Presenting Object Properties

A non-transitory computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage device, the computer program product including instructions operable to cause one or more data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving selection of a component of a model presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer aided design tool, the GUI comprising an interactive display element having an arrangement of property fields related to the selected component wherein the interactive display element is resizable and repositionable in the GUI so as to enable simultaneous viewing of the selected component in the model along with the interactive display element including arrangement of property fields;
• determining property values associated with the property fields based on the selected component;
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• 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 a thumbnail image of the selected component 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 properties values and the selected component of the model, wherein the selected component is highlighted in a view at its respective location in the model.

A system comprising:

• a computer-readable storage device including instructions;
• and
• one or more data processing apparatus operable to execute the instructions and perform operations comprising:
• receiving selection of a component of a model presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer aided design tool, the GUI comprising an interactive display element having an arrangement of property fields related to the selected component wherein the interactive display element is resizable and repositionable in the GUI so as to enable simultaneous viewing of the selected component in the model along with the interactive display element including arrangement of property fields;
• determining, by one or more processors, property values associated with the property fields based on the selected component;
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• 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 a thumbnail image of the selected component 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 properties values and the selected component of the model, wherein the selected component is highlighted in a view at its respective location in the model.