The Symbol Validation Tool verifies that symbols are defined in a valid manner. The tool identifies an invalid definition such as defining two outputs with the same name. You should also run the Symbol Validation Tool after you modify a symbol to verify that the new symbol is compatible with the old symbol.
The Symbol Validation Tool is delivered in [Product Folder]\ProjectMgmt\Tools\Bin. You can run the Symbol Validation Tool with or without Smart 3D, but if you want to validate symbol definitions in a model database, you must have Smart 3D.
What do you want to do?
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Single symbol definition comparison (see Verify a single symbol definition)
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Multiple symbol definitions comparison (see Compare multiple symbol definitions)
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Run comparison from command line (see Run comparisons from the command line)