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"A catalog merchant (catalogue merchant in British and Canadian English) is a form of retailing. The typical merchant sells a wide variety of household and personal products, with many emphasizing jewelry. Unlike a self-serve retail store, most of the items are not displayed; customers select the products from printed catalogs in the store and fill out an order form. The order is brought to the sales counter, where a clerk retrieves the items from the warehouse area to a payment and checkout station. ...
The catalog merchant has generally lower prices than other retailers and lower overhead expenses due to the smaller size of store and lack of large showroom space.
There are a few key benefits to this approach. By operating as an in-store catalog sales center, it could be exempt from the "Resale price maintenance" policy of the manufacturers, which can force conventional retailers to charge a minimum sales price to prevent price-cutting competition; it also reduces the risk of merchandise theft, known in the industry as shrinkage.
From the consumer's point of view, there are potential advantages and disadvantages. The catalog showroom approach allows customers to shop without having to carry their purchases throughout the store as they shop. Possible downsides include that customers may be required to give their contact information when an order is placed, take the time to fill out order forms, and wait a period of time for their order to be available for purchase. This wait may be days long, one of the chief vulnerabilities of the catalog showroom approach." [Catalog merchant. Wikipedia]
The UML use case diagram example "System of goods selling via catalogues" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Rapid UML solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
UML use case diagram
UML use case diagram, use case, system boundary, actor,

Store Layout Software

Creation of Store layout, Shop floor plan, Plans for warehouse and industrial premises, is one of the most important stages in development and design of the store, supermarket or shopping center. Layouts and plans help us clearly imagine our project after implementation, to consider all details, and improve it if necessary. The optimal store layout and design, proper zoning, well thought-out placement of the trade equipment, significantly increase the profit of the shop. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is ideal store layout software that allows easy and professionally create varied Store layouts, Shop designs, Planograms, Designs for сommercial spaces, Cafe floor plans, Restaurant layouts, Office floor plans, House floor plans, and many others layouts thanks to the powerful tools offered by Floor Plans solution included to Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. It includes many examples, quick-start templates and predesigned vector stencils libraries. With all this tools you don't need more to be professional artist to create great-looking Store layouts.

Interior Design

Interior design is simultaneously the science and art directed on beautification of interior space with the aim to provide convenience, comfort, aesthetic for pleasant staying of people. Interior design is very multifaceted, it includes the processes of interior design development, space planning, research, communication with project's stakeholders, programming, management, coordination, site inspections, all they are realized directly by interior designers or under its supervision. Creation of interior design project lets you plan and optimize the space, improve the navigation inside large premises, develop the decoration project according to the chosen style, create the lighting plan, ventilation scheme, plumbing and heating plans, and schematic of furniture arrangement. Numerous solutions from Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park contain examples, samples, templates and vector stencils libraries helpful for development the interior designs of different styles, for professional creation the interior design drawings and using them for technical documentation.
This HVAC plan sample shows the air handler layout on the floor plan.
"An air handler, or air handling unit (often abbreviated to AHU), is a device used to condition and circulate air as part of a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. An air handler is usually a large metal box containing a blower, heating or cooling elements, filter racks or chambers, sound attenuators, and dampers. Air handlers usually connect to a ductwork ventilation system that distributes the conditioned air through the building and returns it to the AHU. Sometimes AHUs discharge (supply) and admit (return) air directly to and from the space served without ductwork.
Small air handlers, for local use, are called terminal units, and may only include an air filter, coil, and blower; these simple terminal units are called blower coils or fan coil units. A larger air handler that conditions 100% outside air, and no recirculated air, is known as a makeup air unit (MAU). An air handler designed for outdoor use, typically on roofs, is known as a packaged unit (PU) or rooftop unit (RTU)." [Air handler. Wikipedia]
The floor plan example "Air handler - HVAC plan" was created using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the HVAC Plans solution from the Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Floor plan
Floor plan, window, casement, double door, door, centrifugal fan, air filter, L-room,