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Installation Instructions

EPLAN Education

Version 2.3

Level: 11 / 2013

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Table of contents

Introduction ........................................................................................... 5

EPLAN Software & Service ............................................................... 5

EPLAN – efficient engineering. ......................................................... 5

EPLAN Platform – Your Key to Success .......................................... 6

Prerequisites ......................................................................................... 7

Rights ................................................................................................. 7

Software ............................................................................................. 7

Hardware ............................................................................................ 8

Installation ............................................................................................. 9

Starting setup .................................................................................... 9

Registration ..................................................................................... 10

License agreement .......................................................................... 11

Target directories ............................................................................ 12

Standard installation ....................................................................... 13

Desktop ............................................................................................ 13

Starting the software ....................................................................... 14

Sample email ....................................................................................... 15

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Introduction Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Introduction

EPLAN Software & Service

EPLAN Software & Service develops CAE solutions and advises compa-nies on optimizing their engineering processes. Customers profit from improvements in efficiency of the product development process through standardized procedures, automated processes and consistent work-flows. EPLAN supplies tailor-made concepts for the system introduction, system setup as well as precise integration in the IT / PLM system land-scape – on the basis of standard engineering solutions.

The service portfolio furthermore encompasses customizing, consulting and training. The development of individual and standardized inter-faces to ERP, PDM and PLM ensures data consistencies during product de-velopment. Systematic customer orientation, global support and innova-tive development and interface competence are factors in success.

EPLAN Software & Service belongs to Rittal Software Systems and is thus embedded in the Friedhelm Loh Group and thus stands for continui-ty and investment security. Seven German EPLAN locations and our presence in more than 50 countries support more than 35,000 customers with about 95,000 installations worldwide.

"EPLAN – efficient engineering." – the corporate motto underlines the proficiency of optimized, efficient processes, which keep companies competitive in the long term.

EPLAN – efficient engineering.

The possibilities for ensuring your company's success are manifold. One factor is common to them all: The improvement of the process continuity and security along the entire value-added chain. Recognize and exploit these potentials! Give your company a competitive edge through con-sistent efficient engineering that accelerates your project engineering process.

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EPLAN Platform – Your Key to Success

The EPLAN Platform combines expert systems for the various disciplines such as electrical engineering, fluid power and I&C engineering as well as enclosure manufacturing. With standard interfaces and customer-specific adaptations EPLAN develops comprehensive PLM concepts on the basis of leading CAx and PDM solutions. The EPLAN Engineering Center is our mechatronics solution and acts as the control center that through functional engineering realizes a bridge between mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control technology and documenta-tion. Extensive services complete our offer and provide the decisive add-ed value in engineering to you. Here your success is our driving factor. We offer you maximum flexibility and the highest degree of service orien-tation.

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Prerequisites

Rights

To install EPLAN Education you need to posses local administrator rights, and after the installation the "Change" right for all EPLAN directo-ries (local and network).

Software

You will need to have Microsoft .Net Framework 4 installed on the work-station.

All following release information refers to the 32-bit version of the prod-ucts, unless stated otherwise.

Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit) Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate

• Microsoft Windows 8 (64 bit) Pro, Enterprise

Microsoft Products

Prerequisite for the creation of Microsoft Office file formats from EPLAN is a functioning installation of an Office version as approved by EPLAN on the PC.

• Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Office 2013 (32 bit and 64 bit)

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10

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Hardware

Recommended workstation configurations:

Processor: Multicore CPU, not older than 3 years

RAM: 8 GB*1

Hard disk: 500 GB

Monitor / graphics resolu-tion:

2-screen solution 21" or 16:10 graphics sys-tem with a resolution of 1680 x 1050

3D display: Graphics card from ATI or Nvidia with the latest OpenGL driver *2

*1: Individual functions like PDF or DXF output require more memory in connection with projects or

very extensive graphics.

*2: For use with EPLAN Pro Panel you should use a graphics card comparable with an Nvidia

Quadro 600.

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Installation

For the installation of EPLAN Education we provide you with a DVD as storage medium. In addition you have the possibility to download EPLAN Education from the Internet.

Starting setup

Put DVD into the DVD drive of your computer. Setup starts automatically. If auto-run does not start on its own, double click the Setup.exe file in

the main directory of the DVD.

Once you have downloaded EPLAN Education, you must first unzip the installation files contained in the Zip file (Education_2.3.5.7352.zip).

Then navigate to the directory with the unzipped files and double-click on the Setup.exe file.


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Registration

You must register to be able to use EPLAN Education. This is necessary to associate your activation and create an appropriate validation code.

Please use the form integrated in the setup to send us your information.

Your data input will be checked by us for plausibility. Then, after the check, we can send your personal validation code to your email address.

Should you not have internet access at that time, or missed the registra-tion, you can reregister at a later time via the internet by running the Setup.exe file again.


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License agreement

Please read the license agreement and accept it to continue the installa-tion.


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Target directories

Setup the target directories appropriately. The optimum basic settings for your system come from the setup file.

Enter a unique code in the Company code line, for instance your last name or initials.

Tip:

If several parallel installations of EPLAN Education in various versions exist, we recommend you install all data (program and master data) completely separate from each other.


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Standard installation

The setup function installs the following program components of EPLAN Education:

Start the installation.

Once the installation is completed, close the setup dialog by clicking the [Finish] button.

Desktop

During the installation of EPLAN Education the following icon will be put on your computer's desktop as a link to the program:


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Starting the software

1. Double click the EPLAN Education icon on your desktop to start the software.

� You will be prompted on how you want to validate the license.

2. Select the Use a validation code option.

� The Enter validation code dialogs opens.

3. Enter the validation code, which you received per email, in the Vali-dation code field and confirm your entry with [OK]. (Note the sample email on the following page.)

� You have now completed the installation and registration. The software will start.

Sample email Installation Instructions EPLAN Education

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Sample email

EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG An der alten Ziegelei 2 40789 Monheim am Rhein � Germany Phone: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-0 Fax: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-25 [email protected] � www.eplan.de

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