Eplan agrees to a technology partnership with Dassault Systèmes and EPLAN GmbH & Co. KG, press release

Digital transformation can only be successful through networked systems, consistent data, and close collaboration between manufacturers. To this end, Eplan established the Partner Network at the end of 2020, to which 65 factories already belong. A new addition is the global technology company Dassault Systèmes, which has been expanding the network as a partner since April 2023. The interface between the Eplan platform and Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform is systematically developed in mutual exchange.

It became official on the first day of the Hannover Messe: Eplan and Dassault Systèmes have agreed on a technical partnership as part of the Eplan Partner Network, within which the PLM interface between the 3DEXPERIENCE platform jointly by Dassault Systèmes and Eplan will be. It is developed from now on. The goal is the seamless integration of electrical and fluid engineering in the context of product development. The contract was signed by Dominique Cortaz, Managing Director Eurocentral at Dassault Systèmes and Sebastian Seitz, CEO of Eplan and Cideon, in Hanover. Partners contribute their expertise profitably to the interests of their mutual clients and enable companies to continually tailor their digital development processes.

Aim to increase process efficiency

Sebastien Seitz explains: “With the bi-directional interface between the Eplan platform and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes, we increase the efficiency of operations for our common customers. If all systems – for example ECAD, ERP, PDM – are bi-directional connected, users really work Multidisciplinary and therefore more efficient.

Through this partnership, we support our mutual customers in achieving new dimensions of efficiency and productivity in the overall development of products. All this was made possible by the development and deployment of virtual twins, ”adds Dominique Cortaz, General Manager Eurocentral, Dassault System. “The two-way interface simplifies many processes and creates new opportunities for our customers to work together. So we are very pleased to take this pioneering step with Eplan.”

The partnership will be expanded further in the coming months. Both companies work closely together to further improve the interface – the PLM 3DEXPERIENCE connector – and to provide new solutions in the context of the cloud for digital product development. A joint demonstration environment is also planned as part of the Engineering Collaboration Network (www.ecn-online.com) with example videos and data in a PLM cloud environment, as well as joint interaction on customer projects.

Bi-directional coupling for engineering and PLM

In the interaction between Eplan and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, processes can be automatically controlled in data management for electrical and fluid engineering. The special feature: Access to the cloud-based platform from Dassault Systèmes is available directly on the Eplan Electric P8 and Eplan Fluid. For example, lists of articles and parts can be compared with one click. From the point of view of ordinary users, automating routine processes in particular makes everyday work easier: classic actions such as searching, finding and creating projects, logging in and out or exporting Eplan project pages as format-neutral are performed much more efficiently with Data Bridge. In particular, fast and uncomplicated document generation will save users time and money, because outputting neutral formats requires only a check-in mark. The neutral formats are then automatically associated with the relevant EPLAN project.

When interacting, Eplan and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform communicate with each other bidirectionally: projects from Eplan are automatically logged into the platform, as are projects opened from the PLM system. Important descriptive PDM attributes, such as graphic header information, can be added company-wide in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and are automatically available the next time you check out an Eplan project. In addition, the program supports classic PDM functions such as issuing documents or transferring them to production.