Eplan License Manager Accurate

Apart from a few entries, the new EPLAN Setup Manager (as of Version 2.1.x) performs most of the work. There are only a few entries in the Windows registry, which is commendable and not always the case today.

Dear Enquirer, There are mostly two universal CAD softwares used, first is AUTOCAD from Autodesk and second is Microstation from Intergraph. Both of these softwares are for all types of Engineering Drafting and require extensive training and application to get good results.

Normally, Engineers have other assignments than drafting themselves, therefore services of CAD draftsmen are utilized to get professional results in the shortest time, although through experience and dedication any Engineer can work his way in CAD. There is another category of CAD that I call Presentation CAD, Microsoft's Visio is the leader in the field. This is very useful for either beginner or even Experienced Engineers. The learning curve is fast and output graphics are presentable.

There are easy to use tools to produce excellent graphics and numerous libraries representing graphics from varoius fields of Engineering. Any Engineer can utilize Visio to produce good results, communicate graphically with others, put his ideas quickly and copy and paste his drawing in MS Office Applications. My suggestions to all engineers is to start in Programs like Visio and then if really needed progress to full bodied CADs. Regards, Sajid Ali Khan. I agree with Sajid Ali Khan when he suggests Visio because it is so easy to learn. However, Visio lacks some features of other Electrical packages. This is in my opinion fully addressed by a product called Engineering Base which adds SQL database to Visio.

Actually it does much more than that. 'Atributes' of the Visio shapes are actually records in the SQL database. The atributes are not created using the clumsy Visio tool but are defined on a global basis from the SQL database. A truly ground braking interface is included for global manipulation of all data. They call it a 'Worksheet' - its like an Excel worksheet but you define what it shows. The worksheets are 'live' dynamic view ports into the SQL data.

I could go on but I suggest you look for 'Engineering Base' on the web. It drastically changed the way we do buisness - we used to use the top selling product in the USA but we switched to Engineering Base and have never looked back. Eplan is the best package out there. It is expensive but on larger projects will save you considerable time with it's automatic wire numbering features. ACAD Electrical does have the same capabilities but I have not used it. You have to have an Autocad license also so this combination can be expensive. Eplan will send you a demo version if you contact them.

You cannot print from the demo but it will give you an idea of what it is capable of. I am currently doing all my drawings in ACAD what is slow and painful for wire numbering but that is what this company has. Does anybody have market share numbers? THAT would be useful.

Over the last 10 years, the OVERWHELMING majority of what I have seen has been AutoCAD, without any additional ECAD functionality. Note that this is in the U.S. Discreet manufacturing market. I've certainly seen Visio, Promis-e, AutoCAD Electrical and others. (MicroStation is NOT made by Intergraph, by the way.