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Find and Replace Text

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CAD drawing Find and Replace Text 2    Toolbar: Text – CAD drafting Find and Replace Text 3

CAD software Find and Replace Text 4    Context menu of drawing CAD drawing Find and Replace Text 5 Find and Replace

CAD drafting Find and Replace Text 6 Hot keys: CTRL+F

CAD software Find and Replace Text 7 Command line: FIND

The Find and Replace command is used to find text in the document.

You can also start the command from the context menu:

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Start the command to open the Find and Replace dialog box:

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Options:

Find what:

In the Find what field, type the text to be searched for.

Replace with:

In the Replace with field, type the text that is required to replace the found lines.

Look in

Set the Look in parameter.

The following options are available:

·         In whole document

·         In current space

·         In current selection

Click the icon  to open the Quick selection dialog box.

Find options

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This icon maximizes/minimizes the options list.

Match case:

If this is checked, the search is made to match the case of the letters.

Match whole word:

If this is checked, the search is made for whole words; that is letter combinations separated by stops or spaces.

Search in found:

This option is accessible after the line search has been made. It restricts the search range.

Use extended options:

This option is accessible when searching in the objects base. Click the icon  and in the window that appears, choose the expanded search spaces:

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For guidance on the elements of the list, there is a help with more detailed explanations.

The expression is selected with a left-click. It is possible to use some regular expressions.

Multi-line text:

Switches on/off the multi-line text search mode.

When the mode is on, the Find what and the Replace with fields take the form:

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Search in hidden objects

Searches text in hidden objects.

Search in blocks

Searches text in blocks.

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Starts the search procedure.

The search result will be shown in the table:

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Replaces all found fragments with the new value.

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Starts the process of consecutive replacement of the found fragments.

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Passes the next found fragment in the list without replacing it with the new value.

CAD software Find and Replace Text 19 Clear All:

Click this icon to clear the list of found text fragments.

CAD drawing Find and Replace Text 20 Group results by objects:

Click this icon to group results by objects.

CAD drafting Find and Replace Text 21 Show object:

Click this icon to show the selected text fragment in the table on the drawing or in the database of objects.

CAD software Find and Replace Text 22 Edit object:

Click this icon to open the Text settings dialog box to edit the found text fragment on the drawing.

note: Left-click on the headings of the table columns of the search results to sort the found text fragments:

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To find and edit the text fragment on the drawing:

     

1.    Click the Find and Replace command in the context menu.

2.    Type the text, for example, maximum, into the Find what field.

3.    Click the button CAD software Find and Replace Text 25.

4.    Select the required line in the table of search results:

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5.    Double click on the required line, or click the Show object CAD drafting Find and Replace Text 27 icon, or select the Show object command from context menu:

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6.    As a result, there is auto-panning of the found fragment that contains the selected text on the drawing:

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7.    Click the Edit object CAD drafting Find and Replace Text 30 icon or select the Edit object command from the context menu to open the Text settings dialog box:

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8.    Type the required changes and click OK.

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