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Functionkeys,keyboardkeys,andbuttonswithintheprogramare showninsquarebrackets e. Inordertofindaparticularprogram function,themenusandoptionsshowninamenupathmustbeselectedinthesequenceshown. Theoperatinginformation providesstepbystepinstructionsforreachingspecifictargets,andinmanyplaces,aftertherightarrow symbolyou'llalsofindthereactionoftheprogramtoyouraction.

Incombinationwithsettingsorfields e. Sothatyoucansuccessfully followtheinstructions,weassumethatyouhavealreadyinstalledEPLANandhavetherequiredsoftware protection dongle andlicense. Whilewritingthisguide,weusedthefullylicensedprogramwithitsentire scopeoffunctionality. Ifyouhavenotlicensedallthemodules,thisdocumentation orsomefiguresin thisdocumentation maypossiblygobeyondthescopeoffunctionalityofthesoftwareyouhave purchased,thatis,functionsarealsodescribedwhichmaynotbeavailabletoyou.

Theuserinterfaceof yourEPLANapplicationmaydifferfromthefigurespresentedhereif,intheSelectscopeofmenudialog, youselectedtheAdvancedorExpertusermodewhenyoustartedtheprogram. Thatisthemodeweusedwhencreatingthis manual. Allsettingscanbemadeinacentrallocationintheprogram intheOptionsmenuunderthemenu itemSettings. Forthesampleproject,wealmostexclusivelyusedthedefaultsettingsoftheproject templatebeingused.

Don'tchangethesesettingswhileworkingwiththesampleprojectotherwiseyou mayseedifferentresults. Sincealistofthedifferentcallupoptionswouldmakethisguide muchlarger,weusuallyusethemousecontrolsintheactioninstructions. During programinstallation,aprogramiconiscreatedontheWindowsDesktop. Here,youspecifytheusermodein whichyouwouldliketodefinethedisplayedscopeofthemenu. IntheSelectscopeofmenudialog, selectExpert. Inthisinformationaldialog,whichisautomaticallyshowneverytimeyoustart theprogram,youareshownusefulinformationonprogramfunctions.

DeselecttheShowtipsatstartupcheckbox ifyoudonotwishthisdialogtoappeareverytimetheprogramisstarted. Clickon[Close]toclosethe Tipoftheday. Beforeyoucreateaproject,youwillfirstseealittlemoreinformationabouttheuser interfaceinthenextchapter. Note:IntheSelectscopeofmenudialog,ifyouactivatedtheDonotshow thisdialogagaincheckbox,thisdialogwillnolongerbeshownwhenyoustartEPLAN,andthecurrently specifiedmenuscopewillbeused.

Besidesvariousotherinterfaceelements,youseethePagenavigatorandthe Graphicalpreviewontheleftsideofthemainwindow.

Whenyoufirststarttheprogram,thesetwo windowsareempty. Theareaontherightsidewiththebackgroundimagewillbeusedlaterasaworking areafortheopenedpages. Themainwindowistheentireworkingareaof theprogramitssizeandpositioncanbechanged.

Formanyotherinterfaceelements e. You canattach "dock" theseelementstothewindowedgesinsidethemainwindow. WhatisthePage navigator? You canchoosebetweentworepresentationtypes. Inthetreeview,thepagesaredisplayedhierarchicallyby pagetypeandidentifier suchashigherlevelfunction,mountinglocation,etc.

Inthelistview,this informationisshownarrangedinatable. InthePagenavigator,youcaneditthepagesofoneproject,forinstance,copypages, deletethem,orchangepageproperties. Multiplepagesfromdifferentprojectscannotbeeditedatone time. WhatistheGraphical preview? TheGraphicalpreviewisapreviewwindowfortheminimizeddisplayofhighlightedpages, symbols,imagefiles,macros,forms,etc.

Forexample,ifyouhavehighlightedoneorseveralpagesinthe pagenavigator,theywillbedisplayedinaminimizedwindowintheGraphicalpreview. Usingthis window,youcanquicklysearchthroughallthepagesofaproject. Itcontains theprogramiconwiththesystemmenu,theprogramname,andthebuttonscontrollingthesizesettingof thewindow.

Ifyouhaveopenedaprojectpage,thenameoftheopenedpagewillalsobeshowninthetitle barbydefault. Itcontainsthemost importantcommandsanddialogcalls. Inordertoshowallthemenuitemsofamenu,leftclickonthe correspondingmenu. Untilyouhaveopenedaprojectandapage,youwillnotbeabletoselectmanyof themenuitems.

Somemenuitemsworklikeaswitch, thatis,theycanbeturnedonoroff. ThisappliesparticularlytotheViewmenufortheGraphicalpreview menuitem. Tip:Inthe Graphicalpreview,thepagesyouhaveselectedinthePagenavigatorareshowninareducedview. Using thiswindow,youcan,forinstance,quicklysearchthroughallthepagesofaproject. PopupmenuInmany placesintheprogram infieldsofwindowsordialogs,inanopenedpage youcanopenupapopupmenu byrightclicking.

Ifmenuitemsarepresentinthepopupmenuofafieldwhichgobeyondthestandardfunctions,youcan seethatfroma"popupmenubutton". ToolbarsAs standard,thetoolbarsarelocatedbelowthemenubarandconsistofbuttonsallowingyoutodirectlycall upthemostimportantEPLANfunctions. Whenyoupointthemouseatamenuitemora buttoninatoolbar,abriefinformativetextrelatingtotheactioncalledbythiscommandisdisplayed here. Ifyouhavethecursorinanopenedpage,thestatusbarshowsyouinformationaboutthecursor position,grid,andlogicalstatus,alongwithdataaboutthecurrentlyselectedelement,insomecases.

Onlogicpages suchasthis schematicpage ,thecoordinatesareenteredingridincrementsandongraphicspages,theyareenteredin millimetersorinches. Devicedatais reportedonlogicpages. Inthemaximizedviewofthemain window,thediagonallinesarenotshown. Toshowthem,thewindowmustbereducedinsize,forinstance usingthebutton. ChangingtheUserInterfaceYoucanchangetheviewoftheuserinterfacetofityour ownworkhabits.

Youcanpositionanyofthese"Windows" in anundockedstate ,andeveryotherdialog,bypullingthetitlebarofthedialogtothedesiredposition whileholdingdowntheleftmousebutton. Nextclickthetitlebarofthe Pagenavigatorwiththeleftmousebuttonandkeepthebuttonpressed.

Press[Ctrl]to avoiddocking,andpullthePagenavigatortoafreepositionontheWindowsDesktop. Ifthebordersof therespectivecontrolelementaredisplayedwithathickline,EPLANpositionsthecontrolelementasan independent,undockedelementontheWindowsdesktop.

Repeatthisprocedureforadditionalcontrol elements. Practicedocking controlelements,too. Todothis,clickthetitlebarofthedesiredundockedcontrolelement e. Thiswillbeahorizontalorverticalline,dependingonwhetheryouwishtopositionthecontrolelementat thetop,bottom,left,orright. Whentheprogramisexited,EPLANsavesthelastsettingsoftheseelements docked,undocked,size, position andrestoresthemthenexttimetheprogramisstarted.

Moreover,anothertoolbar "Symbols" hasbeenhiddenandtwomoremovedaroundinsidethe mainwindow "Graphics","Connectionsymbols". Toavoidunnecessarilyreducingthesizeof yourEPLANuserinterface,youhavetheoptionofhidingthetoolbarsyoudon'tneed. Clicktheright mousebuttononafreeareainthemenubarortoolbar. Selectthe Standardtoolbar,forinstance,andclickthecheckboxinfrontofthetoolbarname.

EPLANclosesthe popupmenuandhidesthetoolbar. Practice displaying unhiding toolbarstoo. Todothis,callupthepopupmenuagainandclickonthenameofa hiddentoolbar e. Youcanalsousethisdialogtocustomizeandextendthepredefinedtoolbarsandcreateyour owntoolbars. Weprovideyouwithafewpredefinedworkspaceswhichyoucanuseastemplatesforyourown workspaces.

Fromthe Schemedropdownlist,selecttheentryConnectionsasanexampleofaworkspace. BesidesthePagenavigator,themainwindownowalsocontainsthetwo windowsPotentialsandConnections. Inthesespecialnavigators,allthepotentialsandconnectionsofa projectareshown. The Workspacedialogopens. Youcanfindmoredetailed informationabouttheuserinterfaceforinstance,howyoucandefineyourownworkspacesinthe EPLANonlinehelp. Projectsarestoredand organizedinaspecialdatabase"ProjectManagement". Allobjectsinaproject pages,devices,andfunctions mustbeidentifiedandplacedina hierarchicalstructurewithintheproject.

Inahierarchicallyarrangedprojectstructure,forinstance,you canstoreandfindpagesanddevicesmoreeasily. Theidentifiersforprojectstructurearecalled"structure identifiers". For instance,thestructureofpageidentifiersanddevicetagsarestoredinaprojecttemplate. Evenasabeginner,youcanusetheProjectwizard toquicklyandeasilygetresults. InthedialogofthewizardtheCreateproject Wizard dialogyou canenteralltheprincipaldataforanewprojectstepbystep. TheCreateproject Wizard dialogopens. IntheProjectnamefieldonthefirsttab,enterthe nameforyourfirstproject.

To dothis,click[ By default,yourprojectsaremanagedintheProjectsdirectoryina"companyfolder"createdduring installation intheillustration,theCompanycodefolder. Selectthis"companyfolder"andclickon[Make NewFolder]. Anewfolderiscreatedbelowthecurrentlyselected"companyfolder",whosetemporary nameNewFolderishighlightedwithaneditframe.

Todo this,clickthe[ Ifyoudon'tselectatemplatehere,youwill notbeabletoperformanymorestepsintheProjectwizard. TheOpendialogisclosed,andthenamefortheprojecttemplateis acceptedfortheTemplatefield. Thetemplateandlocationnowbeingusedwillthenbethedefaultsnext timetheProjectwizardisstarted. TheImportingproject dialogopens. Thisproceduremaytakesome time. Projectsformthefirstlevelinthetree icon:.

Thelevelswiththeprojectpagesaretypically belowthelevelwiththeprojectname. Theselectedprojecttemplateenableshierarchically arrangedstructuresforallobjectsintheproject. Structure identifiersforthe"higherlevelfunction"andthe"mountinglocation"areusedtoidentifypagesand devices. Thiswill,forexample,bevisiblelaterwheneditingthepagepropertiesintheFullpagename dialog seepage There,youwillalsoread howtoassignstructureidentifiersforthepages. Note:OnceyouaremorefamiliarwithEPLAN,youcan usethedifferenttabsoftheCreateproject Wizard dialogtochangethedefaultsettingsfromtheproject templateregardingstructure,numbering,andproperties.

Inthischapter,youwilllearn howtocreatepagesandedittheirpageproperties. The pagetypeisgenerallyassignedwhenthepageiscreated,butitcanalsobechangedlater. Aschematicmultilinepageisapageforwhichtheschematicdocu mentationhasmultilinesymbols. Ithasspecialeditingcapabilitiesforthecreationandanalysisof schematicdiagrams.

Whatis agraphicaleditor? Agraphicaleditoristhepartoftheprogramyouusetocreateandeditschematicsand mechanicaldrawings. Besidesthewindowinwhichthepageis displayed,themenubaralsohasnumerousprogramfunctions suchastheInsertmenu availablefor graphicalediting. Ina"maximized" view,thewindowoftheeditorfitsintothemainwindowinsuchawaythatthetitlebarisintegratedinto themenubarofthemainwindow seealsotheillustrationonpage ThePagetypefieldisautomaticallyprepopulatedwithSchematicmulti line I. Note:BasedontheBeginner modeselectedintheSelectscopeofmenudialog,youusefieldsthatallowmultilingualentries e.

Thisfunctionprovidesyouwith thewholewordbasedonthelettersyoutypein. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthe1Power supplypage. Mostproperty fieldsalreadyhavevalues. EPLANacceptsthepropertiesoftheselectedpageandautomaticallysuggests thenextfreepagefortheFullpagename. Thecontentsofsomepropertiesfields suchasthePagedescriptionfield aredeleted. TheautomaticallysuggestedFullpagenameandthe prepopulatedPagetypearekept. TheAddpagetype dialogopens. InthePagedescriptionfield, enterthetextCoversheet. FortheFormnameproperty,clickintheValuefieldnexttoit,andthenclick thebuttonthatappears.

Novalueneedstobe enteredforthePlotframenameproperty. Theplotframeusedforapageisalreadypredefinedinthe projectsettings. Theotherdisplayedproperties,ScaleandGrid,arealreadyprepopulatedwithcorrect entries. ThecoversheetisshowninthetreeviewofthePagenavigatorandopenedinthe Graphicaleditor. ClosingapageSinceyoudon't immediatelyneedthesecondschematicpage,closeitagain.

The page3ControlET1isclosed. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthepage2 Coversheet. The coversheetoftheprojectisshown. Thisisthecase,ifinthe Viewmenu,youactivatedthemenuitemWorkbook. InthePagenavigator,youcanrecognizetheopened pagefromthefactthatthepagenameanddescription 2Coversheet arenowinbold.

Tip:Toopenapage selectedinthePagenavigator,youcanalsodoubleclickonthepageorpressthe[Enter]key. Openthe page1inthesameway. Thiswillautomaticallyclosethefirstpageanddisplaytheemptyschematicinthe Graphicaleditor. Forinstance,selectpage2again,thenfromthepopupmenuofthePagenavigatorselectthemenu itemOpeninnewwindow.

Forevery openedpage,atabisshownbelowthegraphicaleditorwindow. Youcanquicklyswitchbetweenpagesby clickingthesetabs. Inthefollowingsection,wedescribehowyoucanassign theidentifierbyeditingthepageproperties. InthetreeviewofthePagenavigator,selectthecoversheet page2Coversheet. Todothis, clickthe[ Here, youcanenterthestructureidentifierandthenameofthepage e. EnterthevalueANLinthe Higherlevelfunctionfield.

InthePagename field,changetheentryfrom2to1. Thestructure identifiersareacceptedforthefieldofthesamenameinthePagepropertiesdialog. InthePage propertiesdialog,click[OK]. Forthe"Higherlevel function"structureidentifierlevelwiththeidentifierANL,theiconwillbeusedandforthe"Mounting location"levelwiththeidentifierDBT,theiconwillbeused. Repeatthisactionfortheschematicpage page1and3. IntheFullpagenamedialog,asthestructureidentifierfortheHigherlevelfunction, enterthedesignationANLagain.

FortheMountinglocation,enterthedesignationSCPfortheschematic pages. Nowallpages intheprojecthavestructureidentifiers. YoumayfirsthavetoenlargethePagenavigator windowalittlebeforeyoucanreadallthepagedescriptions. Note:Ifyouhavemadeachangeduringpage editing forinstance,changedpageproperties,insertedgraphicalelements,etc. Thereisnoseparatesavenecessary,andsothereisnocorrespondingmenuitemin theprogram!

Youwillalsolearnhowtoopenandcloseaproject,andyouwilllearnafewbasic commandsforviewingandeditingaproject. Here,theprojectsareshownwhicharelocatedinyourpredefinedproject directorybydefault. Certified companies. Customer Solutions.

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