System and method for design of a fluid delivery system

A method for designing a fluid flow panel comprising:

• receiving architecture independent flow functionalities for locations in a schematic of a fluid delivery system;
• for at least a first location for which the user specifies a flow functionality, receiving an architecture independent component type corresponding to the flow functionality for that location;
• and
• determining architecture dependent flow routing parts of the schematic locations for which the user specified flow functionalities for one or more architectures.

A system for designing a fluid flow panel comprising a set of computer instructions stored on a computer readable medium, the set of computer instructions comprising instructions executable to:

• for each of a plurality of architectures, maintain an n-dimensional array representing criteria for selecting substrate blocks for that architecture,
• provide a graphical user interface to a user that comprises a schematic grid;
• for locations in the schematic grid, allow a user to specify architecture independent flow functionalities;
• for at least one location in the schematic grid, allow the user to specify a component type corresponding to the flow functionality specified for that location;
• populate the schematic grid with schematic symbols corresponding to the flow functionalities and component types specified for the locations in the schematic grid;
• and
• for each of the plurality of architectures, determine a set of substrate blocks for that architecture using the n-dimensional array for that architecture and the specified architecture independent flow functionalities;
• for each of the plurality of architectures, determine a set of architecture dependent components;
• generate a virtual gas panel design for at least one architecture based on the determined substrate blocks for that architecture and architecture dependent components for that architecture.