Search

The Search facility enables you to search for items in all the graphical applications and lists the results in the Collections window.

The Search facility is displayed in simple mode, move the Additional Search Tools slider to toggle between advanced mode or simple mode. Click to expand or to collapse the Manage Searches functionality.

Reset

Allows you to reset all the search fields.

Run Search

Searches for items.

The number of found elements is displayed at the top of the Search window.

Click View Search Result in Collections to open the Search Results table in the Collections window. Refer to Search Results for further information.

Note:
If the search returns more than 1000000 results, the message Too many results, please refine your search is displayed.

Name Contains

You can search for elements where the name contains a specified string. The search function is case sensitive.

Element Type

One or more element types can be entered in this field, separated by a space, comma or semi-colon. For example:

EQUI PIPE, NOZZ; TEE

Entering [ALL] in the field finds all element types within the current scope. The field requires a valid entry before the search process is initiated.

The element types included in the search are displayed below the Element Type field.

Click Select Element Types to display the Select Element Types window. Refer to Select Element Types for further information.

Search Within

You can search within the current element hierarchy, a chosen element hierarchy or the current collection.

When the search facility is first opened during a session, the default scope has the World element (/*) as the ceiling of the search within the current database (for example Model, if within the Model application).

The databases listed in the In Database drop-down list are those that are available to you, the drop-down list automatically updates if the database item exists in any of those databases. If you change the database type in the drop-down list, the currently displayed database item is checked, and if not found in that database, the ceiling of the search scope is reset to world.