It's not like we aren't bidding those projects either, we just aren't winning them because we're not willing to race to the bottom and be the lowest bidder. We've been doing so much software layer and networking work lately and not enough huge builds or whole plant-wide turnkey automation jobs like in pre-covid years. They like to buy things when it's too late, or when there's a job so big that we have no other choice. They just can't justify spending so much more when we're barely using AutoCAD enough. Eplan and specifically the package we wanted was going to cost us over 5 times what we pay now to maintain our current setup with AutoCAD electrical. Other departments need AutoCAD work and we have a guy using it all year who's our first line of contact when we need an electrical drawing, or we do it ourselves, or outsource that too when he's too busy. Right now we have one user seat for AutoCAD electrical, and I haven't used it in two years. I loved it all and thought it could be the greatest design tool we ever got our hands on. The wire by wire build guides, predrilled backplanes, easy wire label exports, everything.

I loved how you can import AML files and script terminal blocks associated with IO point types and develop your work flows. They just didn't see the cost/benefit in it since we aren't doing the volume, and we can outsource the panel build for cheaper than we can build it ourselves with in-house electricians.

I went down the eplan road and fought hard to get it. Most of our projects lately haven't required new panels, so we're doing 2 or 3 panels a year for the past few years. We've outsourced our panel building completely, this has been a good decision for us so far because we simply don't build as many lately. Please click 'report' on spam Related sub-reddits: (*) At mods' discretion, certain self-promotion submissions from people who contribute to this sub in other ways may be allowed and tagged with the 'Self-promo' flair No shit posts (memes - pictures with superimposed text - are OK).No spam no self-promotion (*) Employment ads (offer or wanted) go to the weekly thread.If asking a question, ask the actual question, fully yet concisely, right in the title.Be civil: do not insult no all-caps, no excessive '!' and '?', please.Job announcements (oustide the monthly job thread).Single Board computers: r/Raspberry_pi, r/Arduino, r/linux_devices, r/linuxboards.Hardware design that does not include a PLC for electronic circuits: /r/AskElectronics.PLC internship, employment and education questions.Homework help but make it clear it's homework.This sub is dedicated to discussion and questions about Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs): 'an industrial digital computer that has been ruggedized and adapted for the control of manufacturing processes, such as assembly lines, robotic devices, or any activity that requires high reliability, ease of programming, and process fault diagnosis.' On topic subjects

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