About Validating non-Creo Models
The Enable Import Validation check box on the 3D data exchange settings page of the Creo Parametric Options dialog box is selected by default and the intf3d_in_enable_imp_validation configuration option is set to yes by default. Therefore, part and assembly models that belong to file formats such as CATIA V4 and V5, Creo Elements/Direct, NX, SolidWorks, and Autodesk Inventor are automatically validated in Creo when you open them as Creo models, just as the import of these models are validated in Creo.
You can right-click a non-Creo model on the Model Tree and click > 
Report to verify the validation results in the Import Validation Report. The non-Creo models are validated at the part and assembly levels. Part models and the part components of assemblies can include single or multiple solid bodies.
Report to verify the validation results in the Import Validation Report. The non-Creo models are validated at the part and assembly levels. Part models and the part components of assemblies can include single or multiple solid bodies.The Import Validation Report indicates the status of the assembly and part models and the bodies of the non-Creo parts and part components as follows:
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—The non-Creo models opened without warnings and errors. All the bodies of the non-Creo parts and part components solidified without errors and warnings.
—The non-Creo models opened without warnings and errors. All the bodies of the non-Creo parts and part components solidified without errors and warnings.• 
—The non-Creo models opened with warnings. At the body-level, the bodies of parts and part components solidified with warnings.
—The non-Creo models opened with warnings. At the body-level, the bodies of parts and part components solidified with warnings.• 
—The non-Creo models failed to open. At the body level, a subset of the bodies or all the bodies of the parts and part components failed to solidify.
—The non-Creo models failed to open. At the body level, a subset of the bodies or all the bodies of the parts and part components failed to solidify.When you open the non-Creo models, the mass properties of surface area, volume, and the coordinates for the center of gravity (COG) in the non-Creo models are translated as validation properties and stored as parameters in Creo. Creo then calculates the corresponding validation property values for the models opened in Creo and stores these values as validation parameters in the model parameters of the non-Creo models. The mass property values of the source models are automatically compared with the calculated values of the corresponding validation properties of the models opened in Creo and a score computed for the retrieval of the non-Creo models. Creo then validates the opening of the non-Creo models as successful, failed, or passed with warnings according to this score.
The Import Validation Report communicates the validation failures to the Notification Center. Components missing in the non-Creo assemblies, empty models, incomplete product structures, solidification failure, and incomplete geometry are reported as errors and warnings to the Notification Center. You can click the model notification flag icon on the status bar and view the number of notifications and the corresponding validation failures in the notification window.
You can right-click a non-Creo model on the Model Tree or the graphics window, click Import Validation, and access the following options on the shortcut menu to resolve the validation failures and model inconsistencies that the Import Validation Report identifies.
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Repair Imported Geometry
Repair Imported Geometry• 
Use Alternate Mass Properties or 
Use Calculated Mass Properties
Use Alternate Mass Properties or Use Calculated Mass Properties• 
Ignore Solidification Check or 
Enable Solidification Check
Ignore Solidification Check or Enable Solidification CheckYou can disable the validation of the opened models at the start of a Creo session or when the non-Creo models are in session.
To disable the import validation of models at the start of a session, you can perform the following tasks:
• Set the intf3d_in_enable_imp_validation configuration option to no.
• Clear the default selection of the Enable Import Validation check box on the 3D data exchange settings page of the Creo Parametric Options dialog box.
While in session, you can right-click the non-Creo model on the Model Tree or the graphics window, click Import Validation, and click Disable Import Validation on the shortcut menu. After you disable validation, the non-Creo models are not validated and failures are not reported to the Notification Center.