VALIDATE

Purpose:

This tool is used to track and optionally exchange all "out-of-date" models in the current drawing. The validation tool will also track and optionally remove all models in the drawing that is not found in the data bank.

Note that the criteria for 'out-of-date' is controlled by time stamps solely: a model is considered 'out-of-date' if the creation date of the model in the drawing is older that the date of the model in the data bank. This means that a model may be considered out-of-date, even if the graphic representation in the drawing will be the same after exchange.

It is possible to let the system automatically validate the drawing when brought in from the data bank (via File/Open).The value of the default keyword VALIDATE_MODELS_WHEN_OPEN_DWG controls this:

• No

  No validation (system value)

• Confirm

  Validate drawing but let user confirm the exchange/remove operations

• Yes

  Validate drawing and exchange/remove without user confirmation

Instructions:

1. In the Tools menu, click Model View, then Validate.

2. The system prompts to indicate model view to validate. The user can validate all views in the current drawing by clicking All.

3. A window with a list of possibly out-of-date models appears. Here you can choose what to validate or all models in the list.

4. When validation procedure is performed, new list in the window shows the models that are not found in the data bank. Now you can select what to remove from the drawing or all models in the list. Then click OK to return in the first step: indicate model view to validate (All is available).

5. Click Operation Complete to finish. If there are no models in the indicated view that do not exist in the data bank, the system gives message: 'All models in the model view(s) are valid'.

Options:

None.

Result:

Models in may be exchanged from data bank. Invalid (non existing in the databank) models may be deleted from the drawing.