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Bernd Gischel EPLAN Electric P8 Reference Handbook Based on ctric P8 EPLAN Ele version 2.2 3rd edition, revised Bernd Gischel EPLAN Electric P8 Reference Handbook Bernd Gischel EPLAN Electric P8 Reference Handbook 3rd edition, revised The Author: Dipl.-Ing Bernd Gischel, Lünen, Germany Translated by Lindsey Translations, Deisenhofen, Germany Distributed in North and South America by Hanser Publications 6915 Valley Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45244-3029, USA Fax: (513) 527-8801 Phone: (513) 527-8977 Distributed in all other countries by Carl Hanser Verlag Postfach 86 04 20, 81631 Munich, Germany Fax: +49 (89) 98 48 09 The use of general descriptive names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file with the Library of Congress Bibliografische Information der deutschen Bibliothek: Die Deutsche Bibliothek verzeichnet diese Publikation in der Deutschen Nationalbibliografie detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet über abrufbar All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher © Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2013 Production Management: Andrea Stolz Coverconcept: Marc Müller-Bremer, Munich Coverdesign: Stephan Rönigk Typeset, printed and bound by Kösel, Krugzell Printed in Germany ISBN 978-1-56990-476-3 E-Book ISBN 978-1-56990-477-0 Contents Foreword XIII Installing EPLAN Electric P8 1 1.1Hardware 1.2Installation 1.3 Note for users of previous versions 10 1.3.1 Parallel operation with previous versions 10 The basics of the system 11 2.1 2.2 2.3 Five principles for working with EPLAN Electric P8 11 Directory structure, storage locations 13 Settings – General 15 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 Settings – Project 16 Settings – User 28 Settings – Station 35 Settings – Company 35 2.4 EPLAN and multiple starts? 37 2.5Properties 37 2.5.1 Project properties 38 2.5.2 Page properties 40 2.5.3 Symbol properties (components) 41 2.5.4 Form properties 41 2.5.5 Plot frame properties 42 2.6 Buttons and popup menus 42 2.6.1 Device dialog buttons 42 2.6.2 Buttons in dialogs (configuring) 43 2.6.3 Buttons in dialogs such as filter schemes 44 2.6.4 Small blue triangular button 44 2.6.5 Property arrangements (components) 45 VI Contents 2.6.6 Format properties 46 2.6.7 Buttons (small black triangles) 47 2.6.8 Dialogs for schemes 48 2.7 Master data 48 2.8Operation 49 2.8.1 Using the keyboard 50 2.8.2 Using the mouse 51 2.9 The user interface – more useful information 51 2.9.1 Using workspaces 51 2.9.2 Dialog display 52 Projects 57 3.1 3.2 Project types 58 3.1.1 Project types in EPLAN 59 3.1.2 Project templates and basic projects 60 Creating a new project 62 3.2.1 New project (from a basic project) 63 3.2.2 New project (with a project creation wizard) 65 The graphical editor (GED) 75 4.1 Page navigator 75 4.1.1 Page types 77 4.1.2 The popup menu in the page navigator 78 4.1.3 Page navigator filter 94 4.2 General functions 96 4.2.1 The title bar 97 4.2.2 The status bar 97 4.3 Coordinate systems 98 4.3.1 Graphical coordinate system 98 4.3.2 Logical coordinate system 99 4.4Grid 99 4.5 Increments, coordinate input 100 4.5.1Increment 100 4.5.2 Coordinate input 101 4.5.3 Relative coordinate input 102 4.5.4 Move base point 103 4.6 Graphical editing functions 104 4.6.1 Graphical objects – lines, circles, rectangles 104 4.6.2 Trim, chamfer, stretch and more.
