> Check feature variantPlant Engineering > Part Data Tools > EditCL > Check feature variant
If you want to use your own feature variants for Plant Engineering parts, these need to fulfil certain criteria. To enable you to check this, HiCAD provides you with appropriate functions:
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Checks the geometry of an already existing feature variant or of the active part of the drawing before saving it as a feature variant. |
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Checks the VAA file before performing a Variant AutoSync. |
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Checks the database entry after Variant AutoSync. |
The checking takes place on the basis of a text file created by the ISD, specifying the requirements for the corresponding part types and being located in the directory hicad\Install\PlantParts\PartInspect. Please do not change or delete these files!
Plant Engineering > Part Data Tools > EditCL > Check variant, Geometry 
This function is identical to the Check part, Geometry function. It checks whether the part geometry of the active part fulfils the requirements for a variant creation. This check can take place before saving of the geometry as feature variant; it can, however, also be performed for already existing variants if desired.
In this case, first load the variant sub-type to be checked, via Drawing > Insert Part > Insert part, via Explorer (2-D/3-D) 
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After calling the Check variant, Geometryfunction, choose the part type.
The results of the check will be logged in a dialogue box. If you have, for example, selected the part type Branch, HiCAD will now check whether the geometry fulfils the requirements for this part type. The result of the check can be viewed in a dialogue window.
If you double-click an entry in the result list, or select it with a single click and choose Show, the corresponding result will be marked in the drawing with an arrow.
Plant Engineering > Part Data Tools > EditCL > Check variant, VAA file 
If you want to use your own feature variants for Plant Engineering parts, these need to fulfil certain criteria. You can use this function to check, before performing a Variant AutoSync, whether the VAA file of the feature variant fulfils the requirements for the corresponding part type.
First select the part type, and then select the corresponding VAA file.
The same-named KRP file belonging to the VAA file will be reloaded in a temporary drawing, ANLINSPECT_TEMP. Next, the checking will take place, and the results will be listed in a dialogue box:
If you click the Check insertion button, each data record of the VAA file will be loaded in a temporary drawing, ANLINSPECT_TEMP, and checked for its geometrical properties. The progress of the checking process is shown in a corresponding dialogue window:
Use Cancel to stop the checking process.
The results of the checking are logged in a text file, VARIANTCONSTRUCTERR .TXT. After completion of the checking process, it is displayed in the Notepad and can, if desired, be saved under a different name.
Plant Engineering > Part Data Tools > EditCL > Check variant, Attributes 
If you want to use your own feature variants for Plant Engineering parts, these need to fulfil certain criteria. If you have selected the HELiOS database as part data source, you can check, after Variant AutoSync, whether the attributes required for a part type have been entered correctly.
First, select the part type of the variant to be checked, e.g. Branch.HiCAD displays a list of the part data records (general type) that exist in the database for this part type.
To check a data record in the list, double-click the corresponding entry, or select it with a single click and choose OK. The results will be listed in a dialogue box:
Creating New Part Variants: Procedure (PE) • Part Data Tools (PE) • The Plant Engineering Tab
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