Digitization: Engineering drawing and P&ID digitization with human-in-the-loop AI.
70% faster
The problem
Decades of engineering knowledge sit locked in scanned PDFs, legacy CAD, and marked-up prints. Redrawing them by hand is slow, costly, and lossy, and the backlog never clears.
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Decades of plant knowledge sit locked in scanned P&IDs and marked-up prints that no system can search.
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Manual redraw and re-keying run slow and expensive, and human transcription drops tags and connectivity, so the output is lossy.
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The backlog never clears: every audit, project, and turnaround restarts with someone digging through paper.
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Digitization projects that only produce flat files leave you with searchable PDFs, not data an engineer or an agent can query.
How Plant360 solves it
Convert digitizes CAD, DWG, and scanned PDF drawings losslessly with human-in-the-loop AI review, 70% faster at 50% lower cost than manual redraw. Every extraction flows straight into the asset graph, so digitization produces queryable data, not another file store.
Convert · Digitize
The core of this solution. Convert reads native CAD and legacy scanned PDFs, extracting tags, symbols, line numbers, and connectivity into lossless Smart Drawings.
UniGraph · Structure
Digitized output flows straight into a live asset graph, so drawings become a queryable system of record rather than another file store.
AI360 · Build
Once drawings are structured, agents can search, validate, and act on them, turning a digitization project into a platform for automation.
Apply · Downstream use
Digitized data powers reliability, Management of Change, and digital twin work, so the digitization investment keeps paying off.
Capabilities
Everything Digitization delivers is built to produce structured, trusted output, not another silo.
Reads scanned and legacy PDFs
Not just native CAD. Convert extracts structure from decades-old scanned and hand-marked drawings that lock up most plant knowledge.
Human-in-the-loop verification
AI proposes and engineers confirm through guided review, so every extraction is reviewable and accuracy is provable rather than black-box.
Lossless Smart Drawings
Output preserves the original drawing while adding a structured layer: searchable tags, resolved connectivity, and datasheet links.
Exports to your standards
Outputs to SmartPlant P&ID, Aveva, DEXPI 1.3 and 2.0, and ISO 15926, so digitized drawings drop into the tools and standards you already use.
Proven bulk throughput
Clear entire drawing registers in weeks, not years. Proven across 83,000+ drawings and 250,000+ datasheets.
Open API and batch throughput
Digitization is not a dead end. Output feeds UniGraph directly, so structuring is part of the same project, not a second one.
Outcomes
Measurable results, not promises.
70% faster
Digitization versus manual redrawing
50% lower
Cost per drawing digitized
83,000+
Engineering drawings already digitized
250,000+
Datasheets digitized to date
A refinery carrying a multi-year backlog of scanned P&IDs needed them searchable before a major turnaround. Using human-in-the-loop digitization, the team cleared tens of thousands of drawings in a fraction of the expected time and cost, and because the output flowed straight into an asset graph, the same effort produced a searchable system of record the turnaround team relied on.
FAQ
Digitization FAQ
What is P&ID digitization?
It is the process of converting piping and instrumentation diagrams from CAD or scanned PDFs into structured, searchable data: extracted tags, symbols, line numbers, and connectivity that both engineers and software can query.
Can you digitize old scanned or hand-marked drawings?
Yes. Convert is built for legacy and scanned PDFs, not only native CAD, and uses human-in-the-loop verification to guarantee accuracy on low-quality source drawings.
How much faster and cheaper is digitization with Plant360?
Roughly 70% faster at about 50% lower cost than manual redrawing, proven across more than 83,000 drawings and 250,000 datasheets.
Which output formats do you support?
Convert exports to SmartPlant P&ID, Aveva, DEXPI 1.3 and 2.0, and ISO 15926, so digitized drawings drop straight into the engineering tools and standards you already run.
What happens to the data after digitization?
Digitized output flows directly into the UniGraph asset knowledge graph, so your drawings become a live, queryable system of record instead of another set of files.
