Consistent engineering – only possible with transparent

and uniform data management that covers all disciplines.

In order to accelerate product development from the

design to the production stage, the Vault-EPLAN

Integration builds bridges between electrical, fluid and

mechanical engineering.

Mechanical data from for example, AutoCAD® Mechanical and Inventor® can nowbe managed together with electrical and fluid engineering data from EPLAN ElectricP8, EPLAN Fluid and EPLAN PPE. The file organization becomes more efficient,expensive errors can be avoided; iterative work as well as release cycles canbe executed faster.

Reliable storage of the EPLAN projects

The Vault PDM system records and manages all the project data in a centralstructure. The project data from EPLAN is available in parallel to the M-CAD designdata on the Vault server. Thanks to the user rights management in Vault all theproject data can be accessed in one secure, central location and is protected againstunauthorized access.

Direct storage of EPLAN projects in Vault

If you want to import existing EPLAN project data, then simply check in the project thatis opened in EPLAN. Vault carries out a backup and creates a PDF preview.

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Header data management

The new interface not only realizes the mechatronical data storage of neighboringdisciplines. It also ensures the exchange of data between PDM systems and CAxsystems. For example the header data of EPLAN projects are managed in Vault. Youcan therefore be sure that the header data in the EPLAN Electric P8 document isup-to-date at all times. They can be configured freely and are identical in bothsystems.

Own document types

Vault opens an EPLAN project directly with the corresponding EPLAN Platformapplication.

Central parts management

With the EPLAN interface Vault displays the parts created in EPLAN. It is thereforepossible to display bills of materials in Vault independently of EPLAN. All the partsinformation such as the part number, supplier, manufacturer as well as the bill-of-materials information is available for all departments.

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Bills of materials

Vault shines with its simple and well-structuredmanagement of all the project data – for examplecharacteristics lists and structure bills of materials. Theformer helps in the systematic classification ofcomponents and component groups into superordinateclasses. The information becomes transparent; thediversity of variants in the company becomes clearer.This results in faster high quality designing using established standards. The transferof structured bills of materials with a higher-level function/mounting locationstructure is new.

Viewing EPLAN projects

The EPLAN projects are viewed in Vault with the integrated pdf viewer. The familiarnavigation possibilities of the viewer are available: Page navigation, cross-referencesand component jumps. Allowing a Vault user to view projects even without an EPLANinstallation.

System requirements

The Vault-EPLAN Integration is available for:

Vault Professional 2011

EPLAN Electric P8 Professional Version 2.0

EPLAN Electric P8 Select Version 2.0

EPLAN Fluid Version 2.0

EPLAN PPE Version 2.0

Vault-EPLAN Integration supports SQL-Server parts databases and is availablefor the following languages: German, English and Spanish. The language ofthe interface must agree with the language of the expert systems.

The Vault-EPLAN Integration is available for € 950 plus VAT:

Implementation

A preceding workshop and customized implementation are required.

CREATIONand managementof design data

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Vault-EPLAN Integration – features and advantages at a glance

Secure storage and management of EPLAN projects in Vault

Data is easy to find, organize, copy and reuse

Storage of existing EPLAN projects in Vault

Checking projects in and out of EPLAN

Management of the attributed data is bi directional between EPLAN and Vault

EPLAN projects can also be opened from within the Vault client

Revision control: The functions for releasing and tracking file versions reduces thefrequency of errors throughout the entire design process

Scalable solution: Thanks to replication, it is possible to synchronize the project dataamong distributed workgroups within the enterprise

Bidirectional interface to synchronize parts data

Parts management using Vault – you can display parts and bills of materials in Vaultindependently of EPLAN

Transfer of structured bills of materials with a higher-level function/mounting locationstructure

Creation and management of parts lists in Vault: direct access to standard functions suchas characteristics lists and structure bills of materials

The EPLAN projects are viewed in Vault in PDFformat: Every Vault user can view thedata without having an EPLAN license

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