(Re)Launch: New EPLAN Data Portal

An integrated 3D viewer, a new surface with manufacturer logos in the grid, additional manufacturers and updated component catalogues: The Eplan Data Portal will be available as of August 2014 in a new version that provides users with significant functional advantages and, since it now contains 470,000 components, also features 20% more device data.

Data Portal.jpg: 470,000 part data including schematic macros, geometric dimensions and documents can be imported to engineering automatically using the Eplan Data Portal.

Monheim, 28th June 2014: The new version of the Eplan Data Portal will be available in August 2014. Users will benefit from enormous time savings and increased project quality. The current 470,000 part data, including schematic macros, geometric dimensions and documents, can be imported to engineering automatically. This is made more simple thanks to innovative functions such as a newly integrated 3D viewer, which enables users to view and assess components quickly and easily. It is possible to call up several different views such as front, page or isometric views very easily with a click of the mouse. Free rotation and zooming functions allow that individual detailed views can be generated in a very flexible manner. The advantages for the user are obvious: When placing the part in the project, they receive reliable decision support as to whether the component is suitable for the proposed control cabinet, for example.


Innovative operation with feedback function
The surface of Eplan Data Portal has also been optimised. The view of the 66 manufacturers that are currently involved has been adapted to the design of Data Portal App. Displaying the manufacturer logos in a grid speeds up navigation. The feedback function has also been expanded. Users can respond to manufacturers in the application directly, for example if they want to send information about missing components or faulty representations. This means that the quality of the data is constantly increasing. The manufacturers involved also reap the rewards: the feedback function provides a direct line to the customer. The manufacturer knows what is required in concrete terms and can fulfil the user's requests in an optimal manner. The improved search function is another new addition to the portal. Search requests for article or type numbers are directly displayed as the first search results – this means the right component can be found faster.

66 manufacturers with more than 470,000 records
The Eplan Data Portal has not only made a major leap forward in terms of functionality, but also in regard to the manufacturer catalogues. Since the last update at the start of July, five new product catalogues have been added. A further ten product catalogues have been expanded and updated. The number of devices has increased by more than 20%, which means that there are now more than 470,000 available. Renowned manufacturers such as the Italian company Finder are now represented in the portal with almost 700 records. Another new addition: ifm electronic, which supports its customers with almost 500 records in the fields of sensors and evaluation systems. The new integration of the Vega configurator is also highly interesting. This means that the user is not only provided with standard components for process measurement technology from Vega Grieshaber KG, but also with the option of individually selecting and configuring components according to project demands.


3D Viewer.jpg: The 3D viewer allows several different views such as front, page or isometric views with a click of the mouse.

Updated and expanded data
Manufacturers that were already integrated into the Data Portal have also amended or expanded their product portfolios. Siemens, for example, has set up more than 2,100 records from the 3VA series in the portal. As well as the commercial data and the switch symbols for Eplan and documents, 3D data including production information is also now available. SMC Pneumatic has updated and expanded its product spectrum. Fluid users now have a variety of cylinders, valves and tubes at their disposal since there are now more than 15,000 records to choose from. ABB, General Electric, Icotek, Helukabel, Numatics, Rockwell Automation, Sick and Wieland have also updated their product ranges in the Eplan Data Portal.

Conclusion:
Users benefit from a constantly increasing amount of device data – combined with an innovative technology that supports efficient design.

More information: www.eplan.de/edp

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