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116 | Chapter 10 Organize Drawings and Apply Standards
By default, if an associated standards file is missing or if a violation occurs
while you work, a pop-up message appears in the lower-right corner of the
application window (the status bar tray).
You should check a drawing for standards violations using the Check Stan-
dards dialog box before using the notification options. This prevents trigger-
ing a notification alert carried over from a previous session. After a drawing
has been checked and fixed, the notification options trigger an alert only if
a new violation occurs.
Display Alerts for Named Objects
If you select Display Alert upon Standards Violation, you are notified of vio-
lations when you create or edit only named objects (linetypes, text styles, lay-
ers, and dimensions). Standards violations that do not affect named objects
do not trigger a notification alert. Also, if a named object was marked as
ignored in the Check Standards dialog box, that object no longer triggers a
notification alert, even though the named object is nonstandard. Changing
nonstandard named objects, such as setting a nonstandard layer as current,
does trigger a notification alert.
After an alert is displayed, you can choose to fix or not fix the violation.
Choosing to fix the violation opens the Check Standards dialog box. If it is
already open, the dialog box addresses the specific violations that just
occurred. You can resume your previous work in the Check Standards dialog
box after you respond to the most recent standards violations. Alternatively,
if you do not want to fix violations when alerted, you can click Do Not Fix
to dismiss the alert.
If you open a drawing that has one or more associated standards files, an
Associated Standards File(s) icon is displayed in the status bar. If an associated
standards file is missing, a Missing Standards File(s) icon is displayed in the
status bar. If you double-click the Missing Standards File(s) icon and then
resolve or dissociate missing standards files, the Missing Standards File(s)
icon is replaced by the Associated Standards File(s) icon.
Note If you select Display Alert upon Standards Violation in the Check Stan-
dards dialog box, and you fix a violation, you can return to a fixing operation
where you left off. If you select Display Standards Status Bar icon, and you click
the icon and fix a violation, you must return to a fixing operation from the
beginning.