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                           Discover engineering productivity when      Next level engineering efficiency
                           designing your automation solutions         Improve your engineering efficiency by maximiz-
                           Automation Builder is ABB's integrated program-  ing data re-use. Data that is available from third
                           ming, simulation, commissioning and maintenance   party tools can be imported or synchronized,
                           environment for PLCs, safety, drives, motion,    either via dedicated interfaces or generic Excel
                           control panels and SCADA. Automation Builder   sheets. Configurations that have been created for
                           combines the proven ABB tools Drive Manager,   the PLC can automatically be re-used e.g. for the
                           Drive composer pro, Mint WorkBench, Panel   configuration of drives or operator panels.
                           Builder and ABB zenon.
                                                                       Engineering efforts can be reduced further by
                           Always get the right scope of Automation    using easy-to-use libraries e.g. for wind, water,
                           Builder for your automation solutions       solar, drives, motion, robotics, safety and build-
                           One single software installer helps you to create   ing automation applications. And in case building
                           and maintain your personal Automation Builder   blocks are missing for your automation solution
                           configuration - either on your PC or on a server.   simply create them yourself. Project scripting
                           Any changes or updates are just a matter of a few   allows you to automate the creation of any part of
                           mouse clicks.                               your configuration or application.

                           The Automation Builder licensing system is de-  The quality of the resulting PLC application can
                           signed for supporting most operation scenarios.   be automatically checked by static code analysis.
                           Licenses can be installed on PCs, USB dongles or   More than 100 pre-defined rules can be used to
                           license servers. In case of changes in the organi-  define and keep the quality level that is required
                           zation or in the engineering workflows the    for your business.
                           licenses can easily be transferred to where you
                           need them.
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