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Eplan integration

Does your Eplan data reach everyone who needs it – and come back when it changes?

Eplan is where your electrical design is authored. Squid Data Hub keeps that design connected: from the schematic in Eplan Electric P8, to the routed cable in Eplan Cable proD, to the production order in Eplan Smart Production – and back again. One current set of devices and cables, without exporting and re-importing spreadsheets between every step.

Why it matters

One round trip, not a chain of exports.

  • No re-typing of devices and cables between tools
  • One current cable and device list for design, routing and production
  • Changes are reviewed before they are applied – nothing is overwritten by surprise
  • Engineering data stays useful after the project ends
  • Your engineers keep working in Eplan, the way they do today

Eplan products, one data hub

Import. Design. Route. Produce.

Squid Data Hub device import: upload an Excel or JSON file, choose the Default Eplan import configuration, and decide whether entries missing from the file are kept or deleted
Eplan import: upload a file and pick the ready-made Eplan configuration

Eplan import

Your Eplan data in, without manual work

Import devices and cables from your Eplan exports with ready-made Eplan mappings – or adapt the mapping to how your projects are set up. Before anything changes, you see what is new, changed or deleted and choose what to apply.

Imports run in the background, so large projects don't block anyone.

The Squid Data Hub plugin in Eplan Electric P8
Eplan Electric P8: pull from and push to Squid Data Hub, right from the ribbon

Eplan Electric P8 plugin

Design once, share everywhere

Bring systems, locations, devices, cables and materials from Squid Data Hub into your Eplan project, so engineers design against the structure the whole project agreed on. When the design changes, push devices and cables – including their cores – back to Squid Data Hub. You see a preview first, so nothing is written by surprise.

Squid Data Hub also knows where each device and cable sits in the Eplan project, so everyone else can trace an item back to the design.

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Eplan Cable proD plugin

Route with real data – lengths come back

Fetch the project's cables from Squid Data Hub straight into Eplan Cable proD. A cable is created in your 3D project with its wires already connected to the right terminals, ready to route.

Once routed, sync the cable lengths back to Squid Data Hub in one step and review the changes before they are applied. Ordering, cable lists and pull lists then work with real routed lengths, not estimates.

Eplan Cable proD with the Squid Data Hub ribbon: a dialog lists the cables fetched from a Squid Data Hub project, one cable selected
Eplan Cable proD: the new cable appears in the cable tree and in the 3D cabinet, connected but not yet routed, with an estimated length
Eplan Cable proD Route menu with the routing options highlighted
Eplan Cable proD: the cable routed through the cabinet, now showing its real length of 615 mm
Eplan Cable proD: Sync Lengths has exported the cable lengths to Squid Data Hub and offers to open the review page
Squid Data Hub cable import review: the routed cable is listed as changed, with its new length

Step 1 of 6 · Fetch the project’s cables from Squid Data Hub and pick the ones to create.

Eplan Smart Production

From cable list to production order

Select the cable assemblies that are ready and send them to Eplan Smart Production as a production order, with their connections. When the work is done, pull the installation status back – the cable status in Squid Data Hub stays current without anyone updating a list by hand.

Squid Data Hub cable assemblies: a delivered cable assembly is moved from the available list to the selection
Squid Data Hub bulk actions for the selected cable assembly, with Send to Smart Production highlighted
Squid Data Hub cable assembly whose status changed to Installation ordered
Eplan Smart Production showing the received order with one open connection, progress 0 of 1
Eplan Smart Production with the connection completed, progress 1 of 1
Squid Data Hub after pulling the installation status: the cable assembly is now Installed

Step 1 of 6 · Select the cable assemblies that are ready.

Inspired Consulting has been an official Eplan Technology Partner since 2025. Beyond Eplan, the Revit plugin brings the same cables into your BIM model.

Who uses it

Electrical engineers · Cable routing and 3D teams · Harness and cable production · Project managers · Installation teams

See your Eplan data connected end to end.

A personalized demo with your Eplan setup, from schematic to routed cable to production order.