builder reports a consumer friendly user interface to customize your own modular home is now available on line. Borrowing from automotive and aeronautical design and engineering departments, as well as gaming developers, modular builder Blu Homes of Waltham, MA has developed the Configurator, allowing customers to visualize the interior and exterior of a home in 3-D. From six different home styles consumers can choose indoor and outdoor colors, appliances, flooring, finishes, fixtures, and cabinetry. Says Maura McCarthy, co-founder of Blu and vice-president of sales and marketing, “The Configurator puts home buyers in the driver’s seat.” The software allows the viewer to hone in on a particular area of a room, as well as provide a 360 degree panorama of each room. Blu has a 150,000 square foot facility in East Longmeadow, MA and recently acquired a 250,000 square foot building in Vallejo, CA.