Better 3D Model Error Reporting

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Summary: There should be a way for AutoCAD to identify exactly WHAT is causing a modeling error.

Description: During the course of normal operations if a model develops an error, it would be ideal for the program to have a way to report exactly which part of the model that is generating the error. At that point, the operator could delete and recreate the offending piece without having to toss the entire model, and hopefully resolve the error to the program's satisfaction.
At this point in time, I see no way for this to be resolved except with intervention from AutoCAD tech support. The current state has simple commands taking an unacceptably long time to execute, as well as causing corruption that cascades through multiple files.

Product and Feature: AutoCAD - 3D

Submitted By: David Geissinger on Tue, 12 Jun 2012

[dgorsman]

AUDIT command will generally return a handle value for each object it finds a problem with. The handle value can be used via LISP using (handent...) or other programming methods to identify the object in question. Not everything is a problem with drawing objects, sometimes the handles refer to block definitions, layers, dimension/text styles, and other non-graphic objects.

Alternatively, I've had good results with a quartering search, gradually splitting the model in half until the problem object(s) becomes apparent.