Patent ID: 8532962

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for designing a building system, comprising: defining, using a computer, building information; and developing, using the computer, building information; and wherein: defining, using the computer, building information comprises: selecting a building from a category from a drop down menu on a display in communication with the computer; selecting a type of building from a dialog box; and selecting a building; and developing, using the computer, building information comprises: selecting a number of floors for the building from the dialog box; in the dialog box, a user giving a name to each of the floors; designating areas for each floor; and further comprising: representing the building and floors with a map view diagram shown on the display; and dragging and dropping geometrical shapes on the diagram to represent objects in the building and to reflect space relationships among the objects and wherein if the building is represented with a tree view and a list view, then the map view can be automatically generated and synchronized with the tree view and list view.