First sneak peek into the upcoming EPLAN Platform 2026

Hanover/Monheim, Germany, 1 April 2025

The Hannover Messe will once again be the jumping-off point for insights into the future of engineering. Along with the topic of artificial intelligence, which EPLAN and Rittal will be presenting, the upcoming EPLAN Platform 2026 will be celebrating its premiere in Hanover. The software, which amazes with even more standardisation, new possibilities for device data management and direct access to more than four million component data in the EPLAN Data Portal, makes it clear that users can expect a complete digital description of automation systems with schematics and control cabinet layouts in 3D. It can also be used as complete production specifications. It naturally also comes with increased quality and even more depth of data.

This summer the time will have come when the new EPLAN Platform 2026 will be launched. Solutions provider EPLAN will already be providing a first sneak peek into its enhancements at the Hannover Messe, which in addition to numerous other developments also includes a standard interface to ERP systems. This allows both the seamless exchange between device data and bills of materials and the easy linking of ERP systems to EPLAN.

EPLAN Pro Panel: Customised views into control cabinets

Users working with control cabinet designs are also efficiently supported with up to ten different views of projects in EPLAN Pro Panel. Customised, application-specific views of the designed control cabinets can be saved and be viewed from different perspectives, significantly speeding up the intuitive 3D navigation. The routing from cables has also been improved, and all this makes it easier and more convenient to access projects according to individual needs and specifications.

EPLAN Data Portal: Now with direct access

One very crucial innovation concerns the use of device data. A new, direct access from EPLAN device management will now allow devices to be directly selected from the Data Portal. Users no longer have to open different applications or “jump” from the Platform to the Portal. Just a click in EPLAN Electric P8 takes them directly to device selection in the Portal and they can immediately download the required project data. The same applies for EPLAN eSTOCK, the cloud-based device database that also makes maintaining device data a collaborative effort. With more than 400 new properties for devices, they can be described even more precisely and be enriched with even more data. This supports standardisation and makes a valuable contribution to comprehensive digital data – for automation as well as for related disciplines such as energy, the process industry or building automation, where other specifications are required.

EPLAN Preplanning: Now also with single line

The EPLAN Preplanning software tool is a true specialist for the requirements of preplanning as well as the specific demands of the process industry. Until now, the creation of piping instrumentation diagrams has normally been supported – PI&Ds are for the process industry the counterpart to schematics in electrical engineering, so to speak. Now, the traditional working method for electrical design engineers is also being supported with single-line technology. Symbols and components can be placed and logically connected – for instance for ventilation systems in building automation.

www.eplan.com: Download center with more information

The customer has long been the focus of all of what EPLAN does. The www.eplan.com platform is a customer portal that provides direct access to software, tools and lots of additional information. Here users can now also find information on the current release of products in use and individual updates, which also allow slightly larger jumps in updates from older previous versions with just a click. In short, they will simply find everything they need for their very specific EPLAN applications.

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