Before you deliver a model, you need to know that the required information is in place. Checking it by hand, door by door, takes time and is easy to get wrong. With VALIDATE, you describe the requirement once and check the whole model in one run, every time it changes.

Example requirement: all doors must have a fire rating from the project's approved list.

What you need

A Revit model synchronized to the project. See Add and synchronize models.

1. Describe the requirement as a rule

1. Go to Validate → Validation Rules and click Create Revit Rule.
2. In the filter, choose the category Doors and the element type Type.
3. Under Requirements, add a Property requirement:
   • Select Required.
   • Name: Filter Type Exact Value, name Fire Rating.
   • Value Type: TEXT.
   • Value: Filter Type List of Values. Type each approved value and press Enter, for example EI2 30-C and EI2 60-C, or click Import to load a list.
4. Click Add.

[📷 Screenshot: Property requirement with Fire Rating and a list of values]

Doors without a fire rating, or with a rating that isn't on the list, will now fail.

2. Create the check

1. Go to Model Checks and click Add Model Check.
2. Name it, for example Delivery check, and choose Revit.
3. Select the model and the rule.
4. Turn on Auto-Run and click Add.

3. Run it and fix what fails

1. Click Run Check, then open Results.
2. For each failed door type, click Inspect Validation Result to see what is wrong.
3. Correct the fire rating in Revit and synchronize the model from the Revit add-in. With Auto-Run on, the check runs again by itself.

The result

You know the model meets the requirement before it leaves your team, and every new version is checked the same way.

💡 Add more rules to the same model check as your delivery requirements grow.

📽️ Watch the video: VALIDATE module Intro

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