1. Use and purchase of Eplan Education
Eplan Education for Classrooms is available to teachers and trainers for non-commercial teaching in educational institutions.
If you are interested in using Eplan Education, please contact education@eplan.de or fill out our contact form.
No, this is not permitted. For non-commercial teaching in educational institutions, the Eplan Education for Classrooms version is available for teachers and trainers.
No, the use of student licences in the school or university environment is not intended. For this purpose, we provide you with the Eplan Education for Classrooms version free of charge or for a small service fee.
This offers you a range of exclusive benefits, including
- Training for the lecturer included
- Help with the installation
- Access to support via hotline and email
- No time limit on the licence
- Access to teaching materials
Yes, we offer basic training courses at various locations and online. When you order an Eplan Education licence package, you will receive a free five-day basic training course for one of our instructors.
Please contact the Eplan Training Academy to find out more about our offer and dates.
We provide lecturers with a range of free eLearning modules. You can use these to prepare and conduct lessons and examinations.
We are also happy to provide you with a manual to help you integrate topics and exercises into your lessons in the best possible way. As an Eplan Education customer, you can simply download them.
When purchasing Eplan Education for Classrooms licences, one day of installation service by our technical consultants is included.
As Eplan Education customers, educational institutes and training companies have access to our technical support via hotline or e-mail.
2. Technical questions
No, Eplan Education has its own data format. The data is not compatible with each other.
Access to the Eplan Data Portal is possible for users of the Education versions. You can freely choose your user name and password. Similar to a forum, the user name must be unique. Instructions for use can be found in the help section of the Eplan Data Portal.
- Please go to Utilities > Master data > Synchronise system master data in the menu.
- Confirm the query with [Yes].
- You can select multiple sources at the top right.
- Select the options one after the other, mark all displayed elements in the right-hand window (Ctrl+a) and transfer everything with the blue arrow to the left.
- Repeat this for all available sources.
- The master data (templates, forms, etc.) are then available to you.
- Reinstall the "Eplan Client Service" (this may need to be uninstalled first via the Control Panel > "Programs and Functions").
- You will find the setup in the downloaded installation data in the "Licence Client (x64)" directory.
- Then check in Control Panel > Administration > Services whether the "Eplan Client Service" service is running.
- Please also delete the old licence file located on the client in the folder "C:\Users\Public\EPLAN\Common" or move it out of the folder.
- Afterwards, please carry out the activation of the Education again at startup.
Yes, if you want to exchange projects with each other, you must both use the same version.
This is necessary, for example, when you prepare an assignment and distribute it to your pupils or students. This also applies if you want to check or work on homework, exercises and final assignments.
Our software is always downward compatible. This means that a newer version can also be used to open projects that were created in an older version. However, when this project is opened, the project is converted to the new version and saved accordingly. Please note that a reverse conversion is then no longer possible.
3. Pupils and students
Yes, we provide the free Eplan Education for Students software for pupils and students, which can be downloaded here. You will need to register with us during the installation process.
For support, we offer video instructions and installation instructions in PDF format here.
Yes, the two product variants are fully compatible with each other.
Please note, however, that the student licences are limited to 40 circuit diagram pages. Therefore, larger projects cannot be opened. The classroom licences are unlimited.
Our video guide for users of Eplan Education for Students takes you step by step through the installation and registration process.
Yes, we offer Eplan certification for pupils and students or arrange this with an independent certification partner.
Students from vocational and technical schools, etc. can take the Eplan Certified Technician (ECT) exam, students from universities can take the Eplan Certified Student (ECS) exam.
As a lecturer, you first take the exam yourself. Upon successful completion, you will be authorised to conduct the practical final examination for your pupils or students yourself.
If you are interested in our certification programme, please get in touch with us using our contact form.