Drawing toolsDrawing Checker
Check your drawing against your release rules before you issue it.
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What this tool does
Drawing Checker goes through the active drawing and runs the checks you enabled in the settings. For each check you see where it goes wrong, perfect as the final step before you issue a drawing to production or a customer.
How to use it
- Configure in the settings which checks should run (see below).
- Open the drawing you want to validate.
- Click Drawing Checker in the ribbon.
- Review the report and resolve any issues found. Run the tool again to confirm everything is correct.
Settings
Rules
Which checks Drawing Checker performs.
Update author name & date in title block
Fills in the Author and Creation-Time iProperties on save.
toggle
Check balloons
Verifies that every component has at least one balloon.
toggle
Check part number iProperty
Checks that every component has a non-empty Part Number.
toggle
Check static values in title block
Flags hard-coded values where an iProperty should be.
toggle
Sort parts list by component type
Reorders rows according to the priority numbers you set below.
toggle
Title block iProperty names
Property keys for author and creation date.
Author iProperty name
Name of the iProperty that will hold the current user.
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Creation date iProperty name
Name of the iProperty that will hold the timestamp.
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Parts list column names
Columns that Drawing Checker reads.
Part Number column name
Column name on which the "non-empty" check runs.
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Item column name
Column name used to determine order during sorting.
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Sort order for component types
Lower number = higher up in the parts list.
Assemblies
Priority for sub-assemblies.
number
Weldments
Priority for weldments.
number
Parts (regular)
Priority for regular parts.
number
Sheet metal parts
Priority for sheet-metal parts.
number
Content Center parts
Priority for Content Center parts (bolts, nuts, etc.).
number
Virtual components
Priority for virtual components / articles.
number
Tips
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Start with only balloons and part number enabled, those catch most errors. Add stricter checks later.
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Duplicates in the sort order are allowed: the same priority groups components into the same group.
Try this tool yourself, free for 30 days
The full toolbox, no payment details needed. Works with Inventor 2025 and higher.