Insert a line break in ePLAN (not intuitive)

Insert a line break in ePLAN (not intuitive)

ePLAN Electric P8 course - NFPA Masterclass

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The essentials of the NFPA style ePLAN settings

  • Create an ePLAN project using both NFPA and IEC template
  • Adding pages to a newly created project and comparing to the IEC standard
  • Basic management of plot frames
  • Grid settings - inch setting vs a mm setting
  • Grid setting pro tip - when working on both NFPA and IEC style projects
  • Introduction to symbols and symbol libraries - NFPA and beyond
  • Introduction to page types - theory for now
  • Essentials about a background of a plot frame in ePLAN

Building a well rounded ePLAN NFPA style industrial automation project

  • First schematics - 3ph motor power circuit diagram
  • Recapitulation on grid sizes and definition of forms in ePLAN
  • DOL motor starter MANUAL control circuit - with many tips & tricks along the way7
  • DOL motor starter AUTOMATIC (PLC) control circuit - custom PLC from scratch2
  • PLC rack and signal overview - custom made - in case you need this
  • A couple of additional pro tips regarding a custom PLC in ePLAN
  • If you want to go big in ePLAN - understand the structures
  • Insert a line break in ePLAN (not intuitive)
  • How and why to use a black box inside an ePLAN circuit diagram
  • How to draw sensors on a PLC module (as a typical industrial automation scenario)
  • Automatic wire numbering in ePLAN - NFPA style (incl. PLC wiring)
  • Setting standard AWG wire cross sections in ePLAN for entire project
  • Power infeed circuit diagram with some really powerful ePLAN tips & tricks

Finishing up the project and learning about exchange formats

  • Outlining the project (adding reports, updating wire labels etc.)
  • Eplan files exchange practices from real-life projects - .zw1, .pdf, .dwg/dxf, .emp, .ema

Custom videos based on customer's feedback

  • Part numbers for terminals and their accessories - 2 possible options
  • Number terminals and interruption point or not - that is the question
  • Set your cable connections (conductors) to line type dashed globally across entire ePLAN project