Patent ID: 7949961

Claim:
A user interface, including a display screen, for performing load analysis on various geometries of a structure, the user interface comprising: an object display module for generating an object display that lists a plurality of load objects that include object data; the object display further being partitioned into: a first section for displaying a selected load model, a selected component model or a selected applied load object set; an adjacent second section for displaying an embedded drop down menu for displaying a plurality of items of information relating to a selection made in the first section; a menu display module for controlling the display of a plurality of menu displays, wherein each said menu display lists at least one load analysis operation interface and at least one object creation interface; a data display module that generates a script display and a separate data display, the data display displaying the object data associated with the plurality of load objects, and the script display displaying operations relating to a script associated with one of a load operation and an object; a view configuration display module that displays view properties, based on a user input, in a view configuration display; the view configuration display being partitioned into a view properties section and a value section: the view properties section displaying view properties associated with the information being displayed in the data display, the view properties section including a plurality of a view orientation, a vector scale, a color scale, and lighting, and a foreground color; and a value section adjacent the view properties section for displaying a display value for each one of the view properties being displayed in the view properties section; wherein the plurality of menu displays includes a toolbar for displaying options for selecting a pressure menu, a loads menu, a mass menu, a geometry menu, and a script file menu, that list pressure operations, load operations, mass operations, geometry analysis operations and scripts file editing, respectively, for assisting in analyzing the structure.