Method and system of using standardized structural components

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:

• generating an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein one or more walls of the building are designated as standardized structural walls;
• automatically positioning, using a computer, each of the standardized structural walls to a geometric grid by aligning the each of the standardized structural walls along grid lines of the geometric grid and along grid line intersections of the geometric grid;
• solving a plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls;
• selecting one of the plurality of mapping solutions for the each of the one or more standardized structural walls based on a predetermined criterion, wherein the predetermined criterion is minimization of the number of structural columns supporting the each of the plurality of standardized structural walls;
• and
• mapping, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components to coordinates of the geometric grid based on the selected mapping solution.

A system, comprising:

• a design module configured to generate an architectural diagram describing an architectural layout of a building, wherein the design module is configured to allow designating one or more walls of the building as standardized structural walls;
• a geometric grid module configured to generate a geometric grid having grid lines and grid intersections and to position, one or more of the standardized structural walls to the geometric grid by aligning the each of the standardized structural walls along the grid lines and along the grid line intersections;
• a mapping solution module comprising one or more computerized instructions stored on a computer memory, the mapping solution module configured to map, using a processor, one or more of a plurality of standardized structural components to the grid lines and the grid line intersections;
• and
• an output module configured to:
• generate a plurality of identification codes and uniquely associate one or more of the plurality of identification codes with one or more of the plurality of the standardized structural components, and
• generate a plurality of resource identifiers and associate each of the plurality of identification codes with a location code, wherein the location code identifies a location of one of the standardized structural components within the building.