Files 2021 | Eplan Edz

For OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) or companies with custom internal products, creating EDZ files is essential.

EPLAN 2021 is strict about UTF-8 encoding. If an EDZ file was created on a German system with special characters (Ä, Ö, Ü) and moved to an English OS, the import may hang. Fix: Rename the file path to contain only standard ASCII characters before importing. eplan edz files 2021

EPLAN 2021’s API allows scripting of batch EDZ imports. A sample Python script using EPLANApiClient can monitor a hotfolder and auto-import new EDZ files nightly. EPLAN 2021 introduced several changes relevant to EDZ


EPLAN 2021 introduced several changes relevant to EDZ handling: adopt these 2021-specific habits.

To avoid turning your parts database into a chaotic mess, adopt these 2021-specific habits.