Patent ID: 7769614

Claim:
A computerized method for using a collaborative commerce application to provide a user with information associated with a first component that is part of a second component of a fluid processing plant, comprising: in a first computer process executed by a computer processor, displaying a two-dimensional drawing of the second component on a display at a client site, wherein the first component is included in the two-dimensional drawing, and wherein data used to display the two-dimensional drawing is stored at a central site in a computer aided design format for a three-dimensional graphical model; in a second computer process executed by the computer processor, providing the user with the ability to select a portion of the two-dimensional drawing that is associated with the first component; and in a third computer process executed by a computer processor, displaying the information associated with the first component on the display, wherein the information associated with the first component is stored at the central site and includes information associated with the three-dimensional graphical model, and wherein displaying the information further comprises selectively displaying information selected from a group consisting of a two-dimensional graphical model, a three-dimensional graphical model, text, a bill of materials, and any combination thereof.