# AI for Process Engineering

Don’t let engineering changes hold you back. Turn them into production-ready manufacturing content faster with generative virtual twins, LEO and industrial AI.

## (Industrial AI) Accelerate Industrialization From Engineering Change to Production Readiness

Watch three before-and-after demos to discover how LEO, our [Virtual Companion](/industrial-ai/virtual-companions "Virtual Companions: The Industrial AI Agents You Can Trust"), transforms your process engineering workflow.

## (Industrial AI - Higher Reso) Greater manufacturing engineering efficiency

For every new product, variant and engineering change, LEO, our Virtual Companion, finds similar assemblies in your past industrialization and adapts the manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM) to the new requirement, so engineers spend less time recreating work.

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## (Industrial AI - Higher Reso) Shorter industrialization lead time

When a design change or new product introduction (NPI) lands, LEO shows what it affects and proposes the matching MBOM, process and instruction updates. Hence, work reaches the shop floor sooner.

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## (Industrial AI - Higher Reso) Improved manufacturing consistency and quality

Across every product, program and plant, LEO applies your standards and industrial policies consistently, improving manufacturing quality and reducing the risk of errors and rework.

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## (Industrial AI) Scale Manufacturing Engineering Expertise With Reusable Industrialization Knowledge

Put decades of industrialization knowledge to work with LEO. Powered by industrial AI, LEO draws on your virtual twins and your enterprise manufacturing knowledge to support process planning and create accurate manufacturing outputs. Simply ask in plain language to uncover change impacts, automate routine work and generate what’s needed to get products production-ready — all inside the DELMIA manufacturing engineering workflow your teams already use on the **3D**EXPERIENCE® agentic platform.

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## (Industrial AI) Review production-ready content, grounded in your industrial context

Stop creating the same manufacturing work by hand. LEO generates MBOMs, process definitions and 3D or text work instructions from your virtual twins, enterprise standards and past projects — ready for localization across plants. Your engineers stay in control, reviewing, refining and releasing while LEO takes care of the repeatable work.

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## (Industrial AI) Make engineering changes work all the way to production, every time

LEO supports engineering change management by identifying affected manufacturing processes and proposing updates to your MBOMs, process plans and work instructions. No chasing changes across systems. No starting from scratch. Just faster, more accurate flowdown from engineering to production.

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## (Industrial AI) Turn your best engineers’ expertise into everyone’s starting point

Your best industrialization knowledge shouldn't depend on a few people. Reuse what worked in earlier products, programs and plants to scale scarce expertise effectively across your workforce. New engineers get up to speed faster and teams become less dependent on a handful of experienced individuals.

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## (Industrial AI) Connect with our experts to set up your outcome-driven pilot

Ready to put a focused, outcome-driven **pilot** to work for your teams? Work with our experts to co-engineer a solution that **delivers value** where it matters most. Explore how you can apply industrial AI to process engineering, measure its impact and turn proven results into lasting capabilities.

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## (Industrial AI) Frequently Asked Questions

## What is AI for Process Engineering?

AI for Process Engineering uses industrial AI to automate and accelerate manufacturing process planning, including the creation and update of MBOMs, process plans and work instructions. LEO, our [Virtual Companion](/industrial-ai/virtual-companions "Virtual Companions: The Industrial AI Agents You Can Trust")[ ](https://www.3ds.com/industrial-ai/virtual-companions)on the **3D**EXPERIENCE agentic platform, works within your DELMIA manufacturing engineering workflows to reveal the manufacturing context, constraints and dependencies behind a change and perform repetitive MBOMs, process and instruction workflows. Your engineers remain responsible for reviewing, validating and releasing the results.

## How does process engineering with LEO compare to traditional manufacturing process planning solutions?

Traditional manufacturing process planning solutions help engineers define and manage MBOMs, manufacturing processes and work instructions, but often require extensive manual effort and reliance on individual expertise. **AI for Process Engineering with LEO goes further** by combining industrial AI, virtual twin context and enterprise manufacturing knowledge to automate repetitive tasks, accelerate engineering change management and generate manufacturing content. This significantly reduces engineering effort, shortens industrialization lead times and minimizes errors and rework, helping manufacturers bring new products into production faster, improve quality and scale expertise across plants and programs.

## How does LEO turn an engineering change into production-ready content?

LEO follows the way your engineers already work:

1. **Understand the change** and its manufacturing impact.
2. **Reuse relevant knowledge** from previous products, programs or plants.
3. **Generate or adapt the MBOM** for the new requirement.
4. **Generate or update the manufacturing process** using applicable standards and policies.
5. **Create or localize work instructions** for the target plant or workforce.
6. **Review, validate and release** the manufacturing definition for production.

## Where is my data hosted and how is it secured?

Your data is hosted in the geographic region and cloud operating model selected for your service, based on your regulatory requirements, sovereignty expectations and sensitive data protection needs. Depending on the offering, this may include a private cloud, public cloud or dedicated cloud environment deployment.

The Virtual Companions’ intensive computations run in dedicated AI factories. All data exchanges are encrypted and protected through continuous network monitoring, identity and access controls and threat detection.

Where supported by the service architecture, data used for AI computation is processed transiently and not retained in the AI factory. These technical and architectural safeguards protect your data throughout its lifecycle. Applicable certifications and hosting conditions are specified for each service and region.

## Will you train your Virtual Companions with my data?

No. Your engineering data remains your property. Our Virtual Companions consult your patrimony (data, design rules, history) to assist you, but it is never used to train a shared model. If you choose to specialize a model with your data, the result lives exclusively within your own environment.

## How can I trust the results LEO, the Virtual Companion, produces?

Unlike chatbots that reason from generic, public information, every result produced by LEO is grounded in your own product and manufacturing context: Your virtual twins, industry knowledge graph information, enterprise knowledge and know-how, historical industrialization data, engineering standards, industrial policies and existing manufacturing information. This gives LEO manufacturing-specific context rather than just generic intelligence.

Most importantly, even with LEO's assistance, you remain in control. LEO proposes and generates, while your engineers review, validate and release the final manufacturing definition.

## How do I get started?

Contact us through the form. An expert will evaluate your process engineering needs and determine whether a three-month, outcome-driven pilot program is right for you. Together, you’ll explore new AI capabilities, apply them to your own data and workflows and see their impact firsthand on your existing processes. Along the way, you’ll also build reusable assets — from examples and use cases to templates and scripts — that you can continue developing beyond the pilot program.

## (Industrial AI) Explore New Universes of Industrial AI

[3D UNIVERSES](/industrial-ai "The Power of Industrial AI, Now in Your Hands") bring industrial AI and virtual twins together to solve challenges across your business. Discover where AI can power your next breakthrough.

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for Mechanical Component Design

Capture expertise in reusable models, adapt designs faster and speed up engineering.

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[Explore mechanical design](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/mechanical-component-design)

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for Physics-Driven Design

Explore your design space at scale to uncover better concepts worth building.

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[Explore physics-driven design](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/physics-driven-design)

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for Project Management

Multiply project productivity, better control risks and increase project quality.

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[Explore project management](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/project-management)

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for Enterprise Knowledge

Give every employee instant access to the insights they need.

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[Explore enterprise knowledge](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/enterprise-knowledge)

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for Systems Engineering

Move at software speed without losing systems rigor.

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[Explore systems engineering](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/systems-engineering)

## (Hub Page - 3DUNIVERSE) AI for NC Machining

Accelerate NC machining from part design to production.

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[Explore NC machining](/industrial-ai/generative-virtual-twins/nc-machining)

## (Industrial AI) Ready to apply industrial AI to your process engineering?

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