Querying Whether an Element Appears in a View
- Last UpdatedNov 26, 2025
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You can query whether low-level design elements and their owners appear in a given View using the command:
Q FIND gid IN view
where gid is the general identifier of the element and view is the view identifier. For example:
Q FIND /BOX99 IN /SH1/V1
Q FIND /VESS-05 IN VIEW
Q FIND ILEAVE TUBE OF /VALVE-24 IN /VIEW/02
The view identifier can be omitted if it is the current element. For example:
Q FIND /BRANCH-01
Possible answers are:
FOUND
MISSING
INVALID ELEMENT
Note: A significant Design element will not be found in a View if it only owns other significant elements. It must own visible primitives. This affects EQUI, STRU and FRMW elements; they will not be found unless they own visible primitives.