Manual Component Selection

By using the Catalog Search function, it is possible to search through the catalogue and to assign catalogue references to the selected item(s). This is achieved by the following steps:

1. First select the item(s) in the drawing that should receive the new catalogue reference.

2. Second, make a selection in the Catalogue Search window. The Select command is available on the right click menus of the explorer and the result list as well as on a dedicated button in the bottom right of the window.

Manual component selection behaves differently depending on the current setting of the Use specification default variable as shown below:

The Catalogue Search window is divided in two main parts. To the left is a pane that contains two tabs, Catalogue Explorer and Selection Tables, to the right there is a search result list.

The Catalogue Search window will automatically navigate to the currently used catalogue item. This means that when a shape which has a SPREF pointing to a GPART or a TABITEM is selected in the drawing, the catalogue search will switch to the relevant tab and navigate to the currently selected catalogue item in the Catalogue Explorer, as well as in the result list. However, on slow computers this can cause a slight delay when shapes are selected. If this is the case, this behavior can be turned off by setting the General options > Catalogue search settings > Configuration > Auto navigate to catalogue element setting in Diagrams Options to False.