1 - EPLAN Cabinet System Principles

User Guide
Version 1.9
05/2008
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Contents
EPLAN Cabinet system principles ------------------------- 1

Creating and editing projects and drawings ----------- 2
Activating and displaying components ------------------ 3
Placing and modifying enclosures ------------------------ 4
Placing and modifying structural components-------- 5
Placing and modifying devices ----------------------------- 6
Project and system organization--------------------------- 7
Output from EPLAN Cabinet--------------------------------- 8
Routing-------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Drilling NC --------------------------------------------------------10
Graphical editor -------------------------------------------------11
Creating standard sheets ------------------------------------12
Parts and drilling patterns in the parts management
database -----------------------------------------------------------13
Creating and using graphical macros -------------------14
User-defined drilling contours -----------------------------15
Creating and using variable rails--------------------------16
Index ---------------------------------------------------------------- 16
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1.1 Starting EPLAN Cabinet ............................................................ 1-2
1.2 EPLAN Cabinet toolbars............................................................ 1-3
1.2.1 File toolbar .............................................................................................. 1-4
1.2.2 Components toolbar ............................................................................... 1-5
1.2.3 View toolbar ............................................................................................ 1-6
1.2.4 Edit toolbar.............................................................................................. 1-7
1.2.5 Create toolbar ......................................................................................... 1-8
1.2.6 Information, Organization and Security toolbar ...................................... 1-9
1.2.7 Output toolbar ....................................................................................... 1-10
1.2.8 Viewpoints toolbar ................................................................................ 1-11
1.2.9 Views toolbar ........................................................................................ 1-12
1.2.10 Tools toolbar ..................................................................................... 1-13
1.2.11 Elements toolbar ............................................................................... 1-14
1.3 EPLAN Cabinet menu bar........................................................ 1-15
1.4 Navigator................................................................................... 1-16
1.4.1 EPLAN Cabinet Navigator node ........................................................... 1-18
1.4.2 Searching in the Navigator ................................................................... 1-19
1.4.3 Navigator bookmarks............................................................................ 1-19
1.4.4 Minimizing the Navigator ...................................................................... 1-20
1.5 Selecting commands in EPLAN Cabinet................................ 1-21
1.6 Mouse input .............................................................................. 1-22
1.6.1 Picking with the mouse ......................................................................... 1-22
1.6.2 Entering points with the mouse............................................................. 1-23
1.6.3 Mouse stroke input ............................................................................... 1-24
1.6.3.1 Stroke movements without holding ............................................ 1-25
1.6.3.2 Stroke and hold movements ...................................................... 1-26
1.7 Freehand symbols.................................................................... 1-27
1.8 Undo .......................................................................................... 1-30
1.9 Redo .......................................................................................... 1-30
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Starting EPLAN Cabinet
1 EPLAN Cabinet system principles
1.1 Starting EPLAN Cabinet
To start EPLAN Cabinet, double-click its program icon. The EPLAN Cabinet
program window opens with a menu bar and a number of toolbars.
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EPLAN Cabinet toolbars
1.2 EPLAN Cabinet toolbars
EPLAN Cabinet works through menu and toolbar commands. The toolbars group
commands by function:
File (project and drawing commands)
Components
View (display options)
Edit (modify components)
Create (Cabinet templates, mounting areas, user-defined components)
Information, Organization and Security (device, database and parts list
options)
Output (Printing and DXF output of drawings and parts lists)
Viewpoints, views, elements and tools
Opening toolbars
To show a toolbar that is not currently displayed, right-click a toolbar or the grey
toolbar region and choose Toolbars on the context menu that then opens.
You can then select from a list of all toolbars that opens to the right of the menu. If
the list is too long for all toolbars to be displayed, use the arrows at the top and
bottom to view the remainder.
The ticked toolbars are already displayed. Holding the cursor over a ticked toolbar
in the list highlights it on the screen. Selecting an unticked toolbar in the list
displays it.
Hiding toolbars
In the list
Select a ticked toolbar to hide it.
On the menu
Right-click a toolbar and choose Hide in the context menu. The toolbar will then be
removed from the screen.
"Close" button
An "undocked" toolbar has a Windows title bar, complete with a close button, [x],
which can be used to hide it.
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1.2.1 File toolbar
Commands on the File toolbar, from left to right:

Create and edit project
Open drawing
Save drawing
Close drawing
Picklist
Exit EPLAN Cabinet
Exit command
Undo last change
Restore last undone change
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1.2.2 Components toolbar
Commands on the Components toolbar, from left to right:

Open device browser and place device
Insert universal part
Place mounting rail
Place duct
Place cable clamp rail
Place busbar system
Select and place Enclosure from database
Place mounting panel
Place free mounting panel
Place free component
Place user-defined component
Place user-defined holes
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1.2.3 View toolbar
Commands on the View toolbar, from left to right:

Activate component and rotate into view, hiding other components
Switch to ISO view
Activate component
Switch to Enclosure views
Enable zoom (select a detail for viewing)
Disable zoom (display entire drawing)
Zoom in (150%)
Zoom out (75%)
Reposition text
Display device tag labels
Display item number labels
Enable shading
Disable shading
Refresh hidden lines
Delete hidden lines
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Set grid
Rotate view
1.2.4 Edit toolbar
Commands on the Edit toolbar, from left to right:

Copy Enclosure
Change device placement
Move device
Move Enclosures, ducts and rails
Change length of ducts and rails
Change project structure
Delete
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1.2.5 Create toolbar
Commands on the Create toolbar, from left to right:

Create Enclosure template from drawing
Define mounting area
Create custom enclosure components
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1.2.6 Information, Organization and Security toolbar
Commands on the Information, Organization and Security toolbar, from left

to right:
Device information
Place blocking surface
Check drawing: Find surplus devices
Renumber components
Parts database
Update parts data
Update project parts list
Change project assignment
Parameter settings
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1.2.7 Output toolbar
Commands on the Output toolbar from left to right:

Print drawing
Graphical DXF export to EPLAN/file
Evaluations configuration
Generate evaluations
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1.2.8 Viewpoints toolbar
Commands on the Viewpoints toolbar from left to right:

Top view
Bottom view
Front view
Rear view
Left view
Right view
Isometric view
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1.2.9 Views toolbar
Commands on the Views toolbar from left to right:

Create view
Move view
Centre view
Resize view
Fit geometry to view size
Delete view
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1.2.10 Tools toolbar
Commands on the Tools toolbar from left to right:

Measure
Insert OLE object
Configuration
NC configuration
Wire make-up configuration
Graphical editor
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1.2.11 Elements toolbar
Commands on the Tools toolbar from left to right:

Line
Circle
Rectangle
Dimensioning
Text
Auxiliary line
Center line
Place symbol
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EPLAN Cabinet menu bar
1.3 EPLAN Cabinet menu bar
All EPLAN Cabinet commands can also be accessed in a menu bar. If a different
menu bar is active when you start EPLAN Cabinet, click the Options menu, choose
Menu Bar, select "EPLAN Cabinet" and click [OK] to install the EPLAN Cabinet
menu bar.
The menus are arranged to match the toolbars, and the commands on each menu
match those on the corresponding toolbar.
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Navigator
1.4 Navigator
The Navigator is the control centre of EPLAN Cabinet. It lists all parts of projects,
drawing elements, viewpoints and views. The Navigator can be used to select,
display and edit parts of a drawing. The context menus are described with the
command they apply to.
Features:
Each drawing that is opened for editing has its own separate Navigator.
The Navigator is activated automatically when a drawing is opened.
The Navigator works with all drawings, in both 2D and 3D.
All changes to a drawing are simultaneously shown in the Navigator.
Hierarchical display
The information displayed in the Navigator is structured in a series of levels making
up a hierarchy. If there is a level beneath an item, a [+] or [-] is displayed next to it.
An item with one or more levels beneath it is a node.
As in Windows Explorer, the tree beneath a node can be expanded by clicking the
[+] and collapsed again by clicking the [-].
Using the Navigator with two or more drawings

If two or more drawings are active on the same screen, they are each displayed on
different tabs in the Navigator. Clicking a drawing's tab in the Navigator switches to
that drawing.
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Navigator
Undocking the Navigator

Clicking the blank area above the tabs undocks the Navigator, and you can move it
around the screen. If the Navigator shows multiple drawings, one Navigator window
is displayed for each drawing.
Double-click the blank area or the title bar of a Navigator window to dock it again.
Context menus
Select a node or an item under a node and right-click to open a context menu with
commands specific to the type of item you have selected.
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Navigator
1.4.1 EPLAN Cabinet Navigator node

The EPLAN Cabinet project is shown in the Navigator under a separate node with a
red e icon. Right-click the icon to open a context menu with the main view and
project commands.
The component nodes further down the tree also have context menus:
Enclosure node
Cabinet
component node
Component layer
node
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Navigator
1.4.2 Searching in the Navigator

The Search command in the Navigator finds text anywhere in the Navigator, for
example names of parts and solids.
Search button
The usual search options are available:

Whole word only
Match case
Direction
Search again
1.4.3 Navigator bookmarks

Navigator bookmarks are nodes that are marked and named for easy navigation
between them.
Setting a bookmark
Click this button to assign a bookmark to a node. The node changes colour.
Editing bookmarks
Click this button to open the Edit Bookmarks dialogue, with option to:
Delete a bookmark (select it and click the Delete button)
Delete all bookmarks (click the Delete All button)
Display bookmarks (double-click the Display button)
Rename bookmarks (click a bookmark twice or click the Edit Name button)
Deleting a bookmark
Click this button to delete the selected bookmark.
Next/previous bookmark
Click this button to select the next or previous bookmark in the Navigator and the
corresponding element in the drawing.
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Navigator
1.4.4 Minimizing the Navigator

You can minimize the Navigator to make space for drawing windows.
Double-click the drawing name tab at the bottom of the Navigator to reduce it to
about a quarter of its normal height. You can then resize the Navigator like a
normal window by dragging its sides or corners, and can move it by dragging its
title bar.
Double-click the drawing name tab again or the title bar to restore the Navigator to
normal size and return it to the left-hand side of the screen.
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Selecting commands in EPLAN Cabinet
1.5 Selecting commands in EPLAN Cabinet
Various ways of selecting commands are described in this manual. Commands

selected on a toolbar or in a main menu are shown as follows:
File EPLAN Cabinet
Project Wizard Project Wizard
Left: Command on a toolbar Right: Command on a menu

The name of the toolbar is shown The name of the menu bar is shown
above the icon, to the right of which above a symbol for a menu bar, to the
is the name of the command. right of which is the name of the
command.
Commands selected from secondary parts of the user interface such as dialogues
are shown as follows:
Project Wizard | Create a new Enclosure project
Project Wizard | Create new project
Selecting commands in the Navigator

Commands that are only available on context menus in the Navigator are shown
with a Navigator symbol:
Enclosure node | Cabinet dimensions
Using freehand symbols to select commands

A freehand symbol is a way of selecting a command by moving the mouse in a
specific figure with the left mouse button pressed down. If a commands can
additionally be selected with a freehand symbol, the figure is shown:
Project Wizard
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Mouse input
1.6 Mouse input
1.6.1 Picking with the mouse

The basic mouse input commands are as follows:
Tap mouse button
Press and hold
Press and stroke
Press plus stroke and then hold
Double-click
Right-click
Middle mouse button (if present)
Mouse wheel (if present)
EPLAN Cabinet supplements the usual Windows selection methods such as
tapping an element with two additional method: "search" and "stroke".
Search
Place the cursor near to the point you want.

Press and briefly hold down the mouse button.
The cursor jumps exactly onto the point.
Stroke (Ctrl-tap)
To stroke an element, "paint" it with a downward motion of the mouse while
holding the mouse button pressed down.
1) Press, 2) Drag, 3) Release
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Mouse input
1.6.2 Entering points with the mouse
Entering a point
To enter a point in your drawing, tap at the location where you want the point.
Search for a point

For drawing commands, you can use a point that already exists in a drawing as a
start or end point:
Move the cursor near to the point you want
Briefly hold the mouse button pressed down
The cursor will now jump to precisely the point you want.
The system detects the difference between tapping and prolonged pressing
through a internal time factor.
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Mouse input
1.6.3 Mouse stroke input

A variety of commands can be selected using stroke movements. The simplest of
these patterns are strokes in the four primary directions:
Up
Down
Left
Right
A different command will be selected depending on whether you carry out this
movement with a stroke and a brief press, or keep the mouse button pressed down
for a short period after the stroke movement.
Icons in user manuals

In these user manual, mouse movements are indicated by a line. The direction is
shown with an arrow. For a stroke-and-hold movement, the solid circle is replaced
by an arrow.
The illustration shows the possible stroke movements and the commands they
select. Stroke movements without holding are shown on the left, and stroke and
hold movements on the right.
Parameters
Start again Parameter Manager
UNDO Yes
Return Delete Line
No OK
Pick Pick reference point
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Mouse input
1.6.3.1 Stroke movements without holding
Element
This movement is mainly used for picking elements and is known as "stroking" an
element. Use it to pick an element in a drawing that you want to manipulate,
measure or continue editing.
To perform the stroke movement, press near the element and stroke down over it.
Start Again
An upwards stroke will restart the last command you selected. Start Again works
with all EPLAN Cabinet commands.
Example:
You want to draw a number of lines next to one another. Select the Line command
by tapping on the digitizer. Enter the start point and one or more end points until
the set of lines is finished.
If you now want to draw a further set of lines next to the first set, it is much quicker
to draw an upward stroke than to reselect the Line command. The upward stroke
restarts the last command you selected.
Undo/No
Stroke left while applying slight pressure to select the Undo command, which
reverses your last action.
EPLAN Cabinet stores up to 50 actions that you can undo in sequence by using
this command. You can undo any drawing operation and any move, copy, cut or
delete.
The leftward stroke also saves you stopping to type "no" on the keyboard when
prompted.
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Mouse input
Yes/Return/OK
Stroking to the right is equivalent to clicking [OK] and is used to enter "yes" or
confirm a prompt.
1.6.3.2 Stroke and hold movements

Strokes of this type are performed in the same way as strokes without holding, but
end by briefly holding down the mouse button.
Picking a reference point

To choose a reference point, stroke down near the point you want and then briefly
hold down the mouse button. The program leaves normal point-input mode for the
duration of one input. You can then specify a new point by specifying its distance in
X and Y from the reference point. You can use this command wherever point input
is allowed.
A pair of X and Y direction arrows appears at the point found. You can then enter a
pair of coordinates relative to this reference point, and continue drawing at the point
defined by the coordinates.
If the coordinate cross appears at a point that is not the one you want to use as a
reference point, specify the point you want by using the normal point input method.
The reference point must be one that already exists in your drawing.
Parameters
In some drawing functions, stroke up and then briefly hold down the mouse button
to select the parameters command. A dialogue box opens with parameters for the
current command.
The system settings will appear if no command is active.
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Freehand symbols
Delete
Stroke left and briefly hold down the mouse button to select the Delete command.
Line
Stroke right and briefly hold down the mouse button to select the Line command.
1.7 Freehand symbols
EPLAN Cabinet recognizes a number of gestures that select important commands.

With a little practice, these "freehand symbols" help speed up your work and also
allow you to do most work with one hand.
The symbols match the commands they select, making them easy to remember.
Freehand symbols without holding

To draw the freehand symbols shown with arrows, briefly press the mouse button in
the direction of the arrow. Then release the mouse button. Two arrows indicate that
a symbol can be drawn in either direction.
Freehand symbols with holding

To draw the freehand symbols shown with dots, hold down the mouse button a little
longer at the dot. Two dots indicate that a symbol can be drawn in either direction.
If two or more drawing windows are open, screen and window-related freehand
symbols apply in the window where the cursor is.
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Freehand symbols
Freehand symbols available
Start again Settings Stroke element Pick reference

point
No / UNDO Delete Yes / Return / OK Line
Refresh screen Refresh all screen All elements Whole drawing

windows
Exit Exit Detail Last detail
Dimensioning Measure Text Text
Project wizard Device browser Shading On Shading Off
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Freehand symbols
Freehand symbols additionally available in the Graphical editor
Open drawing Sketch Close Save as
Circle Circle Arc Arc
Move Move with copy Rotate Rotate with copy
T-trim A-trim
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Redo
1.8 Undo
Edit | Undo
File toolbar
Freehand symbol
Undo reverses your actions in one of two ways:

If you have entered one or more items of data required for a command, Undo
cancels the last items entered.
If it is not possible to cancel individual items entered for an active command,
the command is reversed.
You can use Undo up to 50 times in a row.
Examples of operations the Undo command works on

Deletion, moving and copying operations, showing and hiding operations
Note: There are several functions that may be excepted from Undo.
1.9 Redo
Edit | Redo
File toolbar
The Redo command reverses the Undo command. It can reverse multiple Undos
in sequence.
The maximum number of redos is the number of operations that have been
undone. If you have used Undo on five operations, you can use Redo five times to
restore them.
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Windows / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Vista are

Note: The hardware requirements stated by your operating

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1 EPLAN Cabinet system principles

1.1 Starting EPLAN Cabinet

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1.2 EPLAN Cabinet toolbars

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1.2.1 File toolbar

Commands on the File toolbar, from left to right:

Exit EPLAN Cabinet

Undo last change

Restore last undone change

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1.2.2 Components toolbar

Commands on the Components toolbar, from left to right:

Insert universal part

Place mounting rail

Place cable clamp rail

Place busbar system

Select and place Enclosure from database

Place mounting panel

Place free mounting panel

Place free component

Place user-defined component

Place user-defined holes

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1.2.3 View toolbar

Commands on the View toolbar, from left to right:

Switch to ISO view

Switch to Enclosure views

Enable zoom (select a detail for viewing)

Disable zoom (display entire drawing)

Zoom out (75%)

Display device tag labels

Display item number labels

Refresh hidden lines

Delete hidden lines

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1.2.4 Edit toolbar

Commands on the Edit toolbar, from left to right:

Change device placement

Move Enclosures, ducts and rails

Change length of ducts and rails

Change project structure

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1.2.5 Create toolbar

Commands on the Create toolbar, from left to right:

Define mounting area

Create custom enclosure components

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1.2.6 Information, Organization and Security toolbar

Commands on the Information, Organization and Security toolbar, from left

Place blocking surface

Check drawing: Find surplus devices

Update parts data

Update project parts list

Change project assignment

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1.2.7 Output toolbar