Find and replace dialog box

The Find and Replace dialog box allows you to search for text in blocks, attributes, dimensions and hyperlinks and optionally, to replace it with another text string.

  1. Find Text
  2. Replace With
  3. Search In
  4. Select Entities
  5. Options
  6. Find
  7. Replace
  8. Replace All
  9. Select All
  10. Zoom To
  11. Zoom In
  12. Zoom Out
  13. Search report

Find Text

Specifies the text to find.

Replace With

Specifies the text that will replace the found text. Do not fill in this field when you're only searching for text.

Search In

Specifies the range of search:

  • Entire Drawing: searches all text in the drawing.
  • Current Layout: only searches in the current Layout.
  • Current Selection: only searches in the current selection that can be made using button no. 5.

Select Entities

Dismisses the dialog box so that you can select the entities to search. After choosing one or more entities, press ENTER to return to the dialog box.

Options

Opens the Find and Replace Options dialog box that allows you to specify the types of text entities to search.

Find

Finds the next occurrence of the text string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+F.

Replace

Replaces the found text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+R.

Replace All

Replaces all occurrences of the text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+A.

Select All

Selects all occurrences of the text string.

Zoom To

Zooms to the part in the drawing that contains the found text string.

Zoom In

Zooms in on the center of the window with a factor of 2.

Zoom Out

Zooms out from the center of the window with a factor of ½.

Search report

Displays the number of matches found in the selected entities, but also the number of matches and entities changed after replacement. The search result can be sorted by each column.