Aveva | E3d 31

AVEVA has focused heavily on "Brownfield" projects (upgrading existing plants).

The software can generate 2D drawings, piping isometrics, and Bills of Materials (BOM) directly from the 3D model, reportedly increasing drawing delivery speed by up to 40%. aveva e3d 31

Are you interested in within E3D?

AVEVA is pushing toward E3D Design for Cloud (v4.x), but many EPCs stay on 3.1 because: AVEVA is pushing toward E3D Design for Cloud (v4

| Feature | E3D 3.1 | SolidWorks | Revit | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Process Plant | Mechanical Parts | Buildings | | Point cloud to BIM | Native intelligent | Manual tracing | Plugin required | | Piping spec-driven | Yes (catalog + spec) | Limited | No | | Database backend | Oracle / SQL | File-based | SQLite (local) | | Learning curve | High (6 months) | Medium | Medium | | Cost (per seat) | $12k–20k | $4k | $3k | you need to get data out.

Once the model is built, you need to get data out.