Find and Replace

The Find and Replace dialog can be opened

 

by selecting Edit -> Replace... on the Main Menu bar or

by using the shortcut Ctrl+H or

by selecting the Replace button on the Display toolbar.

 

The results of the search are listed in the Results tab of the Output Window. The tab is automatically activated.

 

Attribute values that can be changed are displayed in blue in the Output window.
Attribute values that cannot be changed are displayed in black in the Output window.

 

Search results that are placed on the opened sheet, are highlighted according to the corresponding settings.
The corresponding active object whose contents is changed by Replace next, is highlighted in another color on the sheet and in blue in the Results window.

 

To reset the highlight, press Shift+F3 or select the Edit -> Reset Highlight command on the Main Menu bar.

 

 

Find and Replace

Object

Defines whether to search for the contents of text objects or values of attributes.

Type(s)

Displays a list of text types or attributes that can be taken into account for finding and replacing.

 

Depending on the selection, only text types or attributes are displayed in the list.

 

Note the following on the availability of text types and attributes:

 

Text types

  • User texts are available

  • Comment texts are available

  • Texts that are assigned to attributes are not available

 

Attributes

  • Only attributes of the type Text are available

  • Attributes with owners that are changeable are available

  • Attributes that are only changeable via script are not available

  • Internal attributes are not available

Find what

Defines the search term.

 

When searching, hidden or inactive texts and attributes are displayed.

 

In order to use terms from the translation table, click on and select the required term or enter the translation code directly.

Replace with

Defines what the found results are to be replaced with.

 

In order to use terms from the translation table, click on and select the required term or enter the translation code directly.

 

Attribute values that can be changed are displayed blue in the output window.
Attribute values that cannot be changed are displayed black in the output window.

 

Note

Locked objects and objects of the following types cannot be changed:

 

  • Components and component pins

  • Cables

  • Symbols and symbol pins

  • Wires

  • Slots

  • Contours

  • Functional units and functional ports

  • State

  • Bundles

Options

Match case

If this option is active, only terms that exactly match the specified case are found.

 

If this option is not active, terms are displayed irrespective of case.

Match whole word

If this option is active, the search term is only found if it is not part of another word.

 

If this option is not active, the search term is found even if it is part of another word.

 

Example

When this option is active, only results containing the exact word enginewill be found for the selected objects and types with the search term engine. When the option is not active, values such as engineer are also found with the search term engine for the selected objects and types.

Find next

Displays the next result of the selected search term.

Replace next

The next search result of the selected search term is replaced with the required text.

 

Each individual replacement is a single server transaction when using multi user projects.

Replace all

Replaces all search results in the selected text.

 

Regardless of the number of texts to be replaced, the command counts as a single server transaction when used in multi-user projects.