Patent ID: 8335667

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for designing and manufacturing a system having components designed to particular specifications that when executed by a processor performs the following steps comprising: accessing a visual representation of one or more components of the system; obtaining geometrical information for one or more components included in the visual representation; associating one or more property values with one or more of the components of said system or with other elements created from the geometrical information; mapping one or more of the components of the geometrical information to a plurality of standard fittings as a function of: (1) standards information including (1A) information specific to each of the plurality of standard fittings and (1B) fabrication information of each of the plurality of specific standard fittings; (2) the geometrical information; and (3) the associated property values; and generating an output comprising: the standard fittings; the fabrication information; and a three-dimensional representation of the visual representation, whereby one or more components of the visual representation have been mapped to standard fittings and include fabrication information in the output.