How PIDVision.AI Works

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The Core Idea

PIDVision combines AI object detection with OCR text extraction to automatically read your P&ID diagrams. You draw a box around a region of the drawing, and PIDVision instantly identifies every instrument inside it — its type, tag number, and line number — then lets you save that data with a single keystroke.

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What the Colors Mean

Once PIDVision analyzes a region, each box is color-coded by its role:

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The Interactive Capture Workflow

This is the heart of PIDVision — a manual, controlled process that gives you full command over exactly what gets captured.

Step 1 — Draw a crop region

Left-click and drag a rectangle around the area of the P&ID you want to capture. On release, PIDVision runs the AI model and OCR on just that region.

Step 2 — See detections instantly

Colored boxes and labels appear on the canvas showing every detected instrument and its extracted tag, tag number, line number, and comment.

Step 3 — Fill in group context

Enter the shared details for this region in the entry fields — PID document number, line, service in/out, equipment, and any comment. These apply to every instrument in the group.

Step 4 — Save with W

Press W to save the group in a single action. PIDVision wraps all the staged instrument data (including the group-level fields you just entered) into a saved group, and the orange crop rectangle turns light green to confirm it’s stored.

Step 5 — Move between pages

Use N and B to go to the next or previous page, or jump directly using the PID dropdown / page-number field. Saved groups follow you and redraw on each page.

Step 6 — Persist your work

Press Ctrl+S (or File → Save Page Data) to write everything to disk. PIDVision also auto-saves backups as you work, keeping your last five snapshots safe.

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Incorporating PIDVision Into Your Workflow

PIDVision slots into your daily P&ID work without replacing your review judgment:

• → Build an instrument index faster. Each saved group already carries its tag, tag number, line, and service — so your spreadsheet assembles itself as you work.
• → Spot-check AI results before export. Draw slightly larger crop regions so OCR reads tag numbers near the edges cleanly, then review detections page by page.
• → Export an Excel deliverable. Generate a spreadsheet for downstream engineering tools, material take-offs, or project handover documents.
• → Stay offline and private. All processing happens locally — sensitive P&IDs never leave your machine.

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Keyboard Shortcuts