PID2009 - Validation

Well, the validation tool added to AutoCAD P&ID 2009 is nothing short of COOL! It checks drawings on an individual level as well as on a project level for mistakes ranging from flow arrows flowing in the wrong direction, size mismatches, spec mismatches, orphaned annotations, and unresolved off-page connectors. Not only does it look for those items but it also looks for the autocad entities that may have been added by other users. In other words, the dumb data added to your intelligent P&ID drawing.

The process of validation could take a few minutes depending on how many DWG's you have in your project. But for what it does, that time is a HUGE savings from the old manual method of validation.
















The interface is well organized and allows you to select an item flagged by the validation tool, then it zooms into the item allowing you to correct or ignore the error. Now, it does not fix the items for you, but it does check every entity on the drawing. Once you find the error, you can correct it or ignore it. Regardless, you can work your way down the list of issues found by the validation tool and then mark them off the list. Use this tool! The icon is on the P&ID toolbar (Green circle with a white checkmark in the middle of it.)