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Since this documentation is designed as an introduction to EPLAN, many of the more complicated functions and relationships will be ignored. These details are covered in our seminars, where you can also find help with your own individual and company-specific tasks.

You should defi-nitely take part in our seminar program in order to make the best use of the functionality and possibilities of the system. We provide you with an extensive online helpsystem in the program it-self. In addition to conceptual information and dialog descriptions, here you will also find “step by step” instructions for most program functions. The “Proceed as follows” section of the operating information gives you step by step instructions for using the program.

Once you have started the program and require information on a particular dialog, you can then call up the appropriate help by simply pressing the [F1] key. Tip: After this image, useful tips to facilitate your interaction with the program are presented. Italic text provides particularly important information that you should definitely pay attention to.

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Electrical Engineering. Fluid Power Engineering. Page back a few pages, too. However, if your cursor is located in the Page navigator, the keys will not page through the pages but will cause the cursor to jump to the bottom or top page shown in the tree view.

Turning on the grid display A glance at the two menu items View and Options will show you that in EPLAN there are numerous program functions which make it easier for you to draw schematics.

You can work with a grid to make the positioning of elements easier. By default, in the Options menu, the menu item Snap to grid is activated. If this option is activated, the graphical elements and symbols are posi- tioned directly on the grid points of the grid during the drawing process. The size of the grid used is stored as a page property. In the graphical editor, you can modify the grid size set by default to the respective page type.

Using the to buttons in the View toolbar, you can switch be- tween five different grids, for which different grid sizes have been stored in the user settings. Please keep the Snap to grid option activated during the subsequent schematic generation and use Grid C with the default grid size 4. The grid size used is displayed in the status bar. The “ON” or “OFF” text in the status bar in front of the grid size indicates whether the snap to grid is activated or not see example regarding status bar on page The use of grid snap is independent of the grid display options.

If this view bothers you later when creating the schematic, then turn the grid display off in the same way. For schematic editing, it is often a good idea to enlarge a certain screen segment in order to be able to see details better. For instance, you can use the “window zoom” in order to show a certain window segment in an enlarged view.

In addition to the mouse pointer, a magnifying glass will also be displayed. Left-click the mouse in the upper left corner of the schematic, and use the mouse to open an area which includes about a quarter of the schematic page. The area to be enlarged is outlined with a thick frame while it is being selected. Click the left mouse button again.

The selected area is displayed at maximum size. By de- fault, during scrolling the mouse wheel acts in the same way you are familiar with from other CAD programs. In the settings, you also have the option of changing the scrolling behavior so that it matches the behavior of text editing programs. In this case, when you scroll with the mouse wheel, the visible section of the page is moved upwards or down- wards.

Move the mouse pointer onto the element with the designation -Q1. The element is displayed in a different color. Below the symbol, a small text window Tooltip is displayed with information about the element. Select the element by clicking on it. The color of the element changes again. The element -Q1 is completely deleted. You can, however, use the Undo command to reinsert the element. Note: When editing elements in the Graphical editor, besides the usual Win- dows operating methods first select elements, then call command , in most cases the reverse order of operation first call the command, then select elements is also supported.

Practice this once for the element -Q1 you just inserted. In addition to the mouse pointer, two other symbols are also dis- played. The box with the red X is the symbol assigned to the delete function, and the box with the dashed line stands for the area to be selected. Left-click the mouse button on the upper left of the element, and use the mouse to drag a frame around -Q1. The element -Q1 is removed.

Closing a Project 1. If your cursor is in the Page navigator, then the project for which you have selected one or more pages is closed. Note: Please note that the menu item Close in the popup menu Page naviga- tor only closes the page currently located in the foreground. Tip: In the Project menu, beneath the menu item Print, a list of the last projects opened is displayed.

You can use this list to open a corres- ponding project without needing to use the menu item Open. You have just closed the demo project. EPLAN opens the demo project again. After it opens, practice closing it again.

Now that you have looked at the complicated demo project in this chapter, in the next two main sections you will create a much “simpler” schematic. By default, symbols do not contain any logical data. These are generally stored in the functions. What is a component? A component is a graphical element for the representation of a function. It consists of the function and symbol. The function contains the logical data and the symbol contains the graphical data. A component has a device tag, connection point designations, and so on.

What are devices? Devices are logical electronic or fluid-technical units that work together. What are coordinate systems? Depending on the page type, a certain coordinate system will be the default.

On electrical engineering schematic pages, the coordinate system is of the type, Electrical engineering. This has its origin in the upper left corner of the drawing surface. The coordinates are indicated in grid increments RX and RY and displayed in the status bar.

Angles and other elements T-nodes, interruption points, etc. The angle hangs on the cursor. The Coordinate input dialog opens. In the Current cursor position group box, for X: enter 10 and for Y: enter The Coordinate input dialog is closed. The current cursor position is also shown in the bottom left corner of the status bar. You can immediately insert more angles. Tip: To call the Coordinate input quickly, you can also press the [P] key. This kind of determination of insertion coordinates is not absolutely necessary when editing your own schematics.

To do this when inserting — as described above — you can use Coordinate input or position the elements at the given coordinates using the mouse or the cursor keys. If you use the Coordinate input dialog to do this, each element is directly placed after confirming the coordinates with [OK]. If you position the element using the mouse or keyboard, then after positioning you must still left click or press [Enter] in order to place the element on the page.

The grid size for pages of the type, Schematic multi-line, has a default of “4. If, for example, in the Page properties you changed the default Grid from “4. Once the connection points of two angle symbols are directly horizontally or vertically aligned in the schematic, they are automatically connected with a connection line.

This is called “autoconnecting”, in which the con- nection lines created this way are called “autoconnect lines”. Only these autoconnect lines are recognized and reported as electrical connections between symbols. Autoconnecting is always performed if the connection points of two symbols are aligned horizontally or vertically. When insert- ing and moving symbols, a preview of the autoconnect lines is shown. Inserting Potential Connection Points The potentials in the schematic can be defined by potential connection points.

The symbol for the potential connection point hangs on the mouse pointer. The Properties components : Potential connection point opens. On the Potential definition tab in the properties dialog, for the Name of potential, enter the value L1.

In the Properties group box for the Potential type, select the value L from the dropdown list. The properties dialog is then closed. You can immediately insert more potential connection points. After the symbols are placed, a different symbol variant must be selected in the properties dialog. Tip: If there are different variants of a symbol such as for a potential connec- tion point , then you already have several possibilities during positioning to select between the different variants.

For instance, if the symbol is hanging on the mouse pointer, you can press the [Ctrl] key and move the cursor in a circle. The various variants are displayed. Once you have decided on a variant, first release the [Ctrl] key, then click the left mouse button to place the symbol. A different way to page between the variants available consists of pressing the [Tab] key while inserting. For each direction, there are then four variants. The T-node hangs on the mouse pointer.

The insertion points of all placed schematic elements are shown in the schematic as “black squares”. Double-click on the insertion point of the T-node. The T-node right dialog opens. Here, select the option 1st target below, 2nd target right. No variant selection is necessary. Alternatively, you can select the respective object and select the Properties menu item in the popup menu.

Drawing rectangles 1. The rectangle hangs on the mouse pointer. Click the left mouse button to determine the starting point of the rectangle. Note: When inserting graphical elements, a small text window for inputting numbers is displayed on the cursor by default. This text window is called the “input box”. The values entered in the input box relate to the graphical coordinate system with its origin at the bottom-left and which is reported in “mm” or “inch”, according to the preset displayed measuring unit.

If the Input box function is enabled in the Options menu, you can use the input box, for example, to position graphical elements quickly and precisely on graphical pages. On such pages, the graphical coordinate system is preset. The symbol for the line hangs on the mouse pointer.

Click the left mouse button to determine the starting point of the first line of the rectangle. To “visually” highlight the action line, change the formatting properties of the lines inserted.

Double-click, for instance, on the “PE” line the first line. The Properties dialog opens. In the Properties dialog, switch to the Format tab. Change the settings here. Repeat this action for the second action line. To differentiate the lines, select different formatting properties e.

Selecting a symbol In Symbol selection, you can select symbols from a tree or list view. In the tree view, symbols are divided neatly into different groups based on their function definitions. Here, you can page through the different groups until you find the symbol you want.

Example: The following illustration shows symbol selection through the tree view for the first device to be inserted. On the right side in the dialog, the Symbol selection presents you with a preview.

Once you have selected the de- sired symbol in the preview, you can then accept it with a double-click. For the sample project, we are using a symbol selection from the list view. You can also select a symbol very quickly using direct entry in the list view. Note: The symbol selection via direct entry described below works only if you leave the columns of the list configured so that the name of the symbol is in the first column.

The Symbol selection dialog is opened. In the Symbol selection dialog, select the List tab. To reduce the number of symbols shown, select a filter now. To do this, from the Filter drop-down list, apply the IEC symbols, multi- line entry. Select the Active check box to activate the filter settings. The various symbols are managed in so-called “symbol libraries”. In the Direct entry field, enter Q1.

After you enter the first character, the cursor jumps to the first symbol whose name begins with that character, and selects it. The selected symbol is displayed in the preview window on the right side, with all existing variants. The first variant of each is se- lected in the preview window. The symbol will also be displayed in the Graphical preview. In the list, select the three-pole switch Q1 and click [OK]. The symbol hangs on the mouse pointer and can be placed on the current page in the Graphical editor.

Determining properties After placing the switch on the page, the Properties components dialog opens. Some fields are already prepopulated with entries. This behavior is called “online numbering”. The fields Displayed DT, Connection point designation, and Connection point description are already prepopulated with entries. Enter the value 16A into the Technical characteristics field. In the Function text field, enter the text Load interrupter.

In the schematic, you also see the connection point designations entered and the function text. Tip: To call up Symbol selection quickly, you can also use the [Insert] key or the button Symbol in the Symbols toolbar.

Inserting other general devices Proceed in the same fashion as above for the components listed below. In the list view, select Symbol selection using direct entry. To do this, enter the symbol name given below for each one, and leave the IEC symbols, multi-line filter filter activated. Before you can then select a different symbol, you must finish the action and then call Symbol selection again. Position the symbols on the given coordinates and fill in the properties of the components inserted, if necessary.

The entries of the prepopulated properties are given in parentheses in the following listing. Symbol description Entries 1. You can also select the menu item Line break from the popup menu. Symbol description Entries 4. K1, and don’t enter any device tag there. Symbol description Entries 9. As Name of potential and Potential type, you must enter PE.

Inserting Terminal Strips and Terminals Terminals are a kind of device and, like general devices, can only be inserted into your schematic using symbol selection. If you haven’t yet, activate the Filter IEC symbols, multi-line. In the Direct entry field, enter X. In the list, select the terminal X and click [OK]. The terminal symbol hangs on the mouse pointer and can be placed on the current page in the Graphical editor. The Properties components : Terminals dialog opens.

Here is where you determine the properties of the terminals. Terminals are also automatically numbered by default. This way, you can store the terminal parts on the individual terminals. For this purpose, the Main terminal check box is activated in the prop- erty dialog. Next, you must modify the function definition of the inserted terminal. The function definition defines the standard behavior of a function. The terminal symbols are initially inserted with a general function definition.

You can then decide later on the specific terminal N ter- minal, PE terminal, etc. For this purpose, click the [ The Function definitions dialog opens. Here, in the tree of the Selection field, select the function definition Terminal with saddle jumper, 2 connection points. The Function definitions dialog is closed. In the Properties components : Terminals dialog, also click [OK]. The terminal with the displayed DT —X1 is placed in the schematic.

For the first two terminals, you can accept the predefined terminal designations 2 and 3, but for the last terminal change the designation to PE. Modify the function defini- tions for all terminals. For the first two terminals -X and -X , also select the function definition Terminal with saddle jumper, 2 connection points, and for the PE terminal -X the function definition PE terminal with rail contact, 2 connection points.

Finish the action by selecting the menu item Cancel action from the popup menu. The terminal strip definition identifies the terminal strip and contains all the relevant data for the terminal strip as well as the terminal strip part information. The symbol for the terminal strip definition hangs on the mouse pointer. The Properties components : Terminal strip definition dialog opens.

Due to the automatic numbering, the field Displayed DT is already prepopulated with the entry —X2. In the Displayed DT field on the Terminal strip definition tab, enter the strip designation -X1 already assigned in the schematic.

In the Function text field, enter the text Motor, 4 connection points. The terminal strip definition is inserted at the given coordinates. The cable definition line must cross the corresponding connections.

The symbol for the cable definition line hangs on the mouse pointer. Click with the left mouse button to establish the starting point of the line. The Properties components : Cable dialog opens. Due to the automatic numbering, the field Displayed DT is already prepopu- lated with the entry —W1. In the Function text field, enter the text Motor. In the fields No. From the drop-down list for the Unit field, select the entry mm2. In the schematic, the cable definition line with the displayed DT —W1 is shown along with the data entered.

When drawing the cable definition line, a connection definition point is automatically set at each intersection of connections with the cable defi- nition line. The cable conductors are determined via the connection defi- nition points. You will only see these automatically generated connection definition points if you have activated the view of insertion points.

For certain actions e. In doing this, new connections are generated based on the available information or existing connections are updated. The individual connection can get its data from project settings, potentials, or from a connection definition point. Since the connection data is not automatically updated for each action, we recommend manually updating before certain actions such as the execution of check runs, or working in navigator dialogs. EPLAN updates all connections in the project.

If the check box is not activated, updating is only carried for the current selection of pages, functions, etc. If no other function text is entered for a component, the function text from the path will be used for reports e. The Properties – Path function text dialog opens.