How does the free 3D design and proposal work?

What it is

The free 3D design is how most of our simulator rooms get planned. You tell me about your space, and I send back a web page made for your room alone: a 3D render of it with the simulator in place, the options that fit, and live prices you can buy from. There's no charge, no deposit and no obligation to buy.

You can ask for it in two ways. Message me on WhatsApp from the free design page, or describe your room to SIM:ON, our AI sim designer, on the SIM:ON page. SIM:ON builds the same kind of page, and I see every one.

First, the size check

We design rooms of at least 3.0m wide, 2.7m high and 4.2m long (4.3m for the taller SIM 5 and SIM 6 enclosures). If your room is under any of those, I'll say so straight away rather than design something you can't use, and point you to a garden cage, a launch monitor for the range or a putting setup instead. Will a golf simulator fit my room? shows how to measure.

What to send

1. Your room's width, ceiling height and length in metres, measured where the simulator will stand. Use the narrowest width and the lowest point of the ceiling.
2. A few photos of the space, if you can: the wall where the screen would go, the view back from it, and the ceiling. Through SIM:ON you can add up to three.
3. Anything fixed in the way: beams, pendant lights, ducting, a boiler, windows, doors or garage door runners.
4. Whether you're left- or right-handed, and whether anyone else who'll play swings the other way.
5. Any launch monitor you already own or have in mind. A launch monitor is the unit that measures each shot.
6. Whether you have a gaming PC, and if so its processor, graphics card and memory.
7. Roughly what you'd like to spend, and how you'll use it: practice, course play, family games or all three.

Only the room sizes are essential. Everything else helps me get the first version right.

How we use your photos

Photos show what a tape measure misses: a light in the swing path, a radiator where the screen would go, a socket at the wrong end. We never take a measurement from a photo, because a photo has no scale. If I spot something, I'll describe it and ask you to confirm before treating it as fact. Your photos never appear on your proposal page, and photos sent through SIM:ON are deleted after 90 days.

What you get back

A proposal page with your name on it. It includes:

• A 3D render of your room, made in Blender from your measurements. It's computer modelling of the real kit, not an AI-generated picture: the SimSpace enclosure in your size, the projector, the launch monitor where its manual says it goes, and the mat.
• Measurements drawn on the render: screen size, how far the projector throws, tee to screen, launch monitor height and the room itself. Tap any item to see what it is, its live price and a link to it.
• How your room measures up against each option, including whether there's length for a radar launch monitor.
• What I spotted in your photos, if you sent any.
• Usually up to four options, with the one I'd build first. Each lists every item at its live price, shows any package saving and has its own basket link.
• Add-ons worth considering, each with the reason, such as side netting, an HDMI cable, a ceiling mount or putting turf. They're only added if you say yes.
• The data each launch monitor measures, the software and what it costs each year, the courses you can play, and answers to the usual questions.

You can see a published example at /pages/max-golf-room. Its prices were set when it was built, so treat it as an example of the format, not a quote.

How long it takes

• SIM:ON designs your room in the chat as soon as it has the width, length and ceiling height. You see a first version of the page straight away, and the finished page with the 3D render replaces it about two minutes later.
• On WhatsApp I usually reply within the hour, between 8am and 8pm. A proposal I build by hand takes longer because I check every item against your room, so I don't promise a fixed time.
• Prices on your page are held for 14 days.

What happens next

1. Read it in your own time and send any questions. If anything changes, such as the room, the budget or the launch monitor, I'll rebuild the page.
2. When you're ready, use the basket link on the option you want, or ask for an invoice by WhatsApp or email and pay by bank transfer.
3. We don't send a fitter. If you'd rather not build it yourself, a handyman booked through Airtasker can assemble it.

Returns follow our 14-day policy. If you're still choosing between packages, packages by budget and room is a good place to start.