How you convert depends on the software that it came from and where the intelligence was stored. If you take a look at electrical designer, the intelligence was stored in the drawings therefore meaning that a translation of the attributes would suffice. You also have to convert the wires and attach the wire number xdata to the wires so we developed a tool for this.PromisE V8 is harder because you have to extract xml data and populate in the conversion process.
The parts datbases, language database etc can be easily converted but the biggest issue with conversion of PromisE is that the Bentley batch conversion to DWG is not very good so you are better using either a 3rd party tool within AutoCAD or using AutoCAD to convert the DGN to DWG (its actually better than Bentley's now!).In addition if the conversion requires cnversion of macros then you have to also retorspectively add dots to the circuits so we developed a tool for this.The above processes are a simplistic version but its certainly possible with the majority of CAE systems out there. No translation is ever 100% either so it depends whether the 1% is an issue (as an example).Cheers.
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EPLAN Electric P8 offers unlimited possibilities for project planning, documentation, and management of automation projects. The automatic production of detailed reports based on wiring diagrams is an integral part of a comprehensive documentation system and provides subsequent phases of the project, such as production, assembly, commissioning and service with the data required. Engineering data from other project areas can be exchanged via interfaces with the CAE software, thus guaranteeing consistency and integration throughout the entire product development process.
Each planning procedure has its advantages in certain project phases – be it generating initial graphical machinery/plant overviews, creating schematics or recording project information in the database independently of the graphics. The ideal situation is for an engineering system to support these different planning approaches with equal priority.
You decide which method of operation is the most efficient for you, and EPLAN provides continuous consistency in the project data, regardless of your method of operation. EPLAN Electric P8 supports global standards such as IEC, NFPA, the Russian GOST standard and the Chinese GB standard with appropriate master data and sample projects.
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The optional standard conversion ensures that you remain competitive as globalisation increases. Thanks to continuous Unicode capability, EPLAN Electric P8 provides schematics in any language on the basis of your individual translation databases – from Chinese circuit diagrams to Russian part lists, everything is translated online or as soon as the plant is complete.