Patent ID: 8581904

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional display, the method comprising computer-implemented operations for: retrieving a model defining a feed-forward network related to a development process; generating a first three-dimensional shape representing each internal product according to the model; generating a second three-dimensional shape representing each dependency of each internal product corresponding to each first three-dimensional shape; generating a third three-dimensional shape representing each component of each dependency corresponding to each second three-dimensional shape; and generating a layout of the three-dimensional display by determining dimensions of each first three-dimensional shape, arranging the first three-dimensional shapes representing aggregated products within the first three-dimensional shape representing the product aggregate, arranging the second three-dimensional shapes and the third three-dimensional shapes associated with internal products and internal components utilized in production of the internal products for each corresponding first three-dimensional shape, arranging the second three-dimensional shapes and the third three-dimensional shapes associated with external products and external components utilized in production of the external products for each corresponding first three-dimensional shape, arranging the second three-dimensional shapes and the third three-dimensional shapes with component inputs and component products utilized in production of the component inputs for each corresponding first three-dimensional shape, and arranging the first three-dimensional shapes representing product aggregates by suspending the first three-dimensional shapes representing aggregated products within an interior space of the first three-dimensional shape representing the product aggregate.