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By Michael Gribble
Engineering data is growing faster than most teams can efficiently use it. P&IDs, applications, asset models, alarms, workflows, and operational data often remain separated across systems.
At UReason we believe that engineering data shouldn’t just be stored across each data silo: it should be understood. That is exactly what UReason is addressing with the next generation of APM Studio.
APM Studio V6 isn’t just an update; it’s a fundamental shift to an intelligent ecosystem. By integrating cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs) directly into the APM workflow, we are bringing the power of generative AI to the heart of your industrial processes.
We are not just connecting APM to a chatbot; we are providing the AI with a specialized, professional toolkit. By acting as a service provider using the MCP (Model Context Protocol ), APM V6 allows AI models to interact precisely with your specific engineering tools, code, and application-specific metadata. This ensures that the intelligence is never “generic”—it is deeply contextual, deterministic, and specifically tuned to your unique industrial environment.
What’s changing in V6?
- Meet Your New AI Agents: Imagine a world where you can chat with your industrial application data. From specialized Application Agents to P&ID Agents that can analyze complex diagrams, V6 introduces a suite of intelligent assistants designed to provide deep insights
- Intelligent Process Automation: Move beyond manual queries. V6 allows you as an engineer to embed AI agents directly into your automated workflows. You can now trigger complex, deep-dive analyses and automated reporting that were previously extremely difficult to program, all while receiving structured, actionable data that integrates seamlessly with your existing APM processes.
- Intelligence with Privacy: We know that data security is non-negotiable. That’s why V6 supports local LLM integration (e.g. via Ollama). Leverage the power of AI without your sensitive data ever leaving your private servers.
- Scalability: high-efficiency “Plan-based” agents are carefully designed to handle large-scale models while maintaining strict data privacy. Agents pass plans to APM for fast processing, your data is not passed to the LLM, guaranteeing scalability and an extra layer of privacy.
- Seamless Connectivity: With support for industry leaders like Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini, V6 connects your expertise and domain applications with the world’s most powerful models but incorporating data privacy.
- Interactive Engineering: the new PID Model View provides a scalable, interactive interface, users can now hover over nodes, search for specific IDs, and explore relationships within a P&ID, all while staying connected to the live data model. This further integrates with P&ID analysis from UReason’s Process Insights tools and a built-in P&ID Agent.
APM Studio V6 Alpha is currently in testing. We are working hard to refine these powerful new tools including even more new updates and we can’t wait to bring the full experience to our users soon!