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Standards Checker Dialog

Used to run checks that compare the information in a DGN file against standards in DGN libraries (DGNLibs).

You can access this dialog from the following:

Ribbon: Drawing > Analyze > Standards Checker > Standards Checker

For more information, see Ensuring Standards Compliance.

Key-in: STANDARDSCHECKER DIALOG

Setting	Description
Standards DGNLib	Specifies the DGNLib that contains the named settings for the standards checks.
Settings Name	Specifies the named settings that are stored in the DGNLib.
Check Levels	If on, the levels standards check is selected. Clicking the Settings button opens the Level Checker Settings dialog, which displays the settings for this check.
Check Text Styles	If on, the text styles standards check is selected. Clicking the Settings button opens the Text Style Checker Settings dialog, which displays the settings for this check.
Check Dimension Styles	If on, the dimension styles standards check is selected. Clicking the Settings button opens the Dimension Style Checker Settings dialog, which displays the settings for this check.
Check Element Templates	If on, the element templates standards check is selected. Clicking the Settings button opens the Element Template Checker Settings dialog, which displays the settings for this check.
Check Line Styles	If on, the line styles standards check is selected. Clicking the Settings button opens the Line Style Checker Settings dialog, which displays the settings for this check.
Report File	If on, the results of the standards check are saved to an XML report file. The default name for a new XML file is displayed. You can use the browse icon to browse for an existing report file, or specify a new directory in which to save the XML file. The default location for the XML file is specified by the MS_STANDARDSCHECKER_OUT configuration variable. Note: To specify an XML style sheet for formatting the report, use the MS_STANDARDSCHECKER_STYLESHEET configuration variable.
Report File options menu	Specifies how the report file is used. Overwrite — If the specified file already exists, this option discards the current contents and replaces them with the new report. Append — If the specified file already exists, this option augments the current contents with the results of the new standards check. Previous results for the same design file are replaced. Create New in Series — This option uses report file name as a template for creating a new report file in a series. The last three characters of the file name will be 001 through 999. The lowest unused number is used each time a report file is generated.
Named Group	If on, all elements that fail the standards check are added to the group whose name appears next to the check box. Only the Element Template Checker adds elements to the named group. You can view the results in the Named Groups dialog.
Interactive	If on, once you click OK on the Standards Checker dialog, the interactive checking window opens. This window displays the status of the checking process opens. When the Standards Checker finds a difference from the standard, it displays a message that explains the difference between the values found and the standard values. For each difference, you can choose to fix, ignore, or skip the problem. If you choose to ignore a problem, the Standards Checker records the fact that the problem is ignored, the current user, and the time for later reference.
Show Ignored Problems	If on, when the next interactive check is run, the check displays problems that were ignored in a previous standards check. If off, when the next interactive check is run, problems that were ignored in a previous check are not displayed.