Release notes

Personal access token

To identify yourself to the software you require a personal access token (Personal Access Token, PAT). You can now add personal access tokens in the EPLAN Cloud in My Settings. Further information is available here.

User interface

In single-line input fields for formulas, line breaks are now identified by a new icon.

Licensing

In the EPLAN Cloud user management, the license for eBUILD has been changed to the "Concurrent License" license type.

Further information is available here.

Licensing

The "Concurrent License" license type is now available in the EPLAN Cloud user management.

Further information is available here.

User-friendliness

The user interface has been improved. You now access the eBUILD help and the release notes via the menu in the navigation bar.

User-friendliness

The user interface has been improved. Your role is now displayed in the header. Further information is available here.

Select a name for configuration variables

You can now freely select the names of configuration variables without restrictions.

Log usage of libraries

You now have the possibility to log the usage of your libraries. You can, for example, report which configurator and which configuration variables were selected in the Project Builder and whether errors occurred during the generation.

Further information is available here.

Solved: The project documentation could not be generated if the total size of the macros of a configurator exceeded 128 MB.

Advanced import options

You can now specify values for Typical worksheet identifier, Start line and Start column when you generate the project documentation from a *.xlsx file.

Improved error message

The designer now displays an error message if a conversion attempt fails.

Modified role name

The role "eBUILD Project Builder" has been renamed to "User".

Advanced import options

The Advanced Excel Import Feature add-on can now also be used in eBUILD. Once the add-on has successfully been installed in the EPLAN Platform, the button Generate from file appears in the Project Builder.

Insert line breaks

The mandatory line breaks known from the EPLAN Platform can now also be inserted in eBUILD.

Project templates and project creation

Only basic projects with the file type *.zw9 are allowed when creating new projects. Older project templates with the file type *.ept have been removed.

Modified descriptions of structure identifiers

In compliance with applicable standards, certain structure identifiers have been harmonized with the EPLAN Platform 2022 and adopted for eBUILD.

Import file type *.cla

Importing *.cla files is no longer possible.

Launch eBUILD

You can now start Designer and Project Builder directly from the EPLAN Platform 2022 ribbon under the ePULSE tab.

Language selection

You can now add or remove languages supported by the EPLAN Platform to a library at any time. Content is not lost when a language is removed and can be reused later.

Import and export versions

You can now import and export libraries with versions.

Delete versions

You can now delete versions of a library.

Withdraw publication of a version

You can now withdraw the publication of a version.

Moving configuration variables

You can now move several configuration variables simultaneously.

New languages available

eBUILD now also supports Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. The language settings are linked with the user settings in the EPLAN Platform.

Improved error messages

Error messages now contain more detailed information about occurring problems.

Logo change

The EPLAN logo in the header has been replaced by the eBUILD logo. If you click the eBUILD logo, you will no longer be directed to the ePULSE dashboard, but to the eBUILD project overview.

Call up notifications

Access your notifications by clicking the bell icon in the eBUILD header.

Multiple selection

You now select, duplicate or remove multiple elements at the same time. This makes it, for example, possible to reuse configuration variables at the push of a button with all defined displayed names and visibility rules in other sections or libraries.

Script-Typicals

The modeling capabilities in the libraries have been expanded with the Script-Typicals element type. Script-Typicals allow scripts to be executed within the EPLAN Platform.

To provide the optimum start eBUILD Free includes a new 3.-GEN-eBUILD-Script-Examples_en-US_mm library, from which you can obtain frequently required scripts free of charge for further implementation in your own libraries.

Running Script-Typicals

Start the defined Script-Typicals during the generation of the schematic documentation.

XLSX import and XLSX export

For the import and export of configurations you can now use *.xlsx files as the exchange format.

Fixed: During longer generation processes, an abort occurred when the time was exceeded.

Improvement of the performance

The performance of the user interface has been improved.

XML import and XML export

In the Project Builder you can now run an XML import or XML export via a new button.

Improvement of error messages

The readability of error messages has been improved through the modification of the run length of the error message. You also have to confirm the error messages with a click so that they are hidden again.

Extended functional scope in the header

As soon as you click your profile in the header, further functions are now available for the management of your personal area and for navigation. Manage you organizations with this, edit your profile under Settings, read your notifications or jump directly into an application.

Fixed: While values were being typed, these were checked for the variable type during the entry of each individual character and an error message was displayed, if appropriate.

Identification of inherited values

Inherited values of a configuration variable are not only identified in a different color but also in italics.

Improvement of the performance

The performance in Project Builder has been improved.

Improvement of the performance

The performance of the user interface has been improved.

Representation of the versions has been modified

Multiple versions of a library are now displayed the same in the Designer as well as in the Project Builder.

Improvement of the header

The header text has been improved.

Download the library

The list of libraries now contains the icon. As soon as you click the icon, you can download the library (*.ela) or the macro project (*.zw1).

Library info

The list of libraries now contains the icon. As soon as you click the icon, more information about the library is provided.

Availability in all organizations

eBUILD Free is now available in all organizations. Nevertheless you can only use the libraries provided in eBUILD Free. To create own libraries, you need the commercial version of eBUILD.

User-friendliness

The text colors have been changed to improve the readability on the screen.

Fixed: After the import of an XML configuration the parameters were not shown correctly.

Improved header

You can now jump to the Dashboard view of ePULSE, switch between organizations and navigate via a Breadcrumb menu into the Project Builder. The representation of translations, notifications and messages has also been improved graphically as well as textually.

New language available

eBUILD now also supports Dutch. The language settings are linked with the user settings in the EPLAN Platform. Further information is available here.

Release notes

Release notes and information about new functions are now available to you in the Designer in the navigation bar under Release Notes.

Fixed: As soon as you have used the special characters in your XML configuration, an error message was shown during the import.

Roles and rights

Roles for the Project Builder were defined in the user management of ePULSE. With the role of the Designer, libraries can be tested in the Project Builder without having to be published in the Designer. Further information is available here.

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