Search

Search Options

Object

Type

Selection of the object type for the search:

• Devices/Cables/Busbars/Fields

  When searching for attributes with the owner component, cable type or model, also devices are listed that have this attribute assigned.
  The attribute value of the device is displayed in the Output window's Results tab.
  Double-clicking on a line jumps to the highlighted object in the tree structure or drawing.
  

• Text

  Symbol- and graphic texts

• Symbol

• Signal

• Net

  A net is a graphical connection, also across sheet references. Logical or physical objects, such as signals and cores can be assigned to a net. The graphical net can be assigned to additional attributes in the Net tab of the Connection Properties dialog. As the graphical net itself has no name, the Object Value field becomes inactive when selecting Net as object type and displays <Select Attributes>.

• Wire/Conductor

• Supply

  The Results window lists all components and component types that are assigned to the specified supply.

• Functional Units

• Harnesses

• Component name

  The devices are searched that use the defined component.

   

  To search for wires of wire groups, enter a part of or the full name of the wire group and an asterisk (*).

   

  Example:

  • H0* searches in project for all wires of wire groups whose name start with H0, so for example the wire groups H05V-K and H07V-K.

  • H05V-K* searches for all wires of the wire group H05V-K in project.

When Devices/Cables is selected as Type, the Value field is inactive.

When Text, Symbol, Net, Wire or Supply is selected as type, the fields for the item designation and View number are inactive.

Value

If an Object Type has been selected, then a selection can be made directly from the drop-down list of values that correspond to the Object Type selected. The value can also be manually entered directly in the Object Value field.

The Object Types contain the following Values:

• Text

  The drop-down list is empty. The text to be searched has to be entered manually. 'Text codes' (e.g. &#248)for translatable texts cannot be found; the 'real' text has to be entered.

  See also: Text Properties - Text

• Symbol

  The drop-down list contains all Symbol Designations available in project.

  See also: Symbol Properties - Symbol

• Signal

  The drop-down list contains all Signal names available in project.

  See also: Device Properties - Signal, Connection Properties - Signal Attributes, Connection Properties - Net

• Net

  As the graphical net itself has no name, this field becomes inactive displaying <Select Attributes>.

  See also: Connection Properties - Net

• Wire

  The drop-down list contains all Wire names available in project.

  See also: Connection Properties - Wires, Device Properties - Wires

• Supply

  The drop-down list contains all Supplies available in project.

  See also: Supply Properties

• Functional Units

  The drop-down list contains all Functional Units available in project.

  See also: Functional Units Properties

Alternatively, a search string can be entered. It may contain the typical wildcard characters ('?' to replace one character and '*' to replace several characters).

Device Designation

The drop-down list contains all devices / cables available in the project containing a Device Designation.

See example below.

Higher Level Assignment

The drop-down list contains all devices / cables available in the project containing a Higher Level Assignment.

See example below.

Location

The drop-down list contains all devices / cables available in the project containing a Location.

See example below.

View number

Select 0 to list only originals in the Results Window.

Select 1, 2, 3 etc. to list the corresponding view.

Select '*' to list the original and all views.

See example below.

Attributes

Name

An Attribute Name can be selected from the drop-down list.

If the Object Type field already contains an entry, the list shows only attribute names that are valid for that type of object.

If the Object Type field is empty, the list contains all attributes available in the configuration database.

Devices and cables that have the selected attribute assigned are listed, even if the attribute's only owner is Component, Cable type or Model. In this case, the list shows the component with the value in the database as well as each device with the currently assigned value.

Value

To further define the output, an Attribute Value may be specified.

The value can be selected from the drop-down list which contains all values that correspond to the selected Attribute Name; it can also be manually entered directly in the Attribute Value field.

The value may contain wildcard characters ('?' to replace one character and '*' to replace several characters).

If the Object Name and Object Value fields contain an entry, the attributes are evaluated as a further restricting condition for search.

If the Object Name and Object Value fields are empty, all possible attribute owners are output, independent of the object type.

Alternatively, if an Object Type and Attribute Name have been selected, then a selection can be made directly from the drop-down list of values that correspond to the Object Type and Attribute Name selected.

Variants

All

The specified objects of all variants are output.

Current

The specified objects of the currently active variant are output.

Value

The specified objects of the selected variant are output.

Redlining Information

Search for all redlining information

After a E3.redliner file has been imported to a E3.series project, the texts, graphics and dimensions inserted in E3.redliner can easily and quickly be found. Therefore activate this option.

All E3.redliner information is marked and the results are displayed in the output window as follows:

• Redliner texts

• Redliner graphics

• Redliner dimensions

See also Import Redlining Information File, Settings - Graphic - Redlining Information

Search for revision marks

If checked, changes are highlighted in the two project states.

Retain search options

When checked, search options (as e.g. color and width of highlight) are saved and used for next call of search function. When E3 is closed, all search options will be reset.

Highlight Options

When checking on the Highlight checkbox, the found objects are also highlighted graphically.

Color

Definition of the color to be used for the highlight.

If 'Automatic' is selected, the color defined in the Color Definitions dialog box will be used.

Width

Definition of the line width to be used for the highlight.

Reset

Existing highlights are reset. The function is activated immediately after pressing the button.