
Eplan utilizing DCOM services to achieve this. You still will receive a dongle which has to be connected to any PC which later will serve as license server. The solution for this issue is buying a so called network license. This is quite impractical especially if your company has multiple workstations in different places but does not want to invest in more of these quite expensive Eplan licenses. If you want to use Eplan on another PC you have to hand over your dongle.
#EPLAN TEMPLATE SOFTWARE#
Removing the dongle causing the software to stop working until you either reconnect the dongle or close it. The dongle has to be connected to your computer in order to start the software and keep it running. LicensingĮplan using USB dongles to protect their software from piracy.

Just Google for it if you want further information. Other examples for such an engineering software would be Elcad, AutoCAD Electrical or WSCAD and some more. For this purpose our company utilised Eplan Electrical P8.


#EPLAN TEMPLATE UPDATE#
Projects created with a previous version retain your master data as long as you do not consciously update the master data. Your advantage, no double data storage.Use the same target directory specification for the system master data (e.B.: :\\EPLAN\Data\Global) and update the old master data to the one provided with the new version. Your own master data, if you have used your own names for your master data, remain.
#EPLAN TEMPLATE HOW TO#
Symbol libraries, function definitions, templates and other master data are regularly extended by EPLAN. You have 2 options for how to process or handle the master data when updating the EPLAN Platform to a newer version.

#EPLAN TEMPLATE INSTALL#
