Patent ID: 8065623

Claim:
A method of designing a workspace on a computer screen, comprising the steps of: depicting a predetermined area on the computer screen representative of the workspace and including one or more existing objects; selecting one of a plurality of objects from a menu of objects for positioning in the predetermined area and providing the same as a selected object; moving a cursor to a user desired location on the computer screen, wherein the selected object is associated with the cursor; validating that the selected object may be positioned in the predetermined area with the one or more existing objects already positioned in the predetermined area; generating a ghost image of the selected object on the computer screen at the user desired location only after validating that the selected object may be positioned at the user desired location; automatically adjusting one or more physical parameters of the selected object based upon the one or more existing objects already positioned in the predetermined area; and placing the selected object having the adjusted parameters in the predetermined area on the computer screen when the validating step determines that the selected object may be positioned in the predetermined area.