A system, comprising: a processor, operatively coupled to a memory, that executes executable components stored on the memory, the executable components comprising: a drawing import component configured to import digital engineering drawings representing an automation system to be monitored and controlled by an industrial controller, wherein the digital engineering drawings comprise at least electrical I/O drawings and at least two-dimensional or three-dimensional mechanical drawings of the automation system; and a human-machine interface, HMI, project generation component configured to generate, based on analysis of the digital engineering drawings, an HMI interface display configured to visualize operational or status data generated by the automation system, wherein the HMI project generation component is configured to: identify, based on analysis of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system; generate the HMI interface display to include a graphical element representing the industrial asset; identify, based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset; and set an animation property of the graphical element to link a visual state of the graphical element to a value of the input address or the output address. a drawing import component configured to import digital engineering drawings representing an automation system to be monitored and controlled by an industrial controller, wherein the digital engineering drawings comprise at least electrical I/O drawings and at least two-dimensional or three-dimensional mechanical drawings of the automation system; and a human-machine interface, HMI, project generation component configured to generate, based on analysis of the digital engineering drawings, an HMI interface display configured to visualize operational or status data generated by the automation system, wherein the HMI project generation component is configured to: identify, based on analysis of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system; generate the HMI interface display to include a graphical element representing the industrial asset; identify, based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset; and set an animation property of the graphical element to link a visual state of the graphical element to a value of the input address or the output address. identify, based on analysis of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional mechanical drawings, an industrial asset included in the automation system; generate the HMI interface display to include a graphical element representing the industrial asset; identify, based on analysis of the electrical I/O drawings, an input address or an output address of the industrial controller that interfaces the industrial controller to the industrial asset; and set an animation property of the graphical element to link a visual state of the graphical element to a value of the input address or the output address.