PlanElec knowledge base
From your first project through automatic planning to a reviewable document set.
Getting started: from a new project to your first PDF
Create a project, choose the floor plan or the single-line diagram as your starting point, use guidance, a template or AI floor plan recognition, and produce your first draft PDF.
Using and reviewing automatic planning
Use PlanElec proposals for devices, switch chains, cable routes, circuits, phases, and the distribution board without skipping technical review.
Exporting documents and assembling an installation dossier
Download the single-line diagram, situation plan, self-check report, board layout and planning lists as drafts, combine them into an installation dossier and archive release copies with versions.
What does PlanElec's AREI self-check verify?
The complete list of rules PlanElec checks automatically — and an equally explicit list of what the self-check does not assess.
Import and calibrate a floor plan
Use an image, PDF or DXF drawing as a scale-accurate reference, align the layer and draw the editable floor plan over it – or let AI propose walls and rooms.
Place and connect electrical symbols
Place devices at the right location, create shared cover frames and connect electrical symbols to the appropriate topology.
Edit switch chains, circuits and cable routes
Keep lighting control, circuit assignment and the physical cable path separate, and use the appropriate tool for each step.
Plan KNX: push buttons, channels and quantities
Assign two lights and two push buttons, document the power supply and bus line, and export an initial material list with an illustrated example.
Plan an installation and form distribution boards
Assign existing floor-plan devices, check protection paths and develop an electrical plan into distribution boards, cabinet layouts and a single-line diagram.
How do I use activity and the assistant in the studio?
Follow project changes and assistant tasks in the studio, check who requested each action, and give the PlanElec assistant instructions in your own words.
How do I align floors on top of each other, and what does the building origin do?
Align one floor to another with point pairs or a numeric offset, and see why “Set origin here” moves all floors together.
How do I get AI to recognise a floor plan?
Upload a plan page as PDF, PNG, JPEG or WebP, review the AI proposal with walls, rooms, doors, windows and device symbols, confirm the scale and import everything into an empty floor.
Recognise a distribution board from photos: review and import DIN modules
PlanElec detects visible DIN modules on up to six photos, with row, starting slot, width and type, and proposes them for an empty distribution board. You review every module and import the layout in a single undoable step.
How do you plan a PV system in PlanElec?
Lay out modules on roof surfaces, assign strings to inverter MPPTs, document the PV side of the single-line diagram and estimate yield with PVGIS, limits included.
Archive documents with versions and verify them by QR code
In Export you create a release copy: PlanElec archives the PDF unchanged with its own ID, QR code and SHA-256 hash. The verification page confirms origin and file integrity, not an AREI/RGIE inspection or a signature.
How do I solve common problems in PlanElec?
Missing scale, device not in the diagram, export blocked, cable length open, module not placed, sync message, AI limit or 3D notice: cause and fix for each message.
How do I use the 3D view and the lighting study?
The 3D view is available to every user. In Lighting mode you place lights, compare lighting scenes, set sun position and shadows and read a heatmap with guidance values – without a standards-based lighting calculation.
Using PlanElec offline: keep editing projects without a connection
PlanElec automatically prepares open projects for work without a connection. Requirements, status indicator, syncing when you reconnect, conflicts, limits and tips before a site visit. Pilot phase.