installation instructions eplan education version 2

Installation Instructions

EPLAN Education

Version 2.4

Status: 01 / 2015

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Table of Contents Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Table of Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................... 4

We Develop Solutions for More Efficiency ...................................... 4

EPLAN Platform – Your Key to Success .......................................... 5

Precondition .......................................................................................... 8

Rights ................................................................................................. 8

Software ............................................................................................. 8

Hardware ............................................................................................ 9

Product Versions ................................................................................ 10

Installation ........................................................................................... 11

Starting the Setup ............................................................................ 11

Registration ..................................................................................... 12

License Agreement ......................................................................... 14

Target Directories ............................................................................ 15

Standard Installation ....................................................................... 16

Desktop ............................................................................................ 16

Starting the Software....................................................................... 17

Example E-mail.................................................................................... 18

Introduction Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Introduction

EPLAN Software & Service develops CAE solutions and advises compa-nies in the optimization of their engineering processes. Customers profit from increases in efficiency in the production creation process through standardized procedures, automated processes and consistent work-flows. EPLAN supplies customized concepts for system introduction, setup as well as made-to-measure integration into the IT / PLM system landscape – on the basis of standard engineering solutions.

The service portfolio furthermore encompasses customizing, consulting and training. The development of individual and standardized ERP and PDM interfaces to the PLM integration ensures data consistency in the product creation. Consistent customer orientation, global support and in-novative development and interface competence are factors in success. EPLAN belongs to Rittal Software Systems and thus to the Friedhelm Loh Group and thus stands for continuity and investment security:

Optimized engineering processes are our promise. – Customized and practical.

We Develop Solutions for More Efficiency

Globalized markets, higher cost and time pressure as well as increasing competition permanently place pressure on companies to work more efficiently. As the only way to meet the challenges in their branch and achieve their ambitious targets such as leadership in innovation, world-wide growth and operational excellence.

In the pursuit of these targets unused potentials are often found in parti-cular in engineering that have an effect on the entire process of product development process.

Under the motto "EPLAN – efficient engineering" the company has been developing practice-oriented engineering solutions and individual con-cepts for optimizing engineering processes for its customers for more than 30 years. With competence and experience EPLAN advises com-panies with the aim of perfectly synchronizing processes, reducing pro-ject durations and lowering engineering costs. More than 40,000 custo-mers of various sizes and from different branches nowadays rely on EPLAN and its products daily to secure their competitiveness and the future of their company in the long term.


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Ensure that you have a decisive head start against your competitors and increase the efficiency of the engineering processes in your company sustainably!

EPLAN Platform – Your Key to Success

The EPLAN Platform interconnects expert systems for the various discip-lines such as electrical, fluid power and E-I&C engineering as well as en-closure manufacturing. Thus all applications are supplied with the same basic data and editing functions, ensuring high project quality and a me-chatronical working method.

EPLAN Electric P8

EPLAN Electric P8 is a CAE software solution for designing, documen-ting and managing electrical-engineering automation projects.

EPLAN Fluid

EPLAN Fluid is a CAE software solution for designing and documenting fluid-plants in the fields of hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling and lubricati-on.

EPLAN Pre-Planning

EPLAN Preplanning is a CAE software solution for the technical pre-planning of machines and plants. The software supports graphical and database-based working methods with data transfer to the interdiscipli-nary detailed planning. Individual system configuration allows flexible customizing to established engineering processes.

EPLAN Preplanning P&ID

EPLAN Preplanning P&ID is a CAE software solution for creating plant overviews, PFDs (Process Flow Diagrams) and P&IDs (Piping and In-strumentation Diagrams) for process-engineering machines and plants.

EPLAN PPE

EPLAN PPE is a CAE software solution for planning and designing I&C technology and process automation for process-engineering machines and plants.


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EPLAN P&ID

EPLAN P&ID is a CAE software solution for creating plant overviews and P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) for process-engineering machines and plants.

EPLAN Pro Panel

EPLAN Pro Panel is a CAE software solution for configuring and ve-rifying enclosures and switch gears in 3D including the provision of data for material logistics and production integration.

EPLAN Harness proD

EPLAN Harness proD is a CAE software solution for efficient designing and documenting of cables and wire harnesses in 3D / 2D, from a digital prototype to the creation of complete production documents.

EPLAN Engineering Configuration One

The use of EPLAN Engineering Configuration One (EEC One) is the first step into the world of automated Excel-based schematic generation for electrical engineering and fluid power on the basis of predefined stan-dards such as EPLAN macros, value sets, variants.

EPLAN Engineering Configuration

EPLAN Engineering Configuration Professional (EEC Professional) is a type of "central control unit" that forms the bridge between mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and control technology as well as documentation. A modular system and a set of rules allow variant ma-nagement in machine and plant engineering.

EPLAN Data Portal

Integrated, web-based data platform for the provision of up-to-date de-vice data of leading component manufacturers for direct use in the confi-guration with EPLAN software solutions.

Our software is conceived as an integrated system and connects all disciplines.


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Precondition Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Precondition

Rights

In order to install EPLAN Education you require local administrator rights and after installation the "Change" right in all EPLAN directories (local and in the network).

Software

Microsoft .NET Framework 4 has to be installed on your workplace.

The release information refers to the 32-bit version of the products, un-less stated otherwise.

Operating systems

The program is released for the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

• Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit) Pro, Enterprise

• Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64 bit) Pro, Enterprise

Microsoft products

Prerequisite for the creation of Microsoft Office file formats from EPLAN is a functioning installation of an Office version as approved by EPLAN on the PC.

• Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Office 2013 (32 bit and 64 bit)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9



Precondition Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Hardware

Recommended workstation configuration:

Processor: Multicore CPU, not older than 3 years

RAM: 8 GB *1

Hard disk: 500 GB

Monitor / graphics resolu-tion:

2-screen solution 21" or 16:10 graphics sys-tem with a resolution of 1680 x 1050

3D display: Graphics card from ATI or NVidia with the latest OpenGL driver *2

*1: Individual functions like PDF or DXF output require more memory in connection with large projects

or very extensive graphics.

*2: A graphics card comparable with an NVidia Quadro 600 should be used when EPLAN Pro Panel is

used.

Product Versions Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Product Versions

EPLAN Education is available as a 32-bit and 64-bit version. The functi-onalities of these two product versions are identical. A relevant difference between the two product versions lies in the connection of the databases for parts management, the project management and the dictionary.

EPLAN Education 32-bit You can use Microsoft Access (32-bit) databases or a Microsoft SQL Server for the parts management, the project management and the dic-tionary.

EPLAN Education 64-bit You require Microsoft Access (64-bit) databases or a Microsoft SQL Ser-ver for the parts management, the project management and the dictiona-ry.

32-bit versions of Microsoft Access are not supported by EPLAN Educa-tion in the 64-bit version.

Installation Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Installation

We provide a DVD as the data medium for the installation of EPLAN Education. You can additionally download EPLAN Education from the Internet.

Starting the Setup

Insert the DVD into the DVD drive of your computer. The Setup starts automatically. If an automatic start is not possible, double-click the Setup.exe file in the root directory of the DVD.

If you have downloaded EPLAN Education, you first have to unpack the installation files that are combined into a zip file (Educati-

on_2.4.4.8366.zip).

Then change to the directory with the extracted files and there double-click the Setup.exe file.


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Registration

In the dialog of the Setup you first specify the EPLAN Education version (32- or 64-bit) to be installed. We recommend using the 32-bit version for educational purposes. To this purpose select the Win32 entry in the Tar-

get system drop-down list.

You have to register in order to use EPLAN Education. This is necessa-ry so that your validation can be assigned and generated correspon-dingly.

Please use the form that is integrated in the Setup and send us your da-ta.

The data entered by you are checked by us for plausibility. After the check we send you your personal validation code to the e-mail address that was specified by you.

If you do not have an Internet connection at this moment or have skipped the registration, you can register later via the Internet by running the Setup.exe file again.


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If an Internet connection does not exist, a hyperlink is displayed in the Setup dialog. You can copy it and use it to call up the registration for EPLAN Education later on from a computer with Internet connection.

Note:

If your host ID is already licensed, this is displayed in the Setup dialog. In

this case please send us an e-mail and specify the data of the dialog (in

particular the host ID; contact address: [email protected]).


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License Agreement

Read the license agreement and accept it in order to continue the instal-lation.


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Target Directories

Set the target directories correspondingly. An optimal basic setting for your system is specified by the Setup.

Please enter a unique identifier in the Company code line, for example your family name or an abbreviation.

Tip:

If several parallel installations of EPLAN Education with various versions exist, we recommend that you install all the data (program and master data) completely separately from each other.


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Standard Installation

The following program components are installed during the Setup of EPLAN Education:

Start the installation.

After the installation has been completed, close the Setup dialog by me-ans of the [Finish button].

Desktop

The following icon is created as a link on the Desktop of your computer during the EPLAN Education installation:


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Starting the Software

1. Start the software by double-clicking the EPLAN Education icon on your Desktop.

� A query is displayed how you want to validate the license.

2. Here, select the Use a validation code option.

� The Enter validation code dialog is opened.

3. Enter the validation code in the Validation code field and the serial number that you received via e-mail in the Serial number field and confirm your entries with [OK]. (An example e-mail is shown on the following page.)

Note:

The [Retrieve online…] button is not available for validations without

dongle.

� The installation and registration is now complete. The software is

started.

4. During the initial start select the Expert option in the Select scope of menu dialog.

Example E-mail Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Example E-mail

Example E-mail Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG An der alten Ziegelei 2 40789 Monheim am Rhein · Germany Phone: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-0 Fax: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-25 [email protected] · www.eplan.de/en

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