Have you ever run Auto-Connectors and it didn't quite work the way it should have?
Then, you find out later it was because of a mirrored frame or a stacker that had the wrong 3D height or even duplicate frames on top of each other? In this topic, you will learn to use a validation tool that can flag or correct these very same problems.
After you have drawn your station, check your work using this tool.
- On the Cap Auto-Connectors and More toolbar, click
. This will bring up the Cap Frame Validation Utility.
- In the Cap Frame Validation Utility dialog, make sure that Check For Mirrored Frames, Check For Duplicated Frames and Encircle Stacked Frames with more than one Default Height of zero are checked.
- You will need to decide if you want the problem automatically fixed or just flagged for now. The "flags" will be red circles that you will have to erase manually. Flag any problems first by selecting the Encircle Locations and Encircle frames in the above condition options.
- Click OK.
- Select the frames on the drawing then press Enter to confirm your selection. The AutoCAD text window opens with the validation report.
- Read the report then close it. If problems exist in the drawing, they will be encircled in red.
- After looking at the problems that exist in the drawing, you can rerun the Cap Frame Validation Utility to automatically correct them.
Note: Don't forget to erase the red circles. Stackers with a default height of zero will
still need to be manually corrected by using the Change 3D Height command found in
the Cap Edit toolbar.