Patent ID: 8863032

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: providing an interactive display element in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer aided design tool wherein the interactive display element has an arrangement of property fields related to a selected aggregation of components, wherein the aggregation of components includes a plurality of components, and wherein the interactive display element is resizable and repositionable in the GUI so as to enable simultaneous viewing of a selected aggregation in a model along with the interactive display element including arrangement of property fields, wherein the property fields include aggregate information corresponding to individual components of the selected aggregation that is generated based on individual information associated with respective parts of the plurality of components in the aggregation; receiving a selection of a plurality of components of a model presented in the GUI forming an aggregation; determining property values associated with the property fields based on the selected components; and providing the determined property values in corresponding property fields of the interactive display element for presentation in the GUI in conjunction with the model including providing the determined property values in the interactive display wherein providing the determined property values comprises providing thumbnail images of the multiple components in the aggregation in an image field for presentation in the GUI and positioning and sizing the interactive display element for simultaneous viewing of the interactive display element including the properties values and the selected components of the model, wherein the selected components are highlighted in a view at their respective locations in the model.