designers, R&D, etc.) across 11 industries worldwide.
Dassault Systèmes’ customers range from major accounts to startups and governments, as well as individual users. We provide solutions for all sectors of the economy, from mass retail to high-tech. Other brands such as SOLIDWORKS and CATIA belong to Dassault Systèmes.
About HomeByMe users
We created HomeByMe to make home design accessible for all. Everyone from consumers and interior designers to salespeople at DIY companies and home and furniture brands, retailers and manufacturers can use our solutions.
Consumers are key users of HomeByMe solutions, but they are only one element of our amazing community. The free 3D planning solution is for consumers, interior designers, craftspeople and DIYers, to name a few.
HomeByMe Enterprise solutions are dedicated to home and furniture brands, retailers and manufacturers, with specific functionality tailored for online shoppers and in-store or remote sales, designers and store, retail or franchisee managers.
Your in-store sales experts can use HomeByMe Enterprise solutions to make the consumer buying experience more personalized than ever. They can collaborate with their customers on home projects, helping to inspire, design, style, configure and configure dream rooms and products that are ready to buy.
They can also use the Product Configurator app to show their customers all product variants – whether it’s a sofa or bed – from wherever they are, without the need for internet access.
Behind the scenes, our Retail Operations solution connects the entire sales experience. It automates cost estimates, customer orders, delivery scheduling and aftersales service, so sales can concentrate on delivering the best customer experience.
Yes, HomeByMe Enterprise is ideally suited for kitchen, bathroom, storage, DIY and furniture and decor retailers to implement on their website and in their stores to improve the consumer experience, increase conversion rates, drive traffic from web to store and improve in-store services, while facilitating sales to increase revenue . It’s also suitable for brands and manufacturers across the home and furniture industry, and we have many brands and manufacturers that are already HomeByMe Enterprise clients.
Our “Brands Corner” gives home and furniture brands a unique opportunity to expose their products and grow awareness of what they do by having their products included in millions of professionally rendered 3D images. Contact us to find out more.
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HomeByMe serves all major home segments, covering kitchens, bathrooms, storage, furniture, decor, and DIY. Our solutions are optimized for each sector, delivering specific workflows and business rules that keep every home project on track.
We’re proud to support some of the home industry’s leading retailers, manufacturers and brands. To name just a few, we are proud to work with pure players such as cabinets.com in North America, kitchen brands such as Hygena, and kitchen manufacturers such as Pino, Discac, WM88. In the furniture sector, we have a long-term collaboration with the Gautier brand as well as retailers and manufacturers including Story, Monsieur Meuble, BUT, Stressless, Aerre italia, Tousalon, 4pieds, Château d’Ax and City Furniture in the US. We also work with large DIY retailers such Castorama, Bricot Depot and Leroy Merlin in Spain. Finally, BUT is also a user of our Retail Operations solution.
HomeByMe serves businesses of all sizes, from large international retailers and manufacturers to household brands and small, independent businesses.
HomeByMe Availability and Support
HomeByMe solutions are available to use in over 150 countries, complete with support for multiple languages, currencies and regional design variances.
HomeByMe is adapted to suit the needs of specific markets and geographies. Our solutions are available in eight different languages, include metric and imperial measurements (inches and centimeters) and support multiple currencies (dollars, pounds and euros). We also reflect regional design variances in our solutions, such as framed and frameless cabinets in the kitchen.
All HomeByMe solutions are suitable for use on any device, including desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones. We even have a mobile app for iOS and Android devices, available to download from the App Store and Google Play, which lets users enjoy the best of our software features from their smartphone and take their home projects on the go.
Yes, all HomeByMe solutions are powered 100% by the cloud and available online. Both you and the customer collaborate within the same online environment, which can be accessed via a browser and requires no download.
We also have dedicated product configurator apps for sales to use, allowing them to display all product variants from wherever they are, without the need for internet access.
Next Steps
Please contact us at 3DVIA.Sales@3ds.com where we can talk through all the options available to you.
We have a range of industry solutions and products to meet your specific business needs. Again, please contact us so we can create a tailored package for your company. Get in touch: 3DVIA.Sales@3ds.com.
All our 3D solutions are designed to be intuitive and very easy to use with limited training required. That’s because we created them to be used by consumers first. Both consumers and sales can get up to speed within minutes and create amazing home design projects. For your sales team, especially in the context of a retail environment where they need to get up to speed fast, it’s a major benefit.
We have plenty of available resources for you to explore on our website. Head to the individual solution and product pages for an overview of what we do and feel free to download our e-books. You can also visit our resource center or please feel free to contact us directly. Our team of experts would be happy to answer all your questions.
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