Patent ID: 8260581

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for use in generating a home design layout, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a floor plan that comprises multiple adjoining rooms; receiving, by the computer system, a user selection of a first room from the multiple adjoining rooms, the user selection activating a portion of the floor plan associated with the first room with a selection device; in response to the user selection of the first room, determining, by the computer system, each wall in the floor plan that structurally defines the layout of first room; storing information about the layout of the first room in a database, the information about the layout of the first room comprising information associated with one or more determined walls; and in response to the user selection of the first room, presenting, on a user interface, a computer-aided design (CAD) model of the first room in its entirety without presenting CAD models for the multiple adjoining rooms.