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114 | Chapter 10 Organize Drawings and Apply Standards
To specify which standards plug-ins to use when auditing a drawing
1 At the Command prompt, enter standards.
2 In the Configure Standards dialog box, Plug-ins tab, do one of the
following:
Select the check box for at least one plug-in for auditing a drawing for
standards violations.
To select all plug-ins, right-click in the Plug-ins list and click Select All
on the shortcut menu. (You can clear all plug-ins by right-clicking in
the Plug-ins list and clicking Clear All on the shortcut menu.)
3 Click OK.
CAD Standards toolbar
Check Drawings for Standards Violations
After you associate a standards file with an AutoCAD drawing, you should
periodically check the drawing to make sure it conforms with its standards.
This is especially important when more than one person is updating the
drawing file. For example, in a project with multiple subcontractors, one sub-
contractor may create new layers that do not comply with the standards you
have defined. In that case, you need to be able to identify the nonstandard
layers and fix them.
You can use the notification feature to alert users that a standards violation
has occurred while working in a drawing. This feature allows you to fix a
standards violation just after it has occurred, making it easier to create and
maintain drawings that comply with standards.
Check a Single Drawing
You can use the
CHECKSTANDARDS command to view all standards violations
in the current drawing. The Check Standards dialog box reports each non-
standard object, along with any suggested fixes.
You can choose to fix or ignore each reported standards violation. If you
ignore a reported violation, it is flagged in the drawing. You can turn off the
display of ignored problems so that they are not reported as violations the
next time you audit the drawing.