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Control panel design
software gets smarter
Wieland Electric announces
the UK launch of Wieplan
3.0 – a powerful, yet
easy-to-use, software tool for
configuring DIN rail terminal block
assemblies using Wieland
components. It offers a faster and
more efficient means of planning
and creating control panels. Wieplan
3.0 features a bi-directional
interface with ePLAN and, by
contributing the DIN rail terminal
block assembly, closes a gap in the
engineering chain.
The process for selecting the
right terminal block and accessories,
designing the DIN rail and
optimising space and flexibility
through to completing all the
documentation and drawings, has
traditionally made control panel
planning a laborious process. It is
not administered in ePLAN but now,
when the terminal connection points
have been defined the user can
simply export this assignment to
Wieplan where the control-panelready
DIN rail can be configured.
It enables design engineers to
easily manage the product data and
integrate Wieland components into
their diagrams, create parts list
using own or manufacturers
numbers. The new Wieplan software
works with a project structure and is
intuitive to use. As the planner is
guided step by step through each
stage, the software provides search
and filtering functions and there are
plausibility checks to prevent
mistakes. Once the completed
terminal blocks with all data
including terminal type, item
number, accessories and
identification are defined in Wieplan
they can be seamlessly transferred
back to ePLAN.
Available in four languages,
wieplan has high quality graphics
and the components database is
simply updated on-line.
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