Finding and Replacing Text

You can locate a string of characters in identified and supported annotations, and then replace it.

Strings can be found and replaced in the following elements:

  • Balloons
  • Datum features
  • Datum targets
  • Dimensions
  • Texts
  • View texts
  • Table cells
  • Flag notes
  • Coordinate dimension

Before you begin: Open a representation containing annotations.
  1. In the Search Options list, select Find and Replace Text.
    Tip: To directly access the Find & Replace Text dialog box, press Ctrl+H.
  2. In theFind & Replace Text dialog box, enter the text you want to find.

    If some annotations or views are selected, only the selected annotations or the annotations in the selected views are considered to while searching the textual string. When the no pre-selection is made, all the annotations present in the active annotation set are considered.

  3. Click Find Next.
    Important: The following message appears in the dialog box: Searching within current sheet. If you selected several elements in the current sheet, then the text to be found is searched only in annotations present in those selected elements and the following message appears: Searching within selected annotations. Elements other than supported annotations are ignored.
  4. If needed, click Find Next again to search for other instances.

    The searched string is highlighted with the color specified for selection through Me > Preferences > Common Preferences > 2D 3D View Display > Selection > Selection color.

  5. Enter the text you want to use as a replacement text and click Replace.

    For example, enter Second as the Replace with what? text.

    To replace all instances of the text, click Replace all.

    Note: The text in the following elements cannot be replaced and are displayed in the red color :
    • An attribute link
    • A locked annotation
    • A semantic annotation
    • A coordination dimension
    • The non-semantic dimension value

    You can also match case, find whole words only or re-frame the window.

  6. Click Close.

    Note: You can replace the normal text string from any linked text. For example, from the above image, ABC can be replaced.

    You cannot replace the following:

    • A link (red color).
    • A string in a locked annotation.