Patent ID: 7925611

Claim:
A system that renders data in an industrial automation environment, comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the system including: a device analyzer that determines at least one of a property, limitation, or software plug-in associated with a plurality of devices intended for delivery of data received from a physical device within the industrial automation environment; a Human Machine Interface (HMI) generator that receives the data and generates at least one of code or disparate data for a HMI in accordance with the at least one of property, limitation, or software plug-in of the plurality of devices, the HMI generator delivers the at least one of code or disparate data to the plurality of devices; and a processing component that renders one or more multi-dimensional software objects, that represent at least one process point associated with the physical device, based at least in part on the at least one of a property, limitation, or software plug-in of the plurality of devices, wherein manipulation of the one or more multi-dimensional software objects effectuates a change of state in the physical device.