Select the Validation icon to check if any errors are in the model. Users can also Validate their model when running a Simulation. The errors shown below are some that can affect the model Simulation and cause failed builds.

•Errors can stop or prevent 3DCS from running a Simulation.

•Warnings may cause differences in results but are OK to leave in the model. (On/Off tolerances; Scale ≠ 1).

Within this Section

Move Validation

Tolerance Validation

Measure Validation

GD&T Validation

Feature Validation

Moves

Status *Error will indicates that this type of error found in the run log causes a failed assembly condition

Move Type

Status

Message

Solution

All Moves

Error

Empty Part List

Add a Part(s) to the Move Parts list

Not Enough Object/Target Points

Invalid Object/Target Primary Plane

Names with '#' or "=" will corrupt CSV files.

Edit the name of the MTM or GD&T, remove '#' or "=" from the name or the description.

Change Type: MoveX, 'Move Type, is not compatible with other move types. Please recreate the move manually instead.

To change a Move type, select the move and change it to a desired move. Here is a list of available moves to change.

Warning

Move is Inactive

Object/Target Points not Within

HolePinPairX is not matched.

This warning shows the From and To features are mismatched, i.e.: Hole to Hole, Pin to Pin or Pin to non-feature of size. Check the Features or Coordinate Points are the correct features of size; switch the Feature Direction; the user may need to fix the CAD. (70447)

Object Points not Within Move Parts

(Warning) Object/Target Primary plane is invalid.

Check the move to see if a feature was selected in two or three primary fields. If one feature has two or more locators, create points to represent different locators.

Bend Condition Points not Within

Bend Condition Direction Points not Within

Direction(#): Points Not Within

Direction(#): Not Enough Points Selected, Using (0,0,1)

...has Inactivate Points

Float

Warning

Hole/Pin Float has wrong sizes (Pin = 10mm; Hole = 8.5mm)

No action is required. The floats will be inactive through the Analysis, unless size tolerances change the size of the pin to be smaller than the hole.

Step Plane

Error

Parallel Directions (1 & 2) in Step Plane Move

If directions in the Step Plane or Six Plane moves are Parallel or Coplanar, check the direction for each locator.

Parallel Directions (1 & 3) in Step Plane Move

Parallel Directions (2 & 3) in Step Plane Move

Coplanar Directions (1, 2, and 3) in Step Plane Move

Six Plane

Error

Tgt1 - Tgt2 - Tgt3 cannot be colinear. (Ex: Tgt1 = Tgt3)

Check the object or target point selected.

Pattern Move

Error

Number of Object Points has to equal the Number of Target Points in Pattern Move

Hole/Pin Mismatch in Pattern Move

Check the Points used in the Object or Target fields, if they are defined as all pins in or all holes.

Check the points using Edit Point and see the Pin features were not update to be all pins.

Invalid Pattern Direction

If a Slot/Tab is selected as the first feature in the Pattern move, the move direction will need to be changed. The Slot/Tab direction is set, instead of the Plane/Axis direction. Change the move's direction to along the Pin/Hole pair axis direction, or along the plane direction.

Feature Move

Error

Cannot find feature by ID=0

A feature or point may have been deleted. Check the dialog and remove the line that displays "No Selection".

User-DLL

Error

Cannot find file 'Name.exe'

3DCS Cannot locate the file used in the User-DLL function. Please check the file's location and file path.

No User Function Specified

The User-DLL function is not loaded. Load the missing User-DLL into the DLL Load function.

Cannot Find User Function 'Name'

Check if the User-DLL is loaded. If the DLL is loaded, check the move with the missing User-DLL function, the function may have changed names or position in the list.

Match Move

Error

MatchLine (err=0.021504) Calculation Fail

Conditional Move

Warning

Condition (MeasX) uses Relative Specification Limits

All Joints/Constraints

Warning

Target Features NOT within Move Target Component

Check if the object/target points are in the correct component.

Contact Constraint

Warning

Surface is treated as Point in this Curve-Contact.

Changes the contact-type to use a point (sphere = center point) instead of the surface.

Iteration Move

Dialog warning

Loop number exceeds the number of moves in part following the iteration move.

Check the Loop number value entered

Measure Type

Status

Message

Solution

All Measures

Warning

Measure is Inactive

Not Enough Points

Measure Points Not Within

Direction'#' Points Not Within

Direction'#' Not Enough Points Selected, Will Use (0,0,1)

Error

Names with '#' or "=" will corrupt CSV files.

Edit the name of the MTM or GD&T, remove '#' or "=" from the name or the description.

GD&T Measures

Warning

Contains non-planar features in position GD&T Measure - May need a direction.

User should specify a direction in the Options tab of the GD&T Measure. (Position, Parallelism, Perpendicularity, or Angularity).

Error

Invalid DRF: Material Modifiers not allowed in GD&T Measures.

Open the affected measure(s) and click OK to correct the validation message. (71567)

Point-Line Measure

*Error

Line Points are Coincident in Point-Line Measure

Dir1 is Parallel to Dir2 in Point-Line Measure

Dir1 is Parallel to Line in Point-Line Measure

Dir2 is Parallel to Line in Point-Line Measure

Point-Plane Measure

*Error

Plane Points Do Not Define a Plane in Pt-Plane Measure

Direction is Parallel to Plane in Pt-Plane Measure

Line-Nominal Measure

*Error

Line Points are Coincident in Line-Nominal Measure

Direction is Parallel to Line in Line-Nominal Measure

Line-Line Measure

*Error

Line1 Points are Coincident in Line-Line Measure

Line2 Points are Coincident in Line-Line Measure

Direction is Parallel to Line1 in Line-Line Measure

Direction is Parallel to Line2 in Line-Line Measure

Line-Plane Measure

*Error

Line Points are Coincident in Line-Plane Measure

Plane Points Do Not Define a Plane in Line-Plane Measure

Direction is Parallel to Line in Line-Plane Measure

Direction is Parallel to Plane Normal in Line-Plane Measure

Plane-Nominal Measure

*Error

Plane Pts Do Not Define Plane in Plane-Nominal Measure

Direction is Parallel to Plane Normal  in Plane-Nominal Measure

Plane-Plane Measure

*Error

Plane1 Pts Do Not Define a Plane in Plane-Plane Measure

Plane2 Pts Do Not Define a Plane in Plane-Plane Measure

Direction is Parallel to Plane1 Normal in Plane-Plane Measure

Direction is Parallel to Plane2 Normal in Plane-Plane Measure

User-DLL Measure

*Error

No User Function Specified

*Error

Cannot Find User Function 'NAME'

Dimensional Distance Measure

Warning

Non-radial direction is selected for two parallel cylinder features, please consider using the default direction.

Un-check the Custom direction in the measure to correctly measure with the radial direction. (73121)

Feature Distance measure (Enhanced setting On)

*Error

Un Supported Feature type used in Kineo Measure

Points are not supported in Feature distance measure if the Enhanced Feature Measure is turned on, Replace points with CadSurfaces or Turn off the setting.

Tolerances

Status "*Error" indicates that this type of error found in the Run Log causes a failed assembly condition.

Tolerance Type

Status

Message

Solution

All Tolerances

Error

Empty Point List

Feature Axis Direction > 90deg (affecting Pos Tol start angle).

Change the feature direction of one of the features using Feature Point dialog to be in the same direction.

Warning

Tolerance is Inactive

Tolerance Points Not Within

Direction'#' Points Not Within

Direction'#' Not Enough Points Selected, Will Use (0,0,1)

Tolerance Point 'NAME' is Dynamic, Point Will Not Be Toleranced

Tolerance Point 'NAME' is in Feature List more than once

All Size tolerances

Warning

Surface CadSurfX toleranced twice: 1). Linear Size X; 2).Gtol_X

The feature is toleranced through multiple different tolerances. These tolerances can cause this error: Size tolerance (GD&T), Circle Size Tolerance, Profile Tolerance (to Datum or From Nominal), and Feature Tolerance (Legacy). Use the Feature Information to check what tolerances are created on the feature. (54176)

Circle Size Tolerance (Coordinate Points)

Warning

Size Tolerance is Inactive

Edit the tolerance and check in the Active check box.

Error

DirTypePickPt does not have point

The Point used in to define the Direction was removed or deleted. Please reselect the Point or create a new point. (66775)

Arc Tolerance

Warning

No Center Point in Arc Tolerance, Using (0,0,0)

Radial Profile Tolerance

Warning

No Center Point in Radial Profile, Using (0,0,0)

Dual Tolerance

*Error

Parallel Vectors In Dual Tolerance

Triple Tolerance

*Error

Parallel Vectors (2 & 3) In Triple Tolerance

Parallel Vectors (1 & 3) In Triple Tolerance

Parallel Vectors (1 & 2) In Triple Tolerance

User-DLL Tolerance

Error

Cannot Find File 'Name'.exe

No User Function Specified

Cannot Find User Function 'NAME

Composite Linear Tol

Warning

Non-Normal Distribution in Pattern Composite Tolerance

GD&T

Validation Messages and Solutions

Also validate GD&T using the GD&T Checker

Tolerance Type

Status

Message

Solution

All GD&T

Error

Cannot find feature by ID=0

A feature or point may have been deleted. Check the dialog and remove the line that displays "No Selection".

Name with '#' or "=", which will corrupt CSV files.

Edit the name of the MTM and GD&T, remove '#' or "=" from the name or the description.

Auto Refinement

Error

Point detected in feature list - AutoRefine will not be applied to any features in the list.

Uncheck the Auto Refinement option in the dialog, or create a separate GD&T for Points.

Datum Reference Frame (DRF)

Error

Primary Plane is Parallel to Secondary Plane In DRF

The Secondary points create a plane parallel to the Primary feature. (65630) Users will need to change the Secondary points direction to establish a better Datum Reference Frame.

Invalid DRF

The DRF has either been deleted or changed. Double-click the line in the Run Log or Validation window to edit or delete the DRF.

Warning

Datum not referenced.

The datum is not applied in a Datum Reference Frame. The Datum may be not used in a Geometric Tolerance or defined a DRF. Create a new DRF with the datum feature.

Ignore Different DRF on the same feature.

Warning only - No solution. (Ref. 67146) - The second DRF on the same feature will be ignored for the analysis.

Flatness

Error

Invalid material condition

Material condition was applied to the tolerance. Remove the Material Condition application from the tolerance. (CAD Extraction)

Form Tolerances (Flatness, Straightness, Circularity, Profile - No DRF).

Nominal Build

(Run Log)

Multi-Form GD&Ts applied on the same feature.

Delete or deactivate one of the Form tolerances. Only the largest variation will be applied.

Orientation GD&T

Error

Contain non-Planar features in Orientation GTOL. (May need a direction).

The GD&T defined is a cylindrical feature but isn't defined without a diametrical zone. 3DCS will require a direction. Please add a direction in the GD&T Options tab.

Dialog

Orientation GD&T applied to a single point. No variation will occur.

Not a valid use of orientation GD&T. Apply to a surface, planar or feature of size. (71598)

Geometric Tolerances

Error

Invalid Range (+/-X.X) (Size) Should be > (greater than) Range (+/-X.X) in GD&T (Parallelism, Angularity, Position).

Create Feature Slot/Tab and select the Slot/Tab in the tolerances instead of the surface.

Change the range of geometric tolerance (Position, Parallelism, Angularity) to be smaller than the Size tolerance total range.

Warning

If Orientation == Location, Message: Warning: Orientation Zone is equal to Location Zone.  Entire Zone will be applied as Orientation.

If Form == Orientation,  Message: Warning: Form Zone is equal to Orientation Zone.  Entire Zone will be applied as Form.

If Form == Location, Message: Warning: Form Zone is equal to Location Zone.  Entire Zone will be applied as Form.

If Form == Orientation == Location, Message: Warning: Form Zone is equal to Orientation Zone & Location Zone.  Entire Zone will be applied as Form.

Reduce the Form and/or Orientation tolerances to allow for Location, Orientation and Form tolerances to apply each type of variation to the model. (68239)

Orientation > Location, Message: Orientation Zone larger than Location Zone, please correct.

Form > Orientation, Message: Form Zone larger than Orientation Zone, please correct.

Form > Location, Message: Form Zone larger than Location Zone, please correct.

Changing to a type that does not allow an offset. The entered offset (X.XX) will be removed.

Editing the dialog or opening Validate will change certain GD&T that had an offset in previous versions and do not currently have an Offset field. (71084)

Multiple Profile GDTs applied on same features - smaller tolerance is ignored

No action required. Review the GD&T and deactivate the required note, then re-run the Simulation. (70282)

Circularity

Error

Circularity: Spheres are not allowed.

Remove the sphere shape feature from the GD&T and select the cylindrical features of size. (71628)

Group Pattern - Position

Error

Feature Axis Direction > 90deg (affecting Pos Tol start angle)

The direction of the features are in a opposite directions. Change one of the features direction to be the same direction.

Linear Dimensions

Warning

MultiSizeGD&T on Non-Origin feature

The software is warning the user that the variation may not be what the user expects. The user may need to set the GD&T with one of the features as the origin feature.

Change the type to Dimensioning Location, in the Options tab set the first or second feature as the origin.

Error

Invalid size feature directions

The Features are created in the same direction. Change the Tolerance from Size to a Dimensioning Location tolerance, and check the origin feature in the options.

Error

Sum of Orientation range (0.010000 mm) and Form range (0.010000 mm) should be less than Size range (0.020000 mm)

The size range should be lesser than the sum orientation and range applied to those features.

Position

Error

PosGD&T Requires SizeGD&T

The Position GD&Ton the selected features with matrial condition missing a size GD&T

Circularity

Error

Sphere is not allowed

Sphere features are not supported for Circularity

Composite Position

Warning

Composite position GD&T should use right skew or normal distribution.

Warning shows up if any distribution type is selected except for right skew and normal

Composite Profile

Warning

Composite Profile GD&T should use normal distribution

Warning shows up if any distribution type is selected except for Normal.

Perpendicularity

Error

Feature is not perpendicular to datum

The selected feature for perpendicularity is not perpendicular to the selected Datum (DRF)

Parallelism

Error

Feature is not parallel to datum

The selected feature for parallelism is not parallel to the selected Datum (DRF)

Features

Use Update Geometry to fix some known issues with features.

Feature Type

Status

Message

Solution

Feature Point

Warning

Feature Point = <Name>; May be double toleranced.

This warning indicates to double check the tolerance to make sure the Feature Point and the Surface the point is linked to isn't selected in the same tolerance.

If the surface is toleranced, the point should not be selected in the tolerance.

If the point is toleranced, the surface should not be selected in the tolerance.

Surfaces, Edges

Error

CADEdge1(id=12345) does not have enough CdPt on CrEdge.

CADSurf1(id=12345) does not have enough Cr.

Use Update Geometry to fix the Edge or delete and recreate the feature.

Open the Validate and double-click on the line to fix the CrEdge error.

Find the Surface or Edge used in the MTM or GD&T and delete it. Recreate the feature needed for the MTM/GD&T.

CrEdge-X On Surf - CadSurfXX (id=XXXX) has duplicate CrEdge for center cadPt.

Slot/Tab

Warning

Feature Slot mush have opposite directions.

1.Tapered feature slot/tab are required to have parallel vector directions.

2.Use points instead the features for a Slot/Tab.

a.Change the directions of the Points to be opposite and parallel directions.

b.Use the Points dialog to edit the direction, use Two Point direction and select both points.

c.Switch the Vector Direction, depending on if Slot or Tab is required.

3.Make sure the correct features are selected to define the Slot or Tab.

4.Check the direction of the surfaces.

5.Use Switch Direction on one of the features to make the directions opposite.

Cylindrical (Hole/Pin) features

Error

Main Feature was chosen to be deleted. Features dependent on this Main Feature must be deleted as well.

Delete Main and Dependent Features for all cases selected?

Dependent Feature was chosen to be deleted. Main Feature must be deleted as well.

Delete Main and Dependent Features for all cases selected?

Deleting either the Main Feature or the Dependent Feature will require both features to be deleted.

Point-Based Features

Error

The selected features cannot be used in this orientation GD&T. Only planar features and features of size are supported. No variation will occur.

Check the points used to create the Point-Base Feature. The best practice is to create Points with the same direction of the surface. (71758)