EPLAN Pro Panel is used for placing electrical engineering and fluid power devices from the EPLAN project, from the EPLAN parts management or from the EPLAN Data Portal, as required. In conjunction with mechanical components such as cable ducts, mounting rails, mounting panels or entire enclosures, EPLAN Pro Panel simplifies the construction of complex 3D mounting layouts dramatically.
Some mechanical components can have several individually selectable mounting surfaces, allowing the placement of other items. These include mounting panels, doors, walls, profiles, and also electrical engineering and fluid power devices, which are represented by a 3D graphical macro. Other mechanical components, e.g., mounting rails, have only an internally defined mounting surface for devices, which cannot be changed and which are therefore also not shown in the tree view of the layout space navigator.
You can generate 2D model views of the mounting panels and enclosures mounted in the layout space, and these are inserted on project pages. These model views can include dimensions and other information and can be used as production documents.
Reports in the form of enclosure legends and bills of material help you with calculating and planning materials requirements.
Layout space navigator
The layout space navigator gives you a logical overview of your project data within a 3D mounting layout:
- In the layout space navigator you can create layout spaces in order to view and to place devices independently of project pages in a 3D view.
- In the layout spaces you can activate mounting spaces for placing devices from the layout space navigator's popup menu.
- You can filter the display and switch between the tree and list views in the layout space navigator in just the same way as in other navigators.
3D mounting layout navigator
The 3D mounting layout navigator is used to list the devices available in the project so that they can be placed in a layout space.
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