A Range layer lets the customer choose a number, such as a width, a length or a quantity, on a slider, in a box, or both. Other layers read that number, most often a Formula layer that prices it.
Add a Range layer
- Turn on Custom Fields under 3D Configurators → Modules and click Save.
- Open your configurator in the editor, on the Model Structure tab.
- In the layer list, select the group the Range belongs in, for example Dimensions.
- Click the Range icon among the add-layer icons. Hover over an icon to see its name.
- Rename the layer, for example to Width.
- Select the layer. Its Field Settings open in the settings panel.
Field Settings
| Setting | Example | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Label | Width | Shown to customers above the field. Leave empty to use the layer name. |
| Description | (optional) | Shown under the label, to help the customer fill the field in. |
| Minimum | 7 | The lowest value a customer can choose. |
| Maximum | 21 | The highest value a customer can choose. |
| Step | 1 | How far one move of the slider goes. A typed value snaps to the step too. |
| Default Value | 7 | Pre-filled value. It counts towards the total price as soon as the page loads. |
| Input Style | Slider and box | A slider suits a short scale. A box suits a measurement the customer already knows. |
| Unit | in | Shown after the value, such as cm or kg. |
At the bottom of Field Settings, Preview lets you try the control as a customer gets it. Nothing there is saved.
What the customer sees
The Range appears in its group with its label, a slider and a number box, and the unit after the value. In the skateboard example, Width runs from 7 to 21 in and Length is set to 28 in. A Formula row such as Area $196.00 sits beneath them and changes as the customer moves either slider.
Using a Range in a Formula
A Formula layer reads a Range through a variable. Choose what the variable Reads:
| Reads | What you get |
|---|---|
| Value | The number the customer set, on the Range’s scale. A Width of 7 reads as 7. |
| Price | What the Range costs. |
A Range is always chosen, so it never reads 0 because it was skipped. Set the scale in the units you want to calculate with: a Width in millimetres reads as millimetres, so divide by 1,000,000 to get square metres.
Open items
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