Controls the type of errors that are flagged.
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Validate tab Validate Config (for P&ID workspace) Shortcut menu: Project Manager Right-click the project node Validation Settings
Right-click the project node Validation Settings
Command entry: validateconfig
Error Reporting
Controls the type of errors that are flagged by the validation program.
- P&ID objects
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Specifies which types of P&ID errors are flagged. The following options are available:
- Size Mismatches. Identifies size discrepancies in components and lines.
- Spec Mismatches. Identifies discrepancies in the specifications of components and lines.
- Non-terminating Lines. Identifies lines that do not connect to components, or do not have a termination symbol.
- Unconnected Components. Identifies components that are not connected to a line at all its attachment points. If a component has no attachments points, at least one line must be connected to it.
- Flow Direction Conflicts. Identifies errors in the direction in which materials flow through lines.
- Orphaned Annotations. Identifies annotations that have moved beyond the tolerance threshold of their associated components.
- Unresolved Off-page Connectors. Identifies off-page connectors that do not continue on another drawing in the same project.
- Base AutoCAD Objects
- Specifies which types of AutoCAD errors are flagged. The following options are available:
- All AutoCAD Objects. Identifies the presence of any type of AutoCAD object that could be misinterpreted as P&ID symbols.
- Lines. Identifies AutoCAD lines that could be misinterpreted as P&ID schematic lines.
- Polylines. Identifies AutoCAD polylines that could be misinterpreted as P&ID schematic lines.
- Circles. Identifies AutoCAD circles that could be misinterpreted as instrument bubbles.
- Annotations. Identifies AutoCAD text, multiline text (mtext), leaders, dimensions, attributes, and tables that could be misinterpreted as P&ID annotations.
- Blocks. Identifies AutoCAD xrefs, blocks, and dynamic blocks that could be misinterpreted as P&ID components.
Description
Provides information about the selected error condition.