Routing Connections in a Wiring System

Apart from wire ducts or free routing paths, connections can also be routed in a wiring system. To do this the following working method is recommended:

Preparations in the outline editor for extrusions

An element of the wiring system is the wiring comb which is used for the fixation of the wires without the usage of a mounting panel and wire ducts.

Wiring combs are realized in EPLAN as a user-defined rail on the basis of an extrusion outline.
During the creation of an extrusion outline for a wiring comb the mounting surfaces "Wiring comb front" and "Wiring comb rear" can be defined in the outline editor. For this purpose menu items by the same name are available in the Insert > Logic menu of the outline editor.

The mounting surfaces with the item designation "Wiring comb front" or "Wiring comb rear" are used for the placement of further elements of the wiring system.

On the mounting surface with the item designation "Wiring comb front" the user places a wiring cut-out.
On the mounting surface with the item designation "Wiring comb rear" the user places a routing range.

Working in the mounting layout

On a horizontal profile place devices such as motor overload switches, contactors and terminals.
Then place a user-defined rail "wiring comb" on the top and bottom respectively of the horizontal profile.
Place respectively a wiring cut-out on the front and a routing range on the rear on the upper and lower wiring combs.
Result: During routing the connections on the front are routed through the wiring cut-outs to the rear into the routing ranges.
To route connections from the wiring system on, for example, a door, place a routing path or a curve. This routing path or curve contacts another routing path or curve on the door and on the other hand a routing range in the wiring system.