To provide a system design support apparatus for supporting arrangement design and operation setting of an apparatus for effectively or efficiently linking a sensor and the apparatus in the design of a system wherein the apparatus is linked with sensor detection.

For a sensor object 14 and an apparatus object 13 arranged in an arrangement space 15, a cover condition is set so as to perform a desired linking operation. An object control means 6 controls the operation of the apparatus object 13 so as to satisfy the cover condition, and a display means 3 displays the result.