vSTAGE Editor

3D Editor & Presentation Engine

Transforming complex 3D data into intuitive, real-time presentations - vSTAGE bridges the gap between technical intricacy and user-friendly design. The challenge: Design an interface accessible to both seasoned CAD professionals and newcomers. My role: Lead the UI/UX design to ensure usability across this diverse user base.

Type

Desktop App

Client

Side Effects

Site & Credits

sideeffects.ch

Pikaboo

Allow users to toggle UI elements, reducing clutter and focusing on the task at hand. Personas like 'Export' and 'Overlays' tailor the interface to specific workflows, enhancing efficiency.

UI Elements with an active pop-over menu for showing and hiding UI elements

High-Fidelity Prototype Demo

Demo: high fidelity prototype made in Figma

Always avoid horizontal scrolling... unless...

We adopted horizontal scrolling for the 'slides-bar' to align with user expectations of progressing content to the right, similar to image galleries. Enlarging the tracker improved navigation and user satisfaction.

A slides bar showing a big tracker to scroll horizontally

Product page designed in Figma

Company Website I designed to introduce the products vSTAGE and vHUB
A concept image of an onboarding panel
Concept showcasing the initial layout for the onboarding panel.

Navigating and finding objects in 3D space is one challenge; doing the same with the help of UI elements is another. There are potentially tens of thousands of 3D components, and if you want to select, filter, tag, color, or show/hide many particular elements like nuts and bolts, a well-designed UI can make this task painless. Other neat features not mentioned here include bookmarks and selection sets, inverse selections, etc. These are all very important tools that can be extremely useful and save a lot of time.

A tree view showing many entries. Next to it a small panel to filter and search the view

Conclusion

There is, of course, much more. More challenges and more UI work I have undertaken. This project reinforced the importance of iterative design. Initial assumptions about reusable UI components evolved through continuous testing and feedback, leading to a more adaptable design system.

Gallery

UI ComponentsWireframe stage of the UIFinal vSTAGE DesignLinking of properties of one slide to anotherDashboardPrototype view showing ordered chaos of linked slidesChapters Persona