P&ID Validation Settings Dialog Box

Controls the type of errors that are flagged.

Ribbon: Home

Validate tab

Validate Config (for P&ID workspace)

Shortcut menu: Project Manager

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

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.

3D Piping: Specifies which types of Plant 3D errors are flagged.
Note: To see disconnection markers in the model, on the Home tab Visibility panel, click the Toggle Disconnect Markers icon .
The following options are available:

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.

3D Model to P&ID checks: Specifies which types of mismatches between the 3D Model and the P&ID drawing are flagged. The following options are available:

Tagged inline items are in a 3D model but not in a P&ID drawing. Identifies Plant 3D objects that exist in the model but not in the P&ID drawing.
Tagged inline items are in a P&ID drawing but not in a 3D model. Identifies Plant 3D objects that exist in the P&ID drawing but not in the 3D model.
Items with the same tag are different types in 3D models and P&ID drawings. Identifies items that have identical tags but are different types.
Properties have different values in P&ID drawings and 3D models. Identifies items that have different property values. For example, a pipe is 6” in the P&ID drawing and 4” in the 3D model.
Inline items are on different lines in P&ID drawings and 3D models. Identifies where matching inline components are on different lines in the P&ID drawings and 3D models. For example, a gate valve is on l-100 in the P&ID drawing and on l-200 in the 3D model.
Equipment in a 3D model has more nozzles than it does in a P&ID drawing. Identifies extra nozzles in the 3D model that do not exist in the P&ID drawing.
Equipment in a 3D model has fewer nozzles than it does in a P&ID drawing. Identifies extra nozzles in the P&ID drawing that do not exist in the 3D model.

Provides information about the selected error condition.