PcbDrawing_Dlg-FindtextFind text (Draftsman) _AD

The Find text dialog

Summary

The Find text dialog provides controls to quickly find specific or partial text in accordance with defined search options in the active Draftsman document (*.PCBDwf).

Access

From the PcbDrawing Editor, click Edit » Find from the main menus or use the Ctrl+F keyboard shortcut.

Options/Controls

Text To find

• Text To Find - use this field to enter the text string for which you want to search. Either enter the full word or search for a partial string. The latter requires the Whole Words Only option to be disabled. The string can contain the wildcard characters ? (single character) and * (any group of characters).

Scope

• Sheet Scope - use this field to determine the scope of the text search in terms of the draftsman documents involved. Choose from the following options:
  • Current Page - search the current active page.
  • Entire Document - search across the entire draftsman document.

• Selection - use this field to further constrain the scope of the search based on the current selection status of objects. Choose from the following options:
  • Selected Objects - limit the search to only those objects that are currently selected.
  • DeSelected Objects - limit the search to only those objects that are currently deselected.
  • All Objects - no limitation; search all objects irrespective of their selection status.
• Identifiers - use this field to further constrain the scope of the search based on the type of text-based object. Choose from the following options:
  • All Identifiers - no limitation; search across all text-based objects (text strings, text frames, pins, net identifiers, and designators).
  • Texts - limit the search to only text.
  • Designators Only - limit the search to only component designators.

Options

• Case sensistive - enable this option to perform a case-sensitive search, meaning the target text must match the case of the search text entered into the Text To Find field.
• Whole Words Only - enable this option to restrict the search to whole words only. This means the search text must exist fully as is and not be part of a larger text string. For example, if this option is enabled, when looking for "cat", the software will not consider the first three letters of "category" - a valid search match. Disable this option to freely search for partial strings.

Tip

• Where a search yields multiple matches, the Find text - Jump (Draftsman) dialog opens. Use this dialog to jump between the matching search results.