ePLAN R electric
Getting Started07/2013
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Table of Contents
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StartingEPLAN 9
Title bar .13Menu bar 13Popup menu 14Toolbars 15Status bar 16Window size adjustment .17
Docking and undocking control elements .17Hiding and displaying toolbars 19Selecting workspaces 21Restoring the original view 22
Projects-WhatYou Need toKnowinAdvance 23Creating aProject Using theProject Wizard 24
Creating cover sheets 31Creating additional schematic pages Closing a page .33.34
Editing Page Properties 37
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Openingand ClosingaProject 41.41Opening aProject....PagingThrough theProjectPages 43CreatingaView 45Tuming on the grid display 45Using window zoom . 46Deleting and restoring elements 49Closing a Project 50CreatingaSchematic 52Schematics-WhatYouNeed toKnowinAdvance 52Inserting"Angle"Connection Symbols 53Generating connection lines automatically .55InsertingPotential ConnectionPoints 55Inserting"T-node"Connection Symbols 59Inserting GraphicalElements 61Drawing rectangles .61Drawing lines 62InsertingGeneral Devices 64Selecting a symbol .64Determining properties .67Inserting other general devices .70..75InsertingTerminalStripsandTerminals Inserting a terminal strip definition.78DrawingCableDefinitionLines .80Updating Connections .82InsertingPathFunctionTexts .83Inserting“InterruptionPoint"Connection Symbols .84Inserting more action lines .86.87GeneratingCross-referencesCross-references-WhatYou Need toKnowinAdvance .87Automatically Generating InterruptionPoint Cross-references .88
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Changing display settings for the interruption points .89Inserting More Connection Symbolsand General Devices 92Inserting Contactor Coils and Contact Images .95Inserting another contact for the coil .97InsertingContactsand Contact ImageforMotor OverloadSwitches .99Changing the contact image position 102Selecting Parts 105PartSelection-WhatYouNeed toKnowinAdvance .105AssigningParts .105GeneratingReports 115Reports-What You Need toKnowin Advance .115Generating a Terminal Diagram.. 115PerformingSettingsforPartsLists 122Printing Other Report Pages 124Creatingand InsertingMacros .129Macros-WhatYou Need toKnowinAdvance 129Creating aWindowMacro 129Inserting a Window Macro 132136FindingandReplacingProjectDataFinding and ReplacingDeviceTags 136Replacing device tags .139FindingTextandEditingSearchEntries ...141Completing and UpdatingReports 144UpdatingReports-WhatYouNeed toKnowinAdvance ..144UpdatingReports 144CreatingReportTemplates .145GeneratingProject Reports ..147PrintingaProject 150
