EPLAN List of Products and Services

Using Eplan Harness proD, you can efficiently design cables and create documentation in 3D machine design. You can import wiring lists and automatically generate BOMs for harness cables and 2D nail board drawings. During the engineering process, you can add electrical design information related to the digital twin, and the design of cables and harnesses is not dependent on the presence of prototypes. This software is open to MCAD systems, allowing for seamless integration into existing system landscapes.

• Other CAD

The concept of the project viewer eVIEW is to digitize the review process in engineering. Users can view and access documents via a browser and directly add correction comments in red pen to the documents. All change histories are saved, allowing for the visualization of the process. By sharing information using digitized project documents, it is possible to keep the documents up to date.

• 2D CAD Electrical

EPLAN Preplanning, which conducts conceptual design, is a solution for the technical preliminary planning of machines and plants. It allows for the storage of engineering data in the initial stages of preplanning. This data can include actuators and sensors of plant systems, machines, or buildings. You can import data from external tabular sources or input overviews of plant systems and machines, as well as graphical process and instrumentation diagrams. This enables the rapid creation of initial data sheets and specifications for material procurement.

• Other CAD

Each component manufacturer publishes its own component data on the EPLAN Data Portal. Therefore, you can directly access device and component data from EPLAN software. This significantly reduces the effort required to create component data and additional data needed during manufacturing, while also improving document quality. This document summarizes the registration status of the EPLAN Data Portal, which is updated monthly.

• 3D CAD
• 2D CAD Electrical

EPLAN provides a more efficient design environment, from process engineering to detailed design, standardization, and collaboration between manufacturers and suppliers, through integrated electrical engineering design and powerful ECAD software. With our integrated engineering solutions, data connects from process engineering to detailed design, manufacturing, and maintenance. This enables improvements in efficiency across all processes for the safety of ports and open seas. 【Features】 ■ Wire design and integrated system landscape ■ Maritime Industry 4.0: Standards for Shipbuilding ■ Overview diagrams of port facilities *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

EPLAN provides solutions suitable for a wide range of application areas, including energy technology and management, solar technology, wind and hydropower, and biogas plants. Whether for conventional energy, alternative energy, high voltage, medium voltage, or low voltage network grids, EPLAN solutions enable the design of complex switching devices and systems, as well as network design. It offers a consistent foundation for various information, enabling work across multiple fields in compliance with standards. Through interfaces to ERP systems and PDM systems, it allows integration into existing IT environments and facilitates seamless workflows across the company. [Features] ■ Engineering in the energy sector: generation, transmission, utilization ■ Integrated engineering *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

The EPLAN Data Portal provides advanced component data from various manufacturers. It allows access to device and component data from a continuously growing community of EPLAN users. By placing product catalogs of component data in the cloud alongside many other manufacturers, engineers and planners around the world can access electronic product catalogs and utilize component data when designing circuit diagrams. **Features of the EPLAN Data Portal** - Provides standardized component data - Enhanced component data search functionality - Supports the publication of component data - Monitors the download status of component data *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

• Database
• Other CAD related software

EPLAN provides continuity of data, safety in planning, and optimized processes in industries such as oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and chemicals, water supply (drinking water/sewage), and wastewater treatment. It offers solutions to optimize processes and workflows in the oil, chemical, and gas industries. Additionally, in the chemical industry, EPLAN software centrally manages data from conceptual design to electrical design and fluid power design on the EPLAN platform. It supports various engineering tasks such as preliminary design, electrical design, fluid power design, and control panel layout design. 【Features】 ■ Oil, Chemical, and Gas: - Higher availability of plant systems and improved safety in planning - Optimization of processes through planning ■ Pharmaceutical Industry: - Reliable manufacturing without troubles - Advanced documentation supporting the lifecycle of plant systems *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

EPLAN provides effective possibilities to enhance efficiency in all processes along the value chain of food manufacturing through integrated engineering solutions. It offers solutions for designing machinery and plant control systems, supporting everything from manufacturing, production, processing, to packaging agricultural products into food and beverages. Food manufacturers use P&ID diagrams to illustrate how various components are processed into products. Manufacturers of machinery and plant systems use EPLAN to generate the necessary electrical instrumentation and control (I&C) systems that assist in the automation of these processes. [Features] ■ P&ID and I&C for food and beverage manufacturing *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

EPLAN solutions can optimize the entire value chain of automotive manufacturing. From process engineering to detailed design, standardization, and collaboration between manufacturers and suppliers, we provide a more efficient design environment. Our solutions centralize all engineering data on a single platform, from pre-planning to manufacturing. This enables integrated connections to standard interfaces and integration into existing processes and system landscapes. 【Features】 ■ Solutions that cover everything from design to maintenance ■ Utilization of a centralized platform across the entire supply chain *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

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• Control Panel

EPLAN and Rittal provide solutions to many challenges in the design and manufacturing of control panels in Japan. Our solutions enable 3D layout design of control panels utilizing electrical design information. Necessary documents for control panel manufacturing, such as bill of materials and drilling diagrams, are automatically generated, reducing manual labor. Additionally, the digital twin created through the collaboration of our expertise and technology in automation with Rittal supports the reduction of man-hours and costs, avoidance of rework and errors, and long-term productivity improvement. 【Features】 ■ Strength in connecting design data and manufacturing ■ Automation of control panel manufacturing through the expertise of EPLAN and Rittal *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

EPLAN's solutions connect design and manufacturing with high-quality data and documentation, supporting integrated engineering solutions along the value chain in various business forms such as in-house production and outsourcing. The integrated control and technical design of the EPLAN platform, along with its powerful ECAD platform, form the foundation for automating engineering and manufacturing processes step by step. Additionally, it provides global industry standards necessary for engineering. Regardless of company size, industry, or sector, EPLAN supports various work methods, including partial automation, full automation, and complete control from external sources via the web. **Features** - Step-by-step automation of the digitalized order process - Engineering standards that cater to various fields *For more details, please download the PDF or feel free to contact us.*

• 3D CAD
• Other CAD
• Control Panel

As the adoption of IoT and AI progresses, the demand for intelligent control panels that can handle more advanced and complex tasks while sharing data in real-time is rapidly increasing. This demand presents a significant business opportunity for control panel manufacturers, but it also poses severe challenges. In many workplaces, traditional manufacturing methods centered around manual labor using 2D drawings are still the mainstream. However, this approach is time-consuming and prone to human error. The shortage of skilled technicians has also become a serious issue, necessitating strategic transformations to shorten manufacturing time without increasing the workforce in order to boost productivity. In this blog, we will explain how "engineering utilizing digital data" and "automation of control panel manufacturing," which are key to solving the challenges faced in control panel production, can dramatically enhance productivity. Please check the full text via the related link. Table of Contents 1. Why is the transition to 3D design important now? 2. The overwhelming productivity improvements brought by automated machining of control panels 3. Maximizing effectiveness with software and automated machining 4. Summary: Strategies to win in the future 5. Experience the "future of control panel drafting" firsthand.

• 3D CAD

In creating circuit diagrams for control panels and distribution boards, introducing "Electrical CAD," which is specialized for electrical design, is highly efficient. This article explains the basic information about electrical design CAD and answers common questions when considering its implementation. Please check the full text via the related link URL. Table of Contents 1. What is Electrical Design CAD? 2. Functions of Electrical Design CAD 3. Benefits of Electrical Design CAD - Connecting circuit diagram creation to document creation - Supporting 3D layout design - Integration with PLM - Achieving manufacturing collaboration 4. Background of the Demand for Electrical Design CAD 5. Differences Between Electrical Design CAD and General-purpose CAD 6. Q&A When Considering the Introduction of Electrical Design CAD - Q. How to choose Electrical Design CAD? - Q. What is the difference between free software and paid software? - Q. Standard functions or customization? - Q. How much efficiency can be achieved by introducing Electrical Design CAD? - Q. What to do with past electrical design data when switching Electrical Design CAD? 7. For Efficiency in Electrical Design, Eplan

• 3D CAD

Eplan Harness proD is a tool that allows for the easy creation of harness cable bill of materials (BOM) and 2D nail board drawings based on data from the Eplan platform. By adding design information to the digital twin during the electrical design phase, accurate cable and harness designs can be advanced even without a prototype. Additionally, it supports integration with mechanical CAD (MCAD), making it possible to smoothly incorporate it into existing design systems. This enables the connection of electrical and mechanical design data, achieving a consistent engineering environment.

• 3D CAD

Eplan Smart Production digitally supports the creation of control panels. Assembly and wiring tasks can be carried out step by step with guidance displayed according to a checklist, allowing anyone to work without confusion. The use of a 3D model of the control panel makes the procedures clearer and allows for intuitive work. All the information needed for the tasks can be checked on Smart Production, eliminating the need to search for paper drawings or lists as before. Since work instructions can be confirmed while viewing the 3D data, it is also convenient for training newcomers and handovers. Additionally, the progress of the work can be monitored in real-time on a dashboard, allowing for constant awareness of production progress.

• 3D CAD

EPLAN Electric P8 is a 3D electrical design CAD solution specialized in streamlining electrical design for plants, machinery, equipment, and control panels. It standardizes electrical design, making design tasks, report creation, and management of design data easier. When creating circuit diagrams using general-purpose CAD, a lot of manual work occurs, such as preparing symbols, manually drawing connections between symbols, and copying and pasting parts lists into another software. The more manual work involved, the higher the probability of errors, which in turn increases the need for rework. EPLAN's comprehensive electrical design CAD aims to ease the design process by having software perform tasks that electrical designers used to do manually. Additionally, since design data such as component data and circuit diagrams are centrally managed in a database, it offers the advantage of smoothly handling design changes.

• 3D CAD
• 2D CAD Electrical

2D Electrical Design vs 3D Electrical Design: A Comparison of Control Panel Production Two-dimensional circuit diagrams are used for the manufacturing of control panels and wiring of cables. Where on the mounting plate are components or holes needed? Where should cable ducts, DIN rails, and terminals be installed? Often, the manufacturing of panels progresses based on the technology and know-how of panel manufacturers. However, due to labor shortages and the retirement of skilled technicians, it may become impossible to produce control panels in the same way as before. EPLAN utilizes 3D data of components used at the electrical design stage to create circuit diagrams. Once the circuit diagram is completed, not only is a list of necessary components compiled, but layout design of the control panel can also be performed using the 3D data. Before manufacturing the control panel, detailed information can be checked, such as whether all components will fit, if the size is too large, whether there are any interferences, and what the required cable lengths are.

• 3D CAD
• 2D CAD Electrical

Currently, DX (Digital Transformation) is booming, and the necessity of DX is being emphasized. However, even though DX is mentioned, it remains conceptual and abstract, and there is not much concrete discussion about what the future looks like or what specific actions should be taken to achieve it. This document focuses on the people who design and manufacture control panels and their industry, explaining the future of control panels, the DX of their design and manufacturing, and the processes necessary to realize it. [Contents (Excerpt)] ■ Future Forecast of the Control Panel Market: What will demand look like going forward? ■ Real Challenges Facing the Control Panel Industry ■ What is DX for Control Panels? ■ What Control Panel Manufacturers Should Do for DX *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

• Technical and Reference Books
• Other operation management software
• Other production management systems

The old JIS circuit symbols include unique standards that can be considered a dialect of Japanese, making them difficult for overseas engineers to understand and creating a disadvantage when selling abroad. It is important to actively respond to globalization from the design stage and create circuit diagrams that can be used in any country, making them more acceptable in overseas markets. This document highlights several symbols and provides a comparison of IEC (new JIS), old JIS, and NFPA. Additionally, some symbols that were thought to be old JIS were actually NFPA symbols, and there are cases where the old JIS symbols used are similar to NFPA, so NFPA symbols are also included for reference. [Contents] ■ Standards covered ■ Contacts ■ Switches ■ Coils and sockets *Technical materials are currently available for free! Please download for more details.

• 2D CAD Electrical
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Introducing the features of EPLAN's 10 solutions.

• Other CAD
• 2D CAD Electrical

Standardization of electrical design is often mentioned, but specific methods are not widely discussed. This is because it requires consideration of the know-how and design philosophies that each company possesses, making it a complex issue. This document briefly summarizes the necessary overview for standardization in accordance with IEC and new JIS standards. It explains the position-oriented approach of "JIS C 0452-1 IEC 81346-1," as well as function-oriented and product-oriented approaches using diagrams. For over 30 years, EPLAN has been accumulating expertise in electrical design, not only in standardization but also in the introduction of comprehensive electrical design CAD. Please consult us! 【Contents (excerpt)】 ■ List of standards covered ■ What is the hierarchical structure of drawings "JIS C 0452 IEC 81346"? ■ What is document classification and specification "JIS C 0451 IEC 61355"? ■ NFPA "North American standard" ■ Conclusion *Technical materials are currently available for free! Please download to learn more.

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