Meet Evie: Your AI Assistant for Work Instructions

We are excited to announce a major advancement in how you create and manage digital work instructions. Meet Evie, the new AI Assistant integrated directly into the Canvas Envision platform. Evie is engineered to accelerate your content creation process, transforming how you build clear, interactive, and accurate instructions for your frontline teams.

This is a significant step forward in our mission to bridge the gap between complex engineering data and the people who use it every day. You've told us you need faster, more intuitive ways to generate high-quality documentation, and we've built Evie to answer that call. This post will introduce you to Evie's core capabilities and show you how it will transform your daily workflow.

The Challenge with Traditional Work Instructions

As you know, creating effective work instructions is often a time-consuming, manual process. You spend hours manipulating 3D models, formatting data tables, and manually adding annotations—all while trying to ensure every detail is accurate. The pressure to reduce errors and accelerate training is constant.

Traditional methods are not only slow but also create a disconnect between the rich data in your CAD files and the final instructions your team uses. Capturing the "tribal knowledge" of experienced technicians and translating it into a format that new hires can easily understand is another persistent challenge. These inefficiencies can lead to production delays, quality issues, and increased training costs.

How Evie Transforms Your Workflow with AI

Evie is designed to be your co-pilot for content creation. By processing natural language prompts, Evie gives you the power to execute complex functions without navigating menus or making manual adjustments. Instead of spending your time on repetitive tasks, you can now focus on refining the instructional narrative and delivering the best possible guidance to your teams.

Imagine generating a complex exploded view or creating a detailed parts list with a single command. That is the power Evie brings to your workflow. It automates tedious tasks, ensures consistency, and dramatically reduces the time it takes to produce high-quality documentation.

Key Features and Capabilities of Evie

Evie integrates directly into your familiar Envision environment, enhancing its functionality with powerful AI-assisted features. Here’s a look at what you can now accomplish using simple text commands.

1. 3D Model Interaction and Visualization

Evie makes it easier than ever to create the perfect visuals for your instructions. You can now direct Evie to manipulate 3D models to achieve the precise view you need.

• Exploded Views: Use prompts like explode all socket head cap screws to automatically generate detailed exploded views. Evie identifies the specified parts and creates the view for you.
• Part Isolation and Coloring: Instantly focus the user's attention on critical components. Commands such as hide all fasteners or change the cover color to green allow you to create visual clarity in seconds.

2. Automated Data and Table Generation

Transform raw model data into structured, formatted content without manual data entry. Evie ensures your tables are accurate and consistent with your document's styling.

• Parts Lists: With a prompt like make a parts list for this view, Evie generates a complete table of all visible components, including item numbers and part names.
• Custom Tables: Create tables from scratch by instructing Evie to create a table with headers for Tools and Purpose and then providing the content.

3. Dynamic Annotations and Labeling

Clear labeling is critical for preventing errors on the shop floor. Evie automates this process by pulling information directly from the model, ensuring every label is accurate.

• Part Labeling: A simple command like label the parts in this view prompts Evie to generate leader lines and labels for all components in the current scene, eliminating the manual work of creating individual annotations.

Real-World Applications for Your Team

Evie’s capabilities can be applied across numerous manufacturing scenarios to enhance efficiency and quality. For example, you can now create comprehensive inspection checklists for quality assurance processes by prompting Evie to create an inspection list for all assembly steps.

When a production error occurs, you can use Evie to quickly update work instructions with new warnings or visual guides. If you need to onboard temporary staff, you can generate detailed, visually rich instruction sets for them while providing abridged versions for your experienced experts—all from the same core data.

Your Digital Future Just Got Brighter

Evie represents a fundamental shift in how digital work instructions are created. By automating complex tasks and enabling you to work more intuitively, Evie empowers your team to produce higher-quality content faster than ever before. This is more than just a new feature; it is a tool that will help you reduce training time, improve quality control, and preserve invaluable institutional knowledge.

Ready to see how Evie can transform your workflow? Explore the new possibilities within Envision today, or schedule a personalized demo with our team to walk through its full capabilities.

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