Smart plans

One or more non-transitory readable storage media encoding processor-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a process comprising:

• receiving a selection of one or more predesigned elements and placement of the one or more predesigned elements on a designated geometric grid using a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI is configured to allow a user to select and a unit and a first floor plan including the one or more predesigned elements and to allow the user to add the one or more predesigned elements to the geometric grid, wherein the unit is at least one of an apartment unit and an office suit predesigned using standardized structural components and wherein the GUI is further configured to allow the user to sort the predesigned elements by building type, unit type, number of bedrooms, square feet, and location of rooms;
• integrating the selected and placed one or more predesigned elements with one or more adjacent elements on the designated geometric grid;
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• identifying a location and position of a plurality of structural components based on the integrated one or more predesigned elements and the one or more adjacent elements, each of the plurality of structural components associated with a digital identification identifying at least the position and the location of the structural component relative to the designated geometric grid, and
• extending the first floor plan to subsequent floors with the one or more predesigned elements including stairwell and elevator well without having to separately design each floor;
• wherein the stairwell or elevator well cover two or more floors with two or more structural components including rails, risers, elevator box, lift components and electrical components.

A system for designing a structure, the system comprising:

• a library of elements providing one or more predesigned elements, each of the one or more predesigned elements presented for selection by a user;
• a structural component conversion module configured to receive a selection and a placement of one or more of the predesigned elements on a designated geometric grid and to integrate the selected and placed one or more predesigned elements with one or more adjacent elements on the designated geometric grid;
• a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to allow a user to select a unit and a first floor plan including the one or more predesigned elements and to allow the user to add the one or more predesigned elements to the geometric grid, wherein the unit is at least one of an apartment unit and an office suit predesigned using standardized structural components and wherein the GUI is further configured to allow the user to sort the predesigned elements by building type, unit type, number of bedrooms, square feet, and location of rooms;
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• a geometric grid module configured to receive the designation of the geometric grid and identify a location and position of a plurality of structural components based on the integrated one or more predesigned elements and the one or more adjacent elements, each of the plurality of structural components associated with a digital identification identifying at least the position and the location of the structural component relative to the designated geometric grid, and extending the first floor plan to subsequent floors with the one or more predesigned elements including stairwell and elevator well without having to separately design each floor;
• wherein the stairwell or elevator well cover two or more floors with two or more structural components including rails, risers, elevator box, lift components and electrical components.