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Design Space Import and Export: Principle

Design Space Exchange (DSE) offers the following application options:

The 3D CAD program makes a geometric space available (for example in the form of an enclosure housing) into which the electrical devices are to be installed. This geometric area is called the design space. When this design space is imported into an EPLAN layout space, the imported geometry is then protected against changes.

In this defined installation environment the 3D mounting layout with wire ducts, mounting rails, busbar systems and devices is carried out then in EPLAN Pro Panel. The concurrent integration of manufacturing information in the form of drill holes, threads or cut-outs forms the basis for the next process step: The provision of this information for the 3D CAD program.

Subsequently the data existing in EPLAN Pro Panel for fastening holes, threads or cut-outs are transferred to the 3D CAD program, read in there and integrated into the original 3D CAD model using the methods of the respective CAD system. This is carried out completely automatically and, if desired, including the wiring ducts, mounting rails and devices placed in EPLAN Pro Panel.

The result: A complete 3D-parametric CAD model of the enclosure housing, including all the information required for manufacturing as the basis for all further process steps, for example for the housing manufacturing and the machining of the components.

At the same a comprehensive project documentation including all the wiring information for the fabrication of cables and wires exists in EPLAN Pro Panel.

Note:

The data exchange between EPLAN Pro Panel and the CAD program that makes the design space available and that integrates the 3D model supplemented with the 3D mounting layout and the NC data from EPLAN Pro Panel is carried out by means of a CAD Add-in. The creation of such an add-in for an M-CAD program has to be done by an experienced M-CAD consultant in the framework of a customer commissioning and is not included in the EPLAN scope of delivery for the EPLAN Pro Panel - Design Space Exchange module.

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