Patent ID: 9679102
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an engineering design database comprising a number of structure placement engineering designs, wherein each structure placement engineering design comprises information identifying a placement position for a structure in a platform; a user interface configured to display a number of graphical icons representing various types of structures and a structure to be placed, and receive an initial placement based on a desired initial position for the structure in a design, and to display a plurality of suggested placements for the structure; a suggested placement identifier configured to determine the plurality of suggested placements for the structure from the number of structure placement engineering designs by using the design and the initial placement for the structure; and a value identifier configured to identify a value for each suggested placement in the plurality of suggested placements, wherein each value indicates an amount of savings relative to a value of the initial placement, and wherein the user interface is configured to display value indicators indicating the value for each suggested placement in the plurality of suggested placements; wherein each suggested placement in the plurality of suggested placements correspond to prior placements in designs for an interior for which structure placement engineering designs have already been developed; and wherein the design is implemented using a suggested placement in the plurality of suggested placements for the structure to manufacture the platform.