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Discover the Advantages of the EPLAN Platform

September 13, 2023

Discover the Advantages of the EPLAN Platform

The EPLAN Platform offers software for a wide variety of engineering disciplines from a single source – and more than just traditional ECAD software. From preplanning to electrical engineering and fluid-power engineering designs to designing control- and switchgear systems or wire harnesses: you always have the right tool at hand with EPLAN. The current EPLAN Platform offers a number of attractive features and added value.

Your added value at a glance:

  • Appealing user experience and look & feel
  • Easy usability, work-flow oriented user interface
  • New 2D and 3D graphics engine
  • Cleverly integrated cloud solutions
  • Flexible subscription model
  • Access to practical online services at www.eplan.com

What’s new in the EPLAN Platform 2024:
Greater ease of use

  • Calculation function directly in your schematic
  • Optimised terminal editor
  • Cable planning: Connect spare cables, calculate voltage drop
  • Control cabinet planning in 3D: Navigation cube, automatic removal of gaps between components

EPLAN Platform 2024 Highlights

Overall highlights of the EPLAN Platform

Their recommendation: Stay up to date and be sure to always be using the most current version of the EPLAN Platform. These highlights celebrated their premieres in earlier versions and are naturally still included in the current EPLAN Platform.

Multifunctional Ribbons
  • More than 80 per cent of the functions accessible within just two clicks
  • Customise ribbons according to own preference
  • Menu bars flexibly adapt to the respective application
  • Important functions and tools always at hand
Insert Center for symbols, macros and devices
  • Centralised functions for inserting symbols, macros and devices
  • Easy access with visualisation in central dialogue
  • Saving favourites and tag assignment possible
  • Improved search functionality
Device management for optimal user experience and strong performance
  • New interface for visualising parts data
  • Flexibility in customising device data
  • Improved performance
  • International macro management: store multiple macros per device along with the required standards
New 2D and 3D graphics engine for stronger performance
  • High-speed DWG/DXF rendering
  • Efficient processing of large amounts of data
  • Maximum speed, even for 3D layouts

Single sign-on for all EPLAN solutions

For the newest generation of the software, all you need is one single login* to access all EPLAN solutions. In this way you benefit from a clever integration of the EPLAN Platform with their cloud solutions.

eLearning, Guided Installation, templates and more

Practical services await you at www.eplan.com. For instance, use the Guided Installation for your EPLAN software (starting from Version 2022). The EPLAN Engineering Standard supplies you with standardisation templates, application examples and best practices for your day-to-day work. And with their eLearning offerings, you can become familiar with their software via interactive online tutorials. Log in now* and discover what awaits you!

More Information

EPLAN Platform 2024

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