Engineering Validation dialog

This dialog contains a grid that lists the validation rules for an Engineering Validation object.

The dialog is displayed when you double-click an Engineering Validation object in the Explorer window or Model Group window.

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Engineering Validation object

See the Working with engineering validation topic for more details on individual rules.

Item Description
Columns

Rule ID

A unique identifier for the rule, set by the system. An 'I' prefix is added to the Rule ID when it is displayed in the Code column of the Output window.

Description

A description of the validation rule, set by the system and used as the basis for the Output window message.

Modified by User

This box is set by the system when you modify the validation rule.

Check Rule

If the box contains a cross, that rule will be checked.

You can click the boxes to remove or add a cross.

You can use the context menu to enable or disable all the validation rules at once. See below.

Priority Level

The priority level assigned to the rule is shown in the Output window. By default, engineering validation rules are given a priority of 3. You can change this to any numeric value. For serious errors or warnings, you can set the priority level to 1 or 2 respectively.

Minimum

The minimum value against which the data is checked. This box is greyed out when no minimum value is required for the rule.

Units

The units used for the minimum value.

Maximum

The maximum value against which the data is checked. This box is greyed out when no maximum value is required for the rule.

Units

The units used for the maximum value.

Context menu
Enable all Enables all the validation rules.
Disable all Disables all the validation rules.

Working with engineering validation

Output window