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Others you will discover yourself and ask yourself why no one has ever tried it this or that way before. This book will recommend solution approaches and demonstrate solutions that will help simplify your everyday work. It will help you make necessary decisions. I would also like to sincerely thank my family, especially my wife Susanne.

They have always been, and continue to be, very patient with me. I would also like to thank all of the readers who have made this book a success. All feed- back, whether criticism or praise, has always been a strong motivator for me to revise this book. Furthermore, the book assumes that the user has all of the user rights in EPLAN and is logged in as the local administrator.

Some of the settings used in this book, such as those for filters or schemes, differ from the standard EPLAN installation. All of this additional data is available in the sample data. In addition, some custom, non-standard shortcut keys were also used. The following text boxes are used to visually highlight notes, tips, etc. This box provides additional information and tips. By design, EPLAN does not overwrite user-related master data because the user may have modified the original system master data and saved this under the original name assigned by EPLAN.

During installation, EPLAN does not recognize whether this data has been changed on purpose and would therefore simply replace it. Usually the user does not want this to happen. If a license has not yet been installed, a dialog prompting or requesting a selection of the appropriate license is displayed before the program starts. What combinations of letters and page names are allowed for subpages?

How should paths be numbered: by page, by project or by struc- ture identifier? The most important parameter in these settings is the definition or sub- sequent changing of the global plot frame for the project. A separate plot frame can be defined for every page in the page properties independently of the global plot frame setting. The page settings always have priority over the global project settings.

New entries addi- tion of symbol libraries are automatically stored in the project after the setting is saved. Settings for displaying translation lan- guages displaying translations in the project are also configured here.

You also have to define a source language here. This helps to prevent operating errors, e. Any storage location can be selected using the button. In a targeted manner, you can change or adjust logical information such as Connection point type or the Number of targets, Potential type and much more for the individual connection point of a device.

This makes it possible, like with terminals, to use the same designation several times PE rail , and the check run will not find any duplicate connection point designations. Click the Part number field and then use the that appears to switch to parts management.

Parts management automatically closes after the part is applied. In addition to simple part selection, this dialog also has a Device selection button. In contrast to simple part selection, this will offer only devices for selection that fit the existing functions of the symbol in the project. Device selection is the preferred method. When automatically generated, they create visual and logical connections, e. Note: Inserting and filling out of the corresponding symbols for the crossreference display examples will not be explained at this point.

More details are available in the following sections. The auxiliary contacts physically belong to the motor overload switch or pushbutton switch symbol and, for the sake of clarity, should also be displayed at the switch. In the following, a motor overload switch is inserted into the schematic. The motor overload switch initially has no auxiliary contact at the symbol. As such, this is not a problem, because EPLAN creates a report on the auxiliary contacts used in the schematic on the basis of the settings on the Display tab in the Contact image selection field the selection here is set to On component.

This way, the contacts used and their cross-references are displayed automatically. Not all auxiliary contacts are always used, and EPLAN would display the motor overload switch only with the auxiliary contacts used as graphical representation at the motor overload switch. To display those contacts anyway, a device with the appropriate Function definition must be assigned to the Motor overload switch symbol. You open the properties of the symbol, switch to the Parts tab and click the Device selection button.

Tip: The Settings button provides access to the settings defining how EPLAN should behave during device selection: whether existing function data is used or not; whether any other criteria of devices or functions are be taken into account, etc. All these have to be taken into consideration during device selection.

This is important to know because in certain situations this can result in devices not being displayed in the device selection. Back to device selection: EPLAN recognizes that the motor overload switch consists of the motor overload switch itself and a placed auxiliary contact considered a function.

Now all parts that fit the selected motor overload switch including its used functions , i. In the upper area of the Device selection function dialog, you can now select the right part and click to apply it.

If you now leave the Symbol properties dialog by clicking the OK button, EPLAN will use the stored function definitions to graphically recreate the entire contact image for the auxiliary contacts. It makes no difference whether the auxiliary contacts have been used in the schematic or not. But if you wish to, or must, deviate from this automatic setting, you can modify the item manually.

In the Contact image position dialog that follows you can manually edit the position for the Y and X values. Similar to the previous example, at first only the contacts used are automatically displayed in the contact image. The procedure is identical to that already described in the motor overload switch example. After device selection, the full contact image is displayed. If this does not occur, then the Contact image entry in the Display tab of the Symbol properties dialog must be checked.

It must be set to the In path entry. Every contact image can be individually moved it makes no difference whether the contact image type is On component or In path. You then click the contact image. You left click to place it in the desired position. But situations can arise where there are no parts with correct function templates. It is, after all, only because of the function templates that EPLAN knows, for example, that an illuminated pushbutton consists of several functions.

Using an illuminated pushbutton as an example, we will now see how contact images can be referenced to the interconnected functions even without parts. It is assigned a DT and is designated as a main function.

The representation type of the lamp is set to Pair crossreference. Depending on how they are set or adjusted, they can influence device selection and thus the selection of parts. This way, only parts will be offered for selection that match the identifying function data. Identifying function data is the data that is located on the tabs, e. General devices, Cable, Contactor, etc.

If the Use available function data setting is disabled, you can select devices freely. This means that the function data available in the project at the function does not have to match the function data in the parts selection.

These can be window, page and symbol macros. Special macros are macros with value sets. These can be window and page macros. When using or creating macros exception: macros with value sets , it generally makes no difference whether it is a window macro on a multi-line page or a macro on a graphical page. Window macros can include single or multiple devices and objects within an area, or several items within a page.

To create a window macro, you first use the mouse to select the associated devices on the respective page.

These may be individual devices or unrelated parts circuits on a project page. The first thing you should do is enter a descriptive file name for the window macro. The macro directory is usually the companyspecific macro directory, but this can be changed if desired.

The Select macro dialog opens. Here you can select the desired variant or representation type from the default directory or a different macro directory by selecting a different directory in the Search in: selection field. When you click Open, the macro will hang on the cursor and can be placed anywhere on the page. To summarize, window macros are only possible on one the same page but with different variations, such as the gathering of objects that do not all have to be within a single window.

A window macro can also be the contents of the entire page all objects on the page. The Move handle menu item lets you save a separately created handle base point with the macro. When you click the Move handle menu item EPLAN temporarily closes the Save as dialog, and you can define the handle by clicking with the left mouse button. It is a good idea to enable the object snap setting here.

This way, you can save many representations under one macro name. It is possible to have a macro for the multi-line representation type, one for the part placement and one for the single-line display. Of course, this must be present in the macro. Depending on the variant used and in connection with the representation types, you can have up to possible variants macro variants within one macro.

For example, you could save different macro variants of a PLC card in one macro. If this option is activated, then EPLAN reduces or enlarges the macro to suit the page scale when it is inserted into a page. The familiar Save as dialog, as described in the 4. The file name and description can be entered here. No handles, no representation types, and no variants are possible with page macros.

However, page macros store all the information relating to a page or pages page properties. This includes, for example, the structure identifiers or the form pages stored in the page properties. You open the page navigator, select the desired pages and use the right-click popup menu to call the Create page macro command. Here you select the desired macro and click Open to apply it. In addition to the preview display which has a fixed size , the Graphical preview window can also be permanently displayed View menu.

The advantage of this window is that the size can be changed, and you can see the details better. Here, the page s can be stored in the project and sorted into the existing page structure.

At this point, it is, of course, possible to adjust the structure of the pages as desired. Generally, symbol macros are completely identical to window macros in terms of handling and creation. Further explanation will therefore not be provided. These are usually window macros equipped with additional functionality that can make project planning much easier.

In addition to the basic macro partial circuit and its properties, such as technical characteristics, part numbers, etc. These additional properties are called Value sets. Value sets are activated via a particular symbol — the placeholder object. This symbol is used to switch between value sets. The value set can then be used to switch between Siemens and Moeller parts data for the same macro with a mouse click. Once these macros and the properties they contain have been developed and tested, they provide a source of error-free data.

The symbol for a placeholder is an anchor. Since the placeholder object is a symbol, it has settings and options similar to other symbols. Without these variables, there would be no table for the actual values used for switching the value set.

For example:. Square brackets are the exception. These have a special purpose within a variable. They are used to define a line break. For example, a variable is split at the twelfth position line break and the words are simply split at this twelfth position. If the additional option 1 is inserted into the square brackets: , then a split also occurs at the twelfth position i. Note: The square brackets must be entered directly after the variable name. Spaces are allowed, but then the defined line break option does not take effect.

First, you create the partial circuit with all the required or desired devices and their associated functions such as part numbers, technical characteristics, or function texts. After you place the placeholder object, EPLAN opens the Properties components placeholder object dialog, and the data can be edited.

This approach is recommended, because it allows you to accurately select the objects that are to be applied to the placeholder object. Note: Disadvantage of option 2: remote objects lying outside a window cannot be included in the value set.

Once you have chosen one of the methods, you can place the placeholder object. It is recommended that you place the placeholder object close to the macro.

Simply use the left mouse button to move the placeholder object to the desired position and click to place it. Here you should enter a descriptive name for the placeholder object into the Name field. Right click in the free field and select the Name new variable function. The Variable name is now defined. When you click OK, the variable is applied in the Values tab.

Click the right mouse button again, and select the New value set function. Enter the desired designation of the value set into the header of the column. Proceed in the same way for the next new value set. Tip: This approach is to be recommended, since variables can be simply applied from a dialog, and EPLAN enters these with the correct syntax.

This excludes the possibility of incorrect entries, which is not always the case with manual entry. Once the variable has been applied, EPLAN establishes the assignment between the variable value and the value set name. The dialog can now be saved and closed with OK. To now switch between the individual value sets, you select the placeholder object and right click to select the Assign value set command from the popup menu.

Here you select the desired entry and apply it by clicking OK. In the example, that could be the function text. The example shown here was deliberately simple, merely pointing out the option of macros with value sets.

The number of potential ideas is unlimited and possible sources of errors, e. Only the way in which you use it can differ. What is a navigator? The essential purpose of this chapter is rather to explain functions that are often used in daily work. EPLAN has a separate navigator for each of the different device types in the project data.

But it cannot, for example, number terminals; this can only be performed by the special terminal strip navigator. It has terminal editing functions such as renumbering and creating terminal strips. It has functions for editing plugs and sockets. It provides an overview of other PLC box functions these can also be frequency converters with an integrated EA layer.

The PLC navigator provides different views representations of the project data. With the cable navigator, you can, for example, place or collect conductors. The Topology navigator contains information pertinent to the Routing path networks 2D method , such as routes and routing points. The Connection navigator contains all project data related to the connections in a project. You can use this navigator, for example, to use existing connections.

These navigators manage potentials, signals, networks, interruption points and the processes defined in the project. The bill of materials navigator contains all functions for centrally editing parts, such as swapping parts or selecting a contactor.

The 3D mounting layout navigator allows a 3D diagram of the devices used in the project, based on technical data at least width, height and depth from the parts master data. The Project options navigator allows creation of schematics using various options. The options can be easily switched on and off, by page, across pages, or in page sections. The Placeholder objects navigator conveniently manages macros with value sets from a single location, from changing global value sets editing selected objects.

This entry allows symbol selection to stay open all the time like a navigator. The device navigator can do everything that can be manually done to a device during device editing, i.

But the major advantage of the device navigator is that it does everything from a central point while maintaining a view of the entire project.

The device navigator can do more than just display and edit the properties of a device. You can also use it to edit or number several devices at once via the block functions bulk editing. For reasons of space, this chapter does not provide an overview of all of the menu items and their functions.

If devices do not have a main function characteristic then, for example, they cannot be numbered. Therefore, every independent item should initially be a main function. However, if other items with the same device tag exist in the project, then these are forced to become auxiliary functions.

Note: Only one main function per device is allowed at all times. Double main functions are not allowed and are usually detected with a check run and reported if the corresponding check run message is used. In the Properties components dialog, both ways of activating a main function are always set when one of them is set.

Regardless of where you set the check box for the main function, the other input check box is also automatically activated or deactivated. The advantage of the Assign main function menu function here is that the main function need not be manually set for every device where this is necessary.

It is entirely possible that copy operations or other similar actions can cause a device to have no main function. As an alternative, of course, these devices can also be selected in the device navigator. EPLAN, however, will not want to number all of the devices. Some of the devices will not be numbered because they do not have the main function characteristic. The results of the numbering are shown in Fig. All except a few devices were numbered.

All devices without a main function were not numbered. After performing this action i. If you now start the Number function again for comparison purposes, the preview dialog will show all devices waiting to receive the new device tag. Assign main function can, of course, be assigned to a keyboard shortcut. To put it more precisely, the device tag is set to the same value for all the selected devices. This does not include the main or auxiliary functions belonging to the devices, rather only the actually selected devices.

You should take this into consideration when using this function. All the devices in Fig. Here you click only the device tag that is to be transferred to all the selected devices. It makes no difference whether the main function or one of the auxiliary functions is selected. It must always be the same device, though. Different devices cannot be edited with this function. All devices should receive the same function text.

First you select an element. This can be the main function or any auxiliary function in the schematic. In this dialog, only the row containing the function text to be transferred to all other functions is selected. In the example, the function text of row 2 will be transferred to all other elements. Right-click to open the popup menu and select the Transfer function text function.

EPLAN now transfers the function text to all other entries in the dialog. EPLAN exits the dialog and transfers the function text to all elements and writes this text to the function text , function text automatic , and function text common symbol properties. These can be placed devices , i.

A mixture of both types of placement is also possible, of course, and they can be any devices. If these entries are not required, then you can simply delete them. You delete entries by selecting them and then clicking the delete button.

If this is not possible, then you can also delete the entries in the device source, device target, and cable DT fields. Click the field, select the desired entry, and then press the DEL key. All entries are deleted, and new devices can be selected and interconnected.

New devices are selected in the device source and device target fields using the button. In this dialog, you select the desired devices for the source and target one of each and click OK to apply them. An additional cable is to serve as a connection between the two terminal strips to be interconnected. You select an existing cable in the cable DT field for this purpose. Tip: It is also easy to create a new, non-existent cable at this point. You just click the field and enter the cable DT.

To use an existing cable DT, you simply click the to select it and then click OK. Select the terminals and isolated wire terminations in the fields click and then hold down the CTRL button and the mouse to select the desired terminals and isolated wire terminations and then click the Generate connections button.

You can also still edit these connections directly in the Interconnect devices dialog. Simply double-click the connection. If you had created a report before interconnecting the devices in this case, a cable diagram for the affected cable , EPLAN would only have listed the devices used, including the cable conductors used, in the report. This lets you know that this is an unplaced connection.

In the device navigator, you multi-line place either the device source or the device target on a schematic page. These are selected with a window. If you again update the associated report, then the data of the previously unplaced functions will be updated in the cable diagram with a cross-reference specification.

If the schematic and its devices need to be renumbered in a different format later, a fast and effective un-numbering method is important.

In contrast to numbering when inserting symbols online numbering , subsequent renumbering is offline numbering. Certain filters and schemes can be used for numbering, and predefined schemes can also be applied, exported or imported. One important thing should be noted about offline numbering.

Auxiliary functions cannot be numbered. How does the numbering function work? Very simple. In this dialog, you can set your own numbering format, start value and increment for each identifier entry.

Entire identifiers can be excluded here from numbering so that you are not forced to select only very specific devices when selecting devices. This enables you to check one more time that everything is numbered as desired before EPLAN writes the new numbering back to the project. A different numbering format can simply be selected in the format selection list, or the Extras button in the lower area of the dialog can be used to create a new numbering scheme.

EPLAN numbers all devices according to the specified format and displays this numbering in a preview of result. In this example that would be everything except the coil contacts. These were not included in the numbering dialog. This is why it is important to know that although you can number or re-number devices very quickly by selecting them on a page, these devices must be main functions.

If you want to avoid this, you can perform numbering via the device navigator. Select the devices, right click to open the popup menu and select the Number DT menu item. This time, however, all functions are included because the contacts and the coil have been selected in the device navigator. The New. First you select the motor overload switch in the device navigator. Then you open the popup menu in the device navigator and select the New. To insert a new device in the device navigator you select the New device.

When the New device. You select the relevant device and click OK to apply it. It can still be edited. Open the popup menu and select the Properties function, which then opens the Properties components dialog. It was inserted in the navigator as an unplaced device. To put this device in the schematic i. It is also possible to drag more than one device onto the page. Multiple devices can be marked in the device navigator and placed on the page.

EPLAN then places an item every time the mouse is clicked. The terminal strip navigator helps the user perform many repetitive actions, for example numbering terminals. These can be executed directly on the selected elements on a page or on selected pages in the page navigator. The terminal strip navigator also has a popup menu, accessible by right-clicking the mouse or clicking the button.

This dialog contains different functions from the popup menu for editing terminals. Examples of these functions are Number terminals, Move, Add strip accessories, and delete or Ungroup multi-level terminals. Like all EPLAN menus, the popup menu in the terminal editor can be called up via the right mouse button or the button.

The Numeric function sorts the terminals by number, and the Alphanumeric function sorts terminals by the alphanumeric components in the terminal designation. The other buttons, Ok and Cancel, speak for themselves. The Apply button applies the changes in the Edit terminal strips dialog, but does not close the dialog.

Tip: To change the row height in the Edit terminal strips dialog, posi- tion the cursor on a row and then pull the row while holding down the left mouse button to make it smaller or larger Fig. The terminals are sorted here according to the standard. Click the Sort button and select the Standard item. EPLAN immediately sorts the terminal strip according to the standard.

EPLAN writes the changed terminal designation to the corresponding terminals immediately after you save the changes and exit the dialog. Service and Maintenance. Building Automation. EPLAN for educational institutions. Online Services. Certified companies. Customer Solutions. About Us. Join Us.

Friedhelm Loh Group. Reference Handbook, 4th edition. Further information and examples. To do this, one or more devices are selected and the Place menu entry in the popup menu is selected. The selected devices are now hanging on the cursor and can be placed in the layout space. Note: The 3D mounting layout navigator only displays those devices that have a part entry.

Regardless of whether this part has additional technical data, such as width, height, macro data, or the like! Fig Project-specific setting 1. To do this, you directly activate the mounting panel in the layout space navigator so that the front view is visible in the 3D view.

To do this, you select mounting panel front in the layout space navigator and select the Activate directly entry in the popup menu. Fig Inserted terminal box Fig Selecting the mounting panel front. Before placement, you call up the Placement options.

The upper cable duct should be placed 50 millimeters from the upper edge and 10 millimeters from the left edge of the mounting panel.

Then you should extend the cable duct s length to the right edge, where it is also placed 10 millimeters from the edge. Fig The mounting panel front is now activated. To do this, you directly activate the door s exterior in the layout space navigator and set the view to 3D viewpoint front. You select the signal lamp in the 3D mounting layout navigator, call up the Place function, and then right-click the placement options.

You enter a distance of millimeters from the upper edge of the door. Then confirm the dialog with OK; now you can grab the middle of the upper edge with the snap functions and click the left mouse button. EPLAN now places the signal lamp in the center at a distance of millimeters from the edge. Fig Before placement of the signal lamp This is how the result looks in the 3D view.

Fig Grabbing the center Fig Final result: equipped enclosure. As the name describes, project options are various options for partial areas of a project. This can mean that e. This cannot be implemented using value set macros but is possible using the Project options module. To do this, the desired options are displayed or hidden.

Project options cannot be created across projects. They are only available for the project where they have been created. However, template projects with project options can be created Terminology in the Project options module The term project options is always used here.

Project options are a type of generic term. To help to understand project options, the following section contains a brief explanation of the terms used. Project options group this function allows the grouping of project options. They can contain several project options but only one project option at a time can be switched on. All other project options in the project options group are then switched off.

Project options groups can only be created in the project options navigator. Project options these are partial areas of a project that can be switched on and off as desired. They can consist of one or more extracts, pages, or page areas, or of unplaced objects. Project options can also only be created in the navigator. Section a section is always assigned to a project option. A section can consist of a partial circuit, a complete page, or several pages.

Unplaced objects are also possible in sections. Fig Starting up the project options navigator and the navigator itself. EPLAN offers an easy option for automatically creating reports in a broad range of forms.

All that is required is a form of the project options overview type and a report or report template. The image offers an example of how this kind of overview of the options used may appear in a report.

Of course, you can work here with filters and sortings so that for example your report only includes the active options in the form. Fig Generated automatic options overview. Answer: If you see a red exclamation mark on a device, it means that a message has been received for this device via the message navigator.

Fig Symbol properties Simply open the message navigator, check off Selection, select the device in the device navigator, and precisely the message or messages will be displayed that have been generated for this device during the check run.

Answer: In this case, the project in question is not of the schematic project type, but a project of the macro project type. These limitations are typical of macro projects. Question: Can I change the project structure page structure subsequently? Answer: No. Question: Where and how can I define a description for my structure identifiers?

Answer: To define a description for structure identifiers depending on the setting , you can use the Place identifiers dialog which is opened automatically by EPLAN when entering an unknown structure identifier to the project , or you can add it later directly in Structure identifier management Project data menu. Question: Can I change the row height and thus font size of the display , for example, in the Properties components dialog, or also in the Edit in table mode, etc.

Fig Change size of rows – before Answer: Yes, this is possible. To increase the row height and thus font size of the display , you must click on the corresponding display, then keep the CTRL key pressed and turn the scroll wheel of the mouse. Depending on the direction, the display will be increased or reduced. Fig Change size of rows – after. Fig Correct terminal strip Note: For the correction function to work, you must select at least one terminal in the project.

Question: How can I generate plug definitions automatically? If the function is to be executed for the entire project, the Apply to entire project setting must be selected. Fig Correct plugs After you click on the OK button, EPLAN generates the definitions as unplaced functions visible in the corresponding navigators, and from here they can also be placed on pages if necessary.

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You then proceed as described above. The procedure is always the same. The cable navigator shows only cables, the terminal navigator shows only devices with the terminal function type, etc. Here you can select the desired property or properties to be used in the symbol properties and confirm by pressing OK. You can also mirror pure symbols components. Usually the user does not want this to happen. EPLAN obtains the relevant prefix, meaning whether an entry begins with E or with I, according to the selected scheme, which is entered in the PLC-specific settings selection field.

 
 

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