Build digital twins from the engineering drawings you already have
Digital twins depend on structured information about the physical asset. For brownfield facilities, much of that information still exists only inside legacy PDF, scanned, and CAD drawings. Novek reconstructs connected engineering information from those sources to power digital twin and asset platforms.
• Industrial AI & Analytics
• 3D / 2D contextual navigation
Novek allows teams to begin from the engineering documents they already possess, including PDF and image-based P&IDs, without requiring an intelligent CAD source as the starting point.
Why digital twin initiatives stall on existing assets
Most industrial operating facilities are brownfield sites. While comprehensive engineering documentation exists, it is stored as thousands of static PDF drawings, scanned TIFFs, and dumb CAD files.
Digital twin engines cannot ingest flat drawings directly. Building asset hierarchies, tagging connections, and mapping nozzle ports manually takes years of engineering effort, creating a massive data bottleneck.
{
"asset_tag": "P-101A",
"asset_type": "Centrifugal Booster Pump",
"source_provenance": "PID-Area10-Rev4.pdf [Grid E5]",
"upstream_isolation": ["XV-101", "HV-102"],
"downstream_discharge": "Line 4\"-HC-1002-A1A",
"telemetry_sensors": ["PT-101", "TT-102", "FT-101"],
"nozzle_connections": [
{ "port": "Suction", "size": "4\"", "line": "4\"-HC-1001" },
{ "port": "Discharge", "size": "3\"", "line": "3\"-HC-1002" }
]
}Novek complements your digital twin platform
Novek does not replace the customer's digital twin platform. It provides structured engineering context that can be consumed by downstream systems.
Asset Topology Layer
Establishes directional equipment and process piping relationships across multiple drawing sheets.
Source Evidence Link
Preserves pixel-level bounding box links so engineers clicking a 3D twin asset can view the source 2D drawing.
Multi-System Feeds
Exports canonical DEXPI XML and JSON-LD graphs simultaneously to twin hubs, EAMs, and AI tools.
Digital Twin Engineering Data FAQs
Is Novek a digital twin visualization or 3D rendering platform?
No. Novek is the upstream engineering data extraction and connectivity layer. Novek extracts, validates, and models the physical asset hierarchies, piping connectivity, and instrumentation from legacy 2D drawings to feed downstream digital twin platforms, 3D models, and asset information systems.
How does Novek solve the brownfield digital twin problem?
Over 80% of operating industrial assets exist as brownfield facilities with documentation trapped in legacy PDFs, scans, and 2D CAD files. Novek automatically reconstructs these static drawings into structured, relational engineering graphs, eliminating the years of manual data curation that typically stall digital twin rollouts.
Do our facility drawings need to already exist in an intelligent CAD format?
No. Novek allows teams to begin from the engineering documents they already possess, including PDF and image-based P&IDs, without requiring an intelligent CAD source as the starting point.
How does Novek link digital twin assets back to original engineering documentation?
Every object and relationship in the generated engineering model includes persistent provenance metadata linking directly to its source PDF sheet and pixel bounding box coordinates. Users navigating the digital twin can instantly inspect the verified 2D engineering drawing evidence.
What digital twin and asset management platforms can ingest Novek data?
Novek exports standardized DEXPI XML (ISO 15926), JSON-LD graphs, tabular asset registers, and provides live REST/GraphQL APIs that easily connect to commercial digital twin platforms, enterprise EAM/CMMS databases (SAP PM, Maximo), and custom industrial data lakes.
Need to build a digital model from legacy PDF or CAD engineering information?
Schedule a demonstration to see how Novek unlocks your legacy drawings to accelerate digital twin deployment.