Projects and Designs > Running Design Rule Checks
Design Rule Checks Dialog
To access: Press Space Bar and enter DRCs.
Used to run design rule checks against designs to identify errors.
Objects
Build List
Select this tab if you want to run checks against a build list. Select the build list from the list at the top of the tab. Displayed only in Capital Systems Modeler or Capital Platform Designer. Optional.
Integrator Design
Select this tab if you want to run checks against a Capital Systems Integrator design. Select the design from the list at the top of the tab. Displayed only in Capital Systems Integrator or Capital Platform Designer. Optional.
Functional Design
Select this tab if you want to run checks against a Capital Systems Modeler design. Select the design from the list at the top of the tab. Displayed only in Capital Systems Modeler or Capital Platform Designer. Optional.
Topology Design
Select this tab if you want to run checks against a Capital Wiring Integrator design. Select the design from the list at the top of the tab. Displayed only if Capital Wiring Integrator is enabled in Capital Systems Modeler. Optional.
Harness Design
Select this tab if you want to run checks against a Capital Harness Designer design. Select the design from the list at the top of the tab. Displayed only in Capital Harness Designer. Optional.
Design Rule Checks browser
Displays the checks that you can run and whether a check generates an error (), a warning () or an information message () when it identifies something. See Design Rule Check Descriptions for Capital Systems Modeler for descriptions of checks. Click a plus sign (+) to expand a section of the browser. Click a minus sign (-) to collapse a section of the browser. Select the checks that you want to run and click OK to run them. Mandatory.
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Running Design Rule Checks
Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606
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