Message Log

The Message Log can be shown by issuing the View Tab > Reference > Message Log command from the main application menu, or by clicking on the Message Log in the Status Bar (refer to section Status Bar for further information).

The Message Log shows messages that occur when the application is being used. Messages can have different severity (Error, Warning or Information) as indicated by the icon. In case a message is related to a particular shape in the drawing, this is indicated by the shape name in the Shape column and the page number in the Page column. In this case it is also possible to click on the message to select the related shape in the drawing. If the shape is not available on the drawing any more (that means, was deleted or drawing is closed), the page number disappears after the first click on the line with this shape. When the shape is not visible in the drawing window, the window will pan/zoom as necessary.

The Message Log can be cleared of all messages by right clicking and selecting Clear Message Log.

The columns are as follows:

Note:
When the Message Log window is not open, any error or warning (but not informational messages) that occurs will cause the status bar panel to display a red notification icon with a message. Please note that in some cases several messages can be generated by a single user operation. Opening the Message Log will show which error message caused the notification.

There is also a functionality which allows exporting the Message log and Consistency check results to a txt or xls file. This is available in the right click context menu of the Message Log and Consistency Check window.