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   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "AVEVA presents E3D Design as its industry-leading 3D engineering tool for process plants and the marine and power industries, available as part of AVEVA Unified Engineering.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "name",
   "note": "The product is branded AVEVA E3D Design. The FAQ states it is an intelligent, data-centric multidiscipline 3D design tool.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The page is published on aveva.com as an AVEVA product.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "AVEVA states that AVEVA E3D 3.1 is available on premises and Cloud and is integrated with AVEVA Unified Engineering. The E3D product FAQ says Flex spans cloud, hybrid, and on-premises solutions.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/blog/life-after-pdms-aveva-e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "deployment",
   "note": "AVEVA Unified Engineering, which now includes E3D Design as its 3D design capability, documents hybrid and cloud deployment on CONNECT.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/unified-engineering/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms[0]",
   "note": "The opened AVEVA E3D Design documentation bundle documents Windows Authentication user groups, Fluent UI, .NET/C# add-ins, UIC files, and .bat configuration. The customization stack is a Windows desktop module, not a browser client.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "AVEVA documents E3D Design licensing through the AVEVA Flex subscription program, a credits-based commercial system spanning cloud, hybrid, and on-premises solutions.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "AVEVA publishes a current E3D Design product page and states that E3D Design is now part of the 3D design capabilities in AVEVA Unified Engineering. The product is active, not a retired PDMS SKU.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "AVEVA's E3D Design documentation bundle includes .NET Customization Architecture, Database Interface (DbElement create, delete, copy, move, attributes), Geometry Interfaces, Programmable Macro Language .NET, and PML customization.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The bundle documents .NET customization, C# add-in samples, Common Application Framework add-ins, and a Database Interface implemented as C# classes such as DbElement and DbElementType.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "The same bundle documents Customization Facilities; The Programmable Macro Language (PML), PML 2, PML functions and methods, PML.NET, and command-window PML.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Documented .NET interfaces include GUI, database, geometry, maths, graphics, and engineering. DbElement methods cover navigation, attribute get/set, create, delete, copy, and move. That is in-process coverage of the E3D design database, not a hosted REST route catalog.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened the public AVEVA E3D Design documentation bundle that hosts PML, PML.NET, and .NET API topics used as this record's API docs URL. Individual Zoomin topic URLs did not render a standalone HTML body in this pass; the opened bundle lists the customization topics.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "AVEVA documents official C# add-in samples (AttributeBrowserAddin, ExamplesAddin, PMLNetExample), the IAddin interface, and C# grid-control APIs.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The .NET and PML customization chapters are vendor-published AVEVA E3D Design documentation.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "C# is the documented language for E3D .NET add-ins, database events, status-control customization, and the AVEVA C# Grid Control.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "AVEVA documents PML variables, functions, methods, forms, macros, PMLLIBS, and command-window PML as the first-party customization language.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "PML.NET is documented as the bridge that lets PML call .NET assemblies marked PMLNetCallable.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[2]",
   "note": "AVEVA documents .NET add-ins loaded into a module at runtime through the Common Application Framework IAddin interface.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "AVEVA states that E3D Design generates accurate drawings and deliverables directly from the design and updates them in real time.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "The documentation bundle includes Import/Export DGN topics, including command-line and scripting import-DGN paths.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[2]",
   "note": "The bundle documents MEI export, including export from the command window.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "AVEVA documents import of photorealistic laser-scan data from static, mobile, airborne, and hand-held scanners into the design environment.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[1]",
   "note": "The documentation bundle includes Import DGN topics with Teigha and basic facilities, including scripting import-DGN.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.rpa.ui_stack[0]",
   "note": "AVEVA describes an intuitive user interface for 3D design, clash detection, and laser-scan interaction. No UI probe was run.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://www.aveva.com/llms.txt opened as a genuine AVEVA index and names AVEVA E3D Design at /en/products/e3d-design/.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "Official PML plus .NET APIs cover the design database, geometry, and GUI in-process. Public HTML is a documentation bundle rather than a REST auth-and-route catalog, access is licensed hybrid/on-prem, and standalone Zoomin topic pages did not render in this pass, which keeps the score in the useful-with-limits tier.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the current AVEVA E3D Design product page, including Unified Engineering, Flex licensing, laser-scan import, and drawing generation.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the public AVEVA E3D Design documentation bundle covering PML, PML.NET, .NET customization, and the database interface.",
   "source": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened AVEVA's Life after PDMS article establishing PDMS as predecessor and E3D 3.1 on premises and Cloud.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/blog/life-after-pdms-aveva-e3d-design/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the current AVEVA Flex subscription page covering commercial credits across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises software.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/en/solutions/flex-subscription/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened aveva.com/llms.txt and confirmed it is a real vendor LLM index that names E3D Design.",
   "source": "https://www.aveva.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.aveva.com/en/products/e3d-design/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/blog/life-after-pdms-aveva-e3d-design/"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.aveva.com/en/solutions/flex-subscription/"
   },
   {
    "type": "agent-docs",
    "url": "https://www.aveva.com/llms.txt"
   }
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 },
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 "id": "aveva-e3d",
 "license": "commercial",
 "modalities": {
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   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "full",
   "docs": "https://docs.aveva.com/bundle/e3d-design/page/911621.html",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "dotnet",
    "pml"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": "unknown"
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "drawings",
    "dgn",
    "mei"
   ],
   "import": [
    "laser-scan",
    "dgn"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "pml",
    "pml-net",
    "dotnet-addins"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Official PML, PML.NET, and .NET add-ins automate the E3D Design database, geometry, and GUI through supported customization surfaces instead of visual UI driving. This record is AVEVA E3D Design, not AVEVA PI System. Computer-use viability is not inferred from the desktop UI.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "csharp"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "AVEVA E3D Design",
 "platforms": [
  "windows"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "aveva-pi-system"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "AVEVA",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 6,
   "cli": null,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 6,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "AVEVA E3D Design is automatable today through first-party Programmable Macro Language (PML) and official .NET APIs, not through a PI Web API-style REST catalog. This record is the plant and marine 3D design application. It is not AVEVA PI System. The opened AVEVA E3D Design documentation bundle includes customization chapters for PML, .NET customization architecture, database interfaces (DbElement create, modify, delete, navigation), geometry interfaces, PML.NET, and C# add-ins. E3D Design is the successor to AVEVA PDMS (Plant Design Management System, launched 1976; Everything3D launched 2012). AVEVA says E3D remains compatible with later PDMS versions while PDMS is to be phased out, and that E3D 3.1 is available on premises and in the cloud as part of AVEVA Unified Engineering. Licensing is commercial AVEVA Flex subscription spanning cloud, hybrid, and on-premises. No first-party MCP, general operations CLI, named low-code connector, or computer-use result was established. PML and the official .NET APIs are the best path.\n"
 }
}