Find and replace dialog box

The Find and Replace dialog box allows you to search for text in blocks, attributes, dimensions and hyperlinks, and optionally to replace it with another text string.



  1. Command reference
  2. Find Text
  3. Replace With
  4. Search In
  5. Select Entities
  6. Options
  7. Found text
  8. List results
  9. Find
  10. Replace
  11. Replace All
  12. Select All
  13. Zoom To
  14. Zoom In
  15. Zoom Out
  16. Search report

Command reference

Opens the Bricsys Help article about the FIND command.

Find Text

Specifies the text to be located.

Replace With

Specifies the text with which to replace the located text. Do not fill in this field when only searching for text.

Search In

Specifies the range of search:

  • Entire Drawing: searches all text in the drawing.
  • Current Layout: searches only among the selected entities.
  • Current Selection: searches only in the current selection that can be made using button no. 5.

Select Entities

Dismisses the dialog box so that you can select the entities to search. After choosing one or more entities, press ENTER to return to the dialog box.

Options

Opens the Find and Replace Options dialog box that allows you to specify the kinds of text entities to search.

Found text

Displays the text string found.

List results

Displays the text string found, its location and the object type.

Find

Finds the next occurrence of the text string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+F.

Replace

Replaces the found text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+R.

Replace All

Replaces all occurrences of the text string with the replacement string.

Shortcut Keystroke: CTRL+A.

Select All

Selects all occurrences of the text string.

Zoom To

Zooms to the part of the drawing containing the found text string.

Zoom In

Zooms in on the center of the window by a factor of 2.

Zoom Out

Zooms out from the center of the window by a factor of ½.

Search report

Displays the number of matches found in the selected entities, but also the number of matches and entities changed after replacement.