If you automate the creation of circuit diagrams, you get results faster and make fewer errors. Solution provider EPLAN has developed various technological approaches for this. One of them: the cloud-based software EPLAN eBUILD, with which users can generate their projects at the touch of a button. The new version 2025 is now available - with clear advantages in operation, configuration and generation of circuit diagrams.
Creating circuit diagrams automatically is nothing new. But the "how" is becoming more and more innovative, and one thing is clear: the cloud is now indispensable for this. Fully integrated into the EPLAN Cloud, the EPLAN eBUILD software now offers even greater ease of use and maximum simplicity. The new version 2025, which is available now, impresses with numerous improvements for more efficient use of macro technology in engineering. "We have developed a solution that is simple to handle, but at the same time very innovative in terms of its functions," explains Holger Jansen, Business Owner Functional Design.
Operation in the cloud: Even easier and now context-sensitive
The user interface has been optimized so that users can get a better overview of the project more quickly. For example, with the new navigator bar, which allows you to keep an eye on the configuration and generation process in EPLAN eBUILD at all times. But that's not all in terms of technology. "With the new context-sensitive inline app help technology, users can simply get to their goal more quickly," explains Holger Jansen, adding: "The new help function, which is now anchored inline directly in EPLAN eBUILD, makes operation even easier."
How does it work?
The process is extremely simple: users simply log into the EPLAN Cloud and can access their own projects in the cloud via their company organization. There is no need to install the software. In the Project Builder - part of EPLAN eBUILD - the corresponding macro libraries can be selected and then configured or generated. The new navigator supports this by making the selection easier. Data consistency from product structuring to the actual project implementation is already ensured on the system side by adhering to norms and standards.
Configuration in the cloud: Simply get results faster
A set of rules and configuration interfaces can be created intuitively and quickly without knowledge of a higher programming language - knowledge of EPLAN macro technology is sufficient here. These EPLAN macros are then enriched with a set of rules in EPLAN eBUILD. Users then use the configuration methodology to enter the customer requirements for a machine or system. New in EPLAN eBUILD 2025 is the option of applying the configuration from an Internet browser - under Windows, Android or IOS. There is therefore nothing standing in the way of using EPLAN eBUILD as an engineering configurator on mobile devices.
Generating in the cloud: Simply more collaboration
In addition to configuration, generation in EPLAN eBUILD 2025 is also possible purely cloud-based. A local installation of the EPLAN software is no longer necessary. Circuit diagrams can be generated directly in the cloud via an EPLAN project provided by eManage. Using EPLAN eVIEW, EPLAN's own viewer in the cloud, the projects and documentation can be displayed on any device - be it a tablet, smartphone, browser and of course in both IOS and Android environments. The plans can be checked here and changes can be fed back into the project using redlining and greenlining in the viewer.
Conclusion:
Circuit diagrams can now be created in the cloud using EPLAN eBUILD from an Internet browser. The advantages are obvious: Circuit diagrams can not only be created during the design process, but are also available at the touch of a button early in the quotation or preliminary planning phase.
