Run the Validation command to check for any errors in the elevation template. Validation does not correct any errors, rather it marks errors so that you can correct them. If the item marked with a validation error is a valid part, it will be bound to the template and therefore show up on the BOM when the takeoff is run.
See Errors checked by Validate elevations for a list of errors checked by this command.
To see validation in action:
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If you copied the plan to 3D, change your view back to plan view by typing plan at the command prompt.
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Press Enter to accept the current model.
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Zoom in on the front elevation template and move one of the slatwall frames (or another type) as shown below.
This will result in an empty space and in an overlap condition.
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Erase one of the structural base covers and a tackable cover as shown below.
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Rotate a cover 180° as shown below.
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Click on Validation Elevations
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This will bring up a command prompt asking you to “Select elevations to validate.”. The selection set for validation is the same as for bind, that is, you can select a 2D or 3D Cap standard or either the front or back elevation template to validate a given template. -
To validate the entire drawing type all and press Enter.
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Press Enter again to accept the selection set. Red error X’s will appear on your drawing.
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Move your mouse over each red X. The nature of the error will appear on the hyperlink field. There is no link, Cap simply is utilizing the hyperlink functionality built into AutoCAD to display the error.
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In order to fix errors, make the changes required to fix the error.
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Run Bind and Validate until all the errors are gone. There is no need to erase the error Xs, they are erased automatically when Validation is run after the error has been fixed.
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For the next step, you will copy covers between templates. See Break link.
Note: There is no visual indication of whether bind and or validation has been run. This is a tradeoff in functionality. Elevation Template was designed to be robust and support the use of AutoCAD commands like move and copy. If validation marked covers as “bound and validated” we would have to prevent those covers from being moved or copied, since moving a marked cover to another location would give the illusion that it had been bound and validated when it had not.
If you intentionally create a double-sided cover mismatch, for example, wood structural covers on the aisle side and painted on the interior, validation will mark this as an error (double sided mismatch). Since all the covers placed on a template are included in the take-off (regardless of whether they have been marked with and error) you can simply ignore that error and delete the error X.