nanoCAD Platform Help

Interface. Search Field

Search Field

In dialogs and toolbars, the Search field in the upper right part is intended for quick searching of objects by name. For example, LAYERS, LAYERSQUICK, COVERINGBROWSER:

CAD drafting Interface. Search Field 0 

CAD software Interface. Search Field 1 

To replace a part of a word, use the special symbol * (asterisk). For example:

·         vie* – to display objects starting with “vie”;

·         *vie – to display objects ending with “vie”;

·         *ie* – to display objects with “ie” in the middle;

·         vi*w – to display objects starting with “vi” and ending with “w”.

You can also use the following special symbols in the field:

Symbol

Matching characters in name

?        Question mark

Any single character.

#        Hash sign

Any single figure.

@      Commercial at

Any single letter.

.         Dot

Any single character other than a letter or a figure.

~        Tilde

Any sequence of characters other than the one after the tilde.

[  ]      Square brackets

Any single character from those inside the brackets.

[~]     Tilde in square brackets

Any single character other than those inside the brackets.

[-]      Dash in square brackets

Any single character from the range starting with the character to the left of the dash and ending with the character to the right of the dash.

`         Backtick

A backtick indicates that the character following it is a regular character and not a special character.

The CAD drawing Interface. Search Field 2 Clear field button resets the search results.