Changes to EPLAN's Electrical Design Automation Package

By DE Editors

EPLAN Electric P8, an electrical CAE package, has been launched by EPLAN Software and Services (Monheim am Rhein, Germany and Farmington Hills, MI). The company says it is more than just an updated version of its EPLAN 5 and EPLAN 21 packages. 
One major change is an interoperable database structure, which combines the relational graphic database in EPLAN 5 with the object-oriented database in EPLAN 21.
 
The software represents a "platform concept" that allows EPLAN to act as the engineering center for interdisciplinary collaboration in all elements of the design or project management in any manufacturing process design.

According to the company, EPLAN Electric P8 automatically produces any documentation or reports as a byproduct of the automated design engineering process, including electrical schematics, panel layouts, wire lists, bill of materials, PLC codes, device tags, and wire labels.

With enhanced user rights management and security features, EPLAN Electric P8 allows considerably more interface, output, import/export, and bi-directional transfer functionality to collaborate with other software structures or databases.

For more information, visit eplan.de.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.