NetSPEX is delivered with standards compliance checking tools to ensure that drawings comply with a standard managed by NetSPEX. Since NetSPEX Designer enforces CAD standards as components are placed, it is considered a preemptive standards compliance tool. By contrast, the NetSPEX compliance checking tools are designed to check for standards compliance after components have been placed. If non-compliant components are detected, NetSPEX can be used to repair them.

NetSPEX offers sophisticated tools for storing and managing a standard, placing standards-compliant components in CAD files, and checking standards compliance in one integrated solution. Users of NetSPEX are able to check drawings for CAD standards compliance in AutoCAD and MicroStation, both internally and as work is received from sub-consultants. The NetSPEX compliance checker tools can also be used for reporting on CAD standards compliance and even used to bring legacy drawings into compliance with a given specification. NetSPEX can check a drawing for CAD standards compliance – component by component, for individual drawing types or disciplines – without having to check against one monolithic standard.

Just like NetSPEX Designer and the documentation wizard, compliance checking in NetSPEX is dynamically linked to the most current version of the standards database.

NetSPEX actually contains two compliance applications – NetSPEX Compliance Checker and NetSPEX Compliance Reader. NetSPEX Compliance Checker is a full featured checking application used for the scanning and repair of drawings. A report can be generated from NetSPEX Compliance Checker summarizing the components in the file and listing any non-compliant components with suggested repairs.

NetSPEX Compliance Reader is a subset of NetSPEX Compliance Checker. Its purpose is to allow the segregation of compliance checking responsibilities from compliance repair responsibilities. Once a file has been checked using NetSPEX Compliance Checker, a CHK file will be generated. The CHK file is then loaded into NetSPEX Compliance Reader, which will display flagged non-compliant components and notes added by the checker. The user will then be able to bring the components into compliance using the same tools available in NetSPEX Compliance Checker.