You can easily find
and replace text with the FIND command
To
search for and replace text, use FIND. Replacement
is based on text content only; character formatting and text properties
are not changed.
When searching for text
in a 3D environment, the viewport will temporarily change to a 2D
viewport so that text isn’t blocked by 3D objects in your drawing.
With FIND, you can use
wild-card characters in your search.
Character
|
Definition
|
# (Pound)
|
Matches any numeric digit
|
@ (At)
|
Matches any alphabetic
character
|
. (Period)
|
Matches any nonalphanumeric
character
|
* (Asterisk)
|
Matches any string and
can be used anywhere in the search string
|
? (Question mark)
|
Matches any single character;
for example, ?BC matches ABC, 3BC, and so on
|
~ (Tilde)
|
Matches anything but
the pattern; for example; ~*AB*matches all strings that don't contain
AB
|
[ ]
|
Matches any one of the
characters enclosed; for example, [AB]C matches AC and BC
|
[~]
|
Matches any character
not enclosed; for example, [~AB]C matches XC but not AC
|
[-]
|
Specifies a range for
a single character; for example, [A-G]C matches AC, BC, and so on
to GC, but not HC
|
` (Reverse quote)
|
Reads the next character
literally; for example, `~AB matches ~AB
|
To search for drawing
files that contain a specific word or phrase, use the Search tool
in Microsoft® Windows® . You can use the Search tool to find all textual
data except text in tables and fields, and xrefs within drawing
files.
To find specified text
in a drawing
- Click Annotate tab
Text
panel Find
Text. 
- In Find What, enter the text you want
to find.
- In Find Where, specify the parts of the
drawing to search, or click the Select Objects button to select
one or more text objects.
- Click the Expand Find Options button
to specify search options and text types for the specified text.
- Click Find.
- Use one of the following options to view
the results of your search:
- To list all results in a table, click
the List Results check box.
- To zoom to and highlight each result
individually, leave the List Results check box unchecked.
- Click Close.
To replace text using the
Find and Replace Dialog box
- Click Annotate tab Text
panel Find
Text.
- In Find What, enter the text you want
to find.
- In Find Where, specify the parts of the
drawing to search, or click the Select Objects button to select
one or more text objects.
- Click the Expand Find Options button
to specify search options and text types for the specified text.
- In Replace With, enter the text with
which you want to replace the found text.
- Click Find.
- Use one of the following options to view
the results of your search:
- To list all results in a table, click
the List Results check box.
- To zoom to and highlight each result
individually, leave the List Results check box unchecked.
- Use one of the following methods to replace
text:
- To replace only the found instance of
the text string, click Replace.
- To replace all instances of the text
in Find Text String, click Replace All.
- If search results have been listed in
a table using the List Results option, then you can select certain
results in the list by pressing Click + CTRL. Alternately, you can
select a range of results in the list by pressing Shift + Click.
- Click Close.
