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Reduction of project design time, improvement in the quality of documentation and use of rationalisation potential at the same time: These are objectives which can be realised with our products and services – cross-discipline over the entire project planning process.
An important step in increasing productivity is standardisation. By determining reusable system parts or project components, along with their respective documentation, such as circuit diagram macros or PLC program components, a pool is created, considerably reducing project planning overheads, and simplifying production whilst improving engineering quality. Automisation logically follows standardisation. For example, for automated generation of circuit diagrams with the circuit diagram generator, parts data and technical information is written quickly and easily from Excel tables or databases into the circuit diagram or fluid plan. Comprehensive organisation of data exchange between individual disciplines offers further potential. This way, PLC programming, for example, can be used to place software development on the allocation list of the electrical design and transfer changes back to the electronic documentation. With integrated solutions, different disciplines work in a common application. EPLAN Electric P8, EPLAN Fluid and EPLAN PPE use an engineering platform. Engineers from the various disciplines work as usual with their applications - but have a centralised and permanently up-to-date database. This is how an integrated engineering process is created. The greatest optimisation potential is achievable if the CAD/ CAE solutions allow the breakdown of a machine into a number of functional, reusable units which are capable of being assembled into a new machine. The pivotal approach here is functional planning with the EPLAN Engineering Centre using defined mechatronic components.
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