ELDON'S EPLAN GUIDELINE

2. IMPORTING ELDON MACROS IN EPLAN P8This document will guide you through the Eldon panel macros in EPLAN P8.Requirements:EPLAN P8 version 2.0 or higherBasic knowledge of EPLAN P8Step 1: Download and unzip Eldon Article dataOn the Eldon website, www.eldon.com, it is possible to download the article data.The data file is a *.ZIP file, which contains the EPLAN macro file (*.EMA) and the EPLAN article definitions file (*.XML). Before usingthem, these files must be extracted from the *.ZIP file.Step 2: Copy Eldon macros into a desired directoryCopy all separate Eldon macros files into the directory on your system. Normally it will be saved in the common EPLANInstallation directory C:\Users\All Users\EPLAN\Electric P8\2.0.5\Macro’s, but it can also be saved to a different location.Step 3: Inserting a macro on an empty pageAll macros of Eldon are “window macros” with the extension *.EMA. These can be inserted with the EPLAN command“Insert > Window macro”.All macros of Eldon are “window macros” withthe extension *.EMA. These can be insertedwith the EPLAN command Insert > Window macro.Firstly select the directory where the macro files are storedon the system, for instance C:\Users\All Users\EPLAN\Electric P8\2.0.5\Macro’sSelect in this field the macro of the panel which you wantto insert into the EPLAN drawing project.Make sure that the file type (*.ema) is selected.Select OPEN to insert the drawing.www.eldon.comELDON’S EPLAN GUIDELINE | 4 of 10