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 # Insulation Validation App
 
 This repository is part of the iTwin Platform Validation API course. Please click [here](https://education.bentley.com/LearningPaths/guided-learningpaths-635082) to access the full course content. This documentation provides a high-level overview of the validation app designed in the course. The key focus is how the custom UI components interact with the validation API.