The equipment operability evaluation apparatus calculates the operating posture of a human body model based on the physique information about a human body model in a physique management table, the operation information in an operation management table, and the target information in a target management table, arranges an equipment model and the human body model taking the calculated operating posture in a three-dimensional virtual space, displays a view image of a three-dimensional virtual space from the point of view of the human body model, and determines the visibility about the target operation area of the equipment model displayed on the view image and the readability of a character string.