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And for the second sche- matic page, in the Page name field, change the entry from 3 to 2. Tip: You can also determine structure identifiers and page names in the Full page name dialog when you create a page. Now all pages in the project have structure identifiers. You may first have to enlarge the Page navigator window a little before you can read all the page descriptions. Note: If you have made a change during page editing for instance, changed page properties, inserted graphical elements, etc.
There is no separate save necessary, and so there is no corresponding menu item in the program! Opening and Closing a Project Before you start with the actual creation of a schematic, you will first look at a predefined demonstration project in this chapter.
You will also learn how to open and close a project, and you will learn a few basic com- mands for viewing and editing a project. Here, the projects are shown which are located in your predefined project directory by default. Then repeat this for the plus sign in front of the structure level CA1, then for the next to the structure level EAA.
The pages are now dis- played in the "lowest" project level. Tip: To open and close structure levels with subordinate levels, from the Page navigator you can also use the two menu items Expand and Collapse from the popup menu.
The currently selected level in the tree view will be opened or closed. A minus sign before a level indicates that the level is already open. For instance, if you want to show all the pages of a project in the tree at once, then select the closed level with the project name, and press the [X] key on the numeric block of your keyboard.
For a larger project, this process can take some time. Paging Through the Project Pages Using the appropriate program functions, you can look at the pages of a project one after the other in the Graphical editor. Repeat this action a few times and look at the contents of the pages in the Graphical editor. If the tree structure in the Page navigator was not yet completely opened, this will be done while paging through the pages.
The page name and the description of the currently opened page are high- lighted in bold in the Page navigator. 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. Using window zoom Normally, the entire page is shown in a window of the Graphical editor. 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. 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. 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. Deleting and restoring elements 1. Move the mouse pointer onto the element with the designation -Q1.
Below the symbol, a small text window Tooltip is displayed with information about the element. 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.
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. 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. Example: Also consider the following example. 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.
Creating a Schematic In this chapter, you will begin with the creation of a simple 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. Inserting "Angle" Connection Symbols As the first elements, insert a few angles into your schematic.
Angles and other elements T-nodes, interruption points, etc. The current cursor position is also shown in the bottom left corner of the status bar. You can immediately insert more angles. 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.
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. You can immediately insert more potential connection points. After the symbols are placed, a different symbol variant must be selected in the properties dialog. Finish this action by selecting the menu item Cancel action from the popup menu or pressing the [Esc] key.
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. No variant selection is necessary. Alternatively, you can select the respective object and select the Properties menu item in the popup menu. Inserting Graphical Elements Graphical elements are elements like lines, circles, rectangles, and so on, which contain no information relevant to the schematic.
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. 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. Change the settings here. Repeat this action for the second action line. To differentiate the lines, select different formatting properties e. Inserting General Devices Unlike other symbols such as the connection symbols , general devices can only be selected via symbol selection. 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. If you select a symbol in the tree, below the tree a symbol description of that symbol is displayed. 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. 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. The first variant of each is se- lected in the preview window. The symbol will also be displayed in the Graphical preview. 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". You have now inserted a switch with three NO contacts into the sche- matic.
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. Symbols of the same type can be inserted immediately one after the other. 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. For the other NO power contacts you have to insert, remove the sug- gested displayed DT -? K1, and don't enter any device tag there. Symbol description Entries 9. Assign the motor a PE potential connection point as well.
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.
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 [ Here, in the tree of the Selection field, select the function definition Terminal with saddle jumper, 2 connection points. In the Properties components : Terminals dialog, also click [OK].
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. 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.
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. Drawing Cable Definition Lines Cables can be displayed graphically with cable definition lines or shields. The cable definition line must cross the corresponding connections. Due to the automatic numbering, the field Displayed DT is already prepopu- lated with the entry —W1.
In the fields No. 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. Updating Connections Connection lines generated by autoconnecting are at first simply graphi- cal lines and not connections with data.
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. If the check box is not activated, updating is only carried for the current selection of pages, functions, etc.
Inserting Path Function Texts Path function texts ease documentation because you don't have to enter a function text for each component. If no other function text is entered for a component, the function text from the path will be used for reports e. Note: Be sure when inserting path function texts that the insertion point of the text is aligned with the insertion point of the component which should receive the path function text. Inserting "Interruption Point" Connection Symbols 1.
Select the variant with the arrow pointing downwards Variant D , and release the [Ctrl] key. Inserting more action lines Your first schematic page is now almost complete. Now you must insert two more action lines.
Assign this "PE" line the same formatting properties you assigned to the first "PE" line. Change the formatting properties for this line, too. For instance, select a different line thickness and a different line type. Next, you will also insert components on the second schematic page, thus generating cross-references. Generating Cross-references In the previous chapter, you generated a schematic on the first sche- matic page of your sample project.
In this chapter, you will complete the schematic on the second page, thus generating cross-references. EPLAN differentiates between different types of cross-reference. The program automatically inserts most of these cross-reference automati- cally online. Based on the sample project, you will get to know some of the most common cross-reference types.
More detailed information on the different types of cross-reference can be found in the EPLAN online help. Devices can consist of different elements and be distributed across mul- tiple pages of schematics. It can also be necessary to depict a device multiple times.
In such cases, cross-references identify the fact that individual components belong together. A cross-reference shows you where the other part of a device can be found in the schematic. Using cross-references, you can reliably find a component or associated parts on a series of pages. How are cross-references displayed in the schematic?
The cross-references are shown by default in the order, [Separa- tor]Page name[Separator]Column. By default, the cross-references receive a different color than the other elements displayed.
Example: To do this, we will use an example still to be created from your sample project. The NC power contact -K1 on the first schematic page will later be cross-referenced to a coil which then is located on page 2 in column 2. Automatically Generating Interruption Point Cross-references First, insert two interruption points on the second schematic page. Inter- ruption points are used to represent connections encompassing more than one page. To do this, select them in the Page navigator and double-click on the page.
For com- parison, look at the procedure in section "Inserting "Interruption Point" Connection Symbols" on page Changing display settings for the interruption points To prevent the device tag from crossing future autoconnect lines, addi- tional settings must be made in the appropriate property dialogs.
In the dialog Properties components : Interruption point switch to the Display tab. The displayed properties are shown to the left of the insertion point. The cross-references refer to the interruption points with the same dis- played DT located on the first schematic page. On this page, too, corres- ponding cross-references are displayed at the interruption points. Inserting More Connection Symbols and General Devices Insert the connection symbols listed below into the second schematic page.
Or use the Connec- tion symbols toolbar to insert the listed components. To do this, after inserting, click on the insertion point of the T-node and then, in the T-node right dialog, select the corresponding option see section "Inserting "T-node" Connection Symbols" on page Or you can use the [Ctrl] key when inserting to rotate the symbol on the cursor and select the right variant that way.
Finally complete your second schematic page by placing the general devices. Inserting Contactor Coils and Contact Images All the contacts of a device are shown in a contact image. This form of cross-reference display is often used for contactor coils or motor over- load switches. Since we are using the same displayed DT for the coil as for the power contacts on the first schematic page, EPLAN automatically generates a contact image.
This includes the connection point designations, the sym- bols, and the schematic positions of the contacts cross-referenced to the coil and is shown below the coil. Inserting another contact for the coil Now use symbol selection to insert another contact for the coil. For searching via direct entry enter S and then select the NO contact with symbol number 1. The DT selection dialog which then appears shows all the DTs present in the project which match the given function.
The cross-reference to the coil on the same page is displayed in the schematic immediately. Inserting Contacts and Contact Image for Motor Overload Switches Finally, insert two more contacts on this page for the motor overload switch —Q2 on the first schematic page.
In the Displayed DT field, enter -Q2. Or apply the displayed DT using DT selection. To do so, click [ Now use symbol selection to insert another NO contact symbol name for Direct entry: S; symbol number: 1. You have now completed the creation of the schematic on the second page.
Once the contact is placed with the displayed DT —Q2, a corresponding cross-reference for the motor overload switch is shown at the component on the first schematic page.
On the motor overload switch itself, you see the contacts just inserted as a contact image. The cross-referenced contacts are shown as symbols on the action line of the motor overload switch. In addition, the connec- tion point designations and the schematic positions of the contacts can be seen in the contact image.
Tip: From the NO contact you just inserted, —Q2, you can jump directly to the motor overload switch on the first schematic page. Changing the contact image position For contacts to be shown in a contact image, appropriate display settings must be made for the contact image in the properties dialog of the motor overload switch. Look at these settings in the motor overload switch.
In the properties dialog, switch to the Display tab. Using the On component option, the contact image is displayed next to the component. This setting is preset by default during insertion of motor overload switches. In this dialog, you can "manually" determine the position of the contact image in relation to the insertion point of the device.
Deactivate the Automatically aligned check box. In the X position field, enter the value Now you are finished with both of the schematic pages of your project. In the next chapter you will learn how to assign parts to the devices in- serted. Selecting Parts In the previous two chapters, you created a simple schematic. Before you start with reports and can automatically generate a parts list, you must enter parts for the devices inserted. The Parts tab is available in the property dialog of the components to do this.
Here you can manually enter the parts or select them using "part selection". Part selection is a dialog you can use to select parts and their data from a data source. What is parts management? Parts management is the part of the program in which you can manage information specific to parts and people; items such as part numbers, customer, manufacturer, or supplier data.
To manage parts data, you have to have at least advanced user knowledge, and for this reason we will not go into any more depth about parts management here.
Assigning Parts 1. Click [ The button appears once you click on the corresponding table cell in the Part number column. Structurally, this dialog is ex- actly like Parts management. In the left half, the parts are shown in a tree, list or a combination of these two representations, where the tree structure is subdivided by default into the hierarchy levels: Electrical engineering, Fluid power, and Mechanics.
In the right half of the dialog, you see the data belonging to the element or elements selected in the left window. Now expand the parts tree on the left side. Building Technology. Automation Technology. Electrical Engineering. Fluid Power Engineering. Wire Harness. Process Engineering. Service and Maintenance. Building Automation. EPLAN for educational institutions. Online Services.
Certified companies. Customer Solutions. About Us. Join Us. Friedhelm Loh Group. 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. On the Text tab, enter the term, Power supply. The path function text hangs on the mouse pointer. Click the left mouse button to place the text in the desired path. Note: Be sure when inserting path function texts that the insertion point of the text is aligned with the insertion point of the component which should receive the path function text.
Inserting "Interruption Point" Connection Symbols 1. The interruption point symbol hangs on the mouse pointer. Hold [Ctrl] and then move the cursor in a circle. The different variants are displayed. Select the variant with the arrow pointing downwards Variant D , and release the [Ctrl] key.
The Properties components : Interruption point dialog opens. The interruption point is inserted at the given coordinates. Now you must insert two more action lines. Assign this "PE" line the same formatting properties you assigned to the first "PE" line. Change the formatting properties for this line, too. For instance, select a different line thickness and a different line type.
Next, you will also insert components on the second schematic page, thus generating cross-references. In this chapter, you will complete the schematic on the second page, thus generating cross-references. EPLAN differentiates between different types of cross-reference. The program automatically inserts most of these cross-reference automati- cally online. Based on the sample project, you will get to know some of the most common cross-reference types. More detailed information on the different types of cross-reference can be found in the EPLAN online help.
Devices can consist of different elements and be distributed across mul- tiple pages of schematics. It can also be necessary to depict a device multiple times. In such cases, cross-references identify the fact that individual components belong together.
A cross-reference shows you where the other part of a device can be found in the schematic. Using cross-references, you can reliably find a component or associated parts on a series of pages. How are cross-references displayed in the schematic? The cross-references are shown by default in the order, [Separa- tor]Page name[Separator]Column.
By default, the cross-references receive a different color than the other elements displayed. The NC power contact -K1 on the first schematic page will later be cross-referenced to a coil which then is located on page 2 in column 2.
Automatically Generating Interruption Point Cross-references First, insert two interruption points on the second schematic page.
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Table of Contents Introduction Inserting Terminal Strips and Terminals Completing and Updating Reports KG is pleased to welcome you as a new user. 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 trainings, where you can also find beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free with your own individual and company-specific tasks. You should defi- nitely take part in our training program in order to make the best use of the functionality and possibilities of the system.
In the program itself, we provide you with an extensive online help sys- tem. 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.
We hope that the beginner's manual will give you a thorough insight vesrion_2.1_us the many different options and features of your EPLAN software. Notes for the Reader Before you begin reading, please note beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free following symbols and styles used in rfee handbook: Note: Text preceded by this image contains extra notes.
Tip: Useful tips взято отсюда facilitate your посетить страницу источник with the program are presented after this image. In order to find a particular program function, the menus and options shown in a menu path must be selected in the sequence shown. Remarks on the Sample Project In the following chapters, you will gradually create and evaluate a small sample project.
So that you can successfully follow the instructions, we assume that you have already installed EPLAN and have the required software protection dongle and license. Eplaj writing this guide, we used the fully licensed program with its entire scope of functionality. If you have not licensed all the modules, this docu- mentation or some figures in this documentation may possibly go be- yond the scope of functionality of the software you have purchased, that is, functions are also described which may not be available to you.
The user interface of your EPLAN application may differ from the figures presented here if, in the Select scope of menu /48263.txt, you selected the Advanced or Expert user mode when beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free started the program. That is the mode we used when creating this manual. All settings can be made in a central location in the program in the Options menu under the beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free item Settings.
For the sample beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free, we almost exclusively used the default settings of the project template being used. Don't change these settings while working with the sample project; otherwise нажмите чтобы прочитать больше may see different results.
Since a list of beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free different call-up options would make this guide much larger, we usually use the mouse controls in the action instructions. During program installation, a program icon is created on the Windows Desktop. Here, you specify the user mode in which you would like to define the displayed scope of the menu.
Click [OK]. In this informational dialog, which is automatically shown every time you start the leectric, you are shown useful information on program functions. Deselect the Show tips at startup check box if you do not wish this dialog to appear every time the program is started. Click on [Close] to close the Tip of the day. Before you create a больше информации, you will first see a little more information about the user interface in the next chapter.
Note: In the Select scope of menu dialog, if you activated the Do not show this dialog again check box, this dialog will no longer be shown when you start EPLAN, and the currently specified menu scope will be used. You will also learn how to change the interface easily. Be- sides various other interface elements, you see the Page navigator and the Graphical endnote windows 10 on the left side of the main window.
When you first start the program, these two windows are empty. The area on the right side with the background image will be used later as a working area for the opened pages.
The main window is the entire working area of the program; its size and position can be changed. For many other beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free elements e. You can attach "dock" these ele- ments to the window elecfric inside the main window. What is the Page navigator? You can choose between two representation types. In the tree ;8, the pages are знаю solidworks 2017 premium serial free download мне hierarchically by page type beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free iden- tifier such as higher-level function, mounting location, etc.
In the list view, this information is shown arranged in a table. You can switch be- tween the two views by clicking on the corresponding tab. In the Page navigator, you can edit the pages of one project, for instance, copy pages, beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free them, or change page gree. Multiple pages from different projects can not be edited at one time.
What is the Graphical preview? The Graphical preview is a preview window for the minimized display of versio_2.1_us pages, symbols, image files, macros, forms, etc. For exam- ple, if you have highlighted one or several pages in the page navigator, they beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free be displayed in a minimized window in the Graphical preview.
Using this window, you can quickly search through all the pages of a project. Title bar The horizontal bar at the top edge of a Windows application is the title bar.
It contains the program icon with the system menu, the program name, and the buttons controlling the size setting of the window. If you have opened versuon_2.1_us project page, the name of the opened page will also be shown in the title bar by default. Menu bar The menu bar is located below the читать полностью bar. It contains the most impor- привожу ссылку commands and dialog calls.
In order to show all the menu items of a menu, left-click on the corres- ponding menu. Until you have opened a project and a page, versoin_2.1_us will not be able to select many of the menu items. These menu items are shown in a grayed-out view. Some menu items work like a switch, that is, they can be netscaler endpoint analysis download on or off. This applies particularly to the View menu for the Graphical preview menu item. Fre the option is switched on, then this is indicated with a pre- ceding check mark.
Example: The following example shows the "switched-on" menu item Graphical preview in the View menu. Tip: In the Graphical preview, the pages you have selected in the Page navigator are shown in a reduced view. Using this window, you can, for instance, quickly search through all the pages of a vrsion_2.1_us. Popup menu In many places in the program in fields of windows or dialogs, in an opened page you can open up a popup menu by right-clicking.
The popup menu shows the most commonly used menu items for the object in question. If menu items are present in the popup menu of a field which go beyond the standard functions, you can see that from a "popup menu button". This button is located above the corresponding field. Example: The figure shows the popup menu for the Page navigator, opened using the popup menu button.
Version__2.1_us As standard, the toolbars are located below the menu bar and consist of buttons allowing you to directly call up the most important EPLAN func- tions. Here, too, you do not initially have all the buttons available. Example: The following figure shows you the Standard toolbar for an opened project. Status bar The status bar is located at the lower edge of the window. When you point the mouse at a menu item or a button in a toolbar, a brief informa- tive text relating to the action called by this command is displayed here.
If you have the cursor in an beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free page, the status bar shows you information about beginnfrs cursor position, grid, and logical status, along with beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free about the currently selected element, in some cases.
On logic pages such as this schematic pagethe coordinates are entered in grid increments; and on graphics pages, they are entered in millimeters or inches. Device data is reported on logic pages. Window size adjustment The ability to modify the size of the EPLAN main window and also other dialogs is indicated by three diagonal lines in the lower right-hand corner of the window.
In the maximized view of the main window, the diagonal lines are not shown. To show them, the window must be reduced in size, for instance using the button. Changing the User Interface You can change the view of the user interface to fit your own work habits. Many dialogs, such as the Page navigator, which you often use for editing your beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free, can be permanently positioned on your screen while working with EPLAN and undocked from the EPLAN main window in the same manner as independent windows.
You can position any of geginners "Windows" in an undocked stateand every other dialog, by pulling the title bar of the dialog to the desired position while holding down the left mouse button. Docking and undocking control elements Frfe user interface control elements, such as the menu bar, the tool- beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free or various windows like the Page Navigator, can be positioned inside or outside of the EPLAN main window.
Next click the title bar of the Page navigator with the left mouse button and keep the button pressed. Press [Ctrl] to avoid docking, and pull the Page navigator to a free position on the Windows Desktop. Repeat this procedure for additional control elements. To do this for a toolbar or the menu bar, click on a "free" spot within the bar.
To do this, beginnefs the title bar of the desired undocked control element e. You can recognize this by the border of the element being displayed as a thin line.
This will be a horizontal or vertical line, depending on whether you wish to position the control element at the top, bottom, left, or right. You can recognize the orientation from the thinly drawn pre- view beginners guide eplan electric p8 version_2.1_us free.
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