Performing an Advanced Search

This task will show you how to use the advanced search command in the Drafting workbench.

First, refer to the Infrastructure User's Guide to learn more about advanced search.

1. Select the Edit>Search... command then click the Advanced tab:

2. Choose Drafting as the workbench.

Any element type has the following attributes:

Name: indicates the name of the searched element
Color: select a color from the color chooser or use the color of an existing element
Set: a selection set indicating a numeric value with the corresponding unit of measure.

Some elements have additional types:

Type	Additional attributes	Value to select or to key in
Balloon	Part name	name of the searched element
Datum Feature	Reference name	name of the searched element
Datum Target	Reference name	name of the searched element
Datum Target	Size	size indicated in the searched element
Dimension	Type	type of dimension (angle, diameter, radius, length, etc.) searched
	value	dimension value searched
	Not associative on 3D	Yes/No
	Not updateable	Yes/No
	Fake	Yes/No
	Driving dimension	Yes/No
	True	Yes/No
Geometrical tolerance	value	tolerance value searched
Geometrical tolerance	type	tolerance type (circularity, concentricity, flatness, parallelism, etc.) searched
Text	having attribute links	Yes/No
Text	text string	text string searched

3. Select an operating sign in the first combo box.

4. Select (if there is a combo box) or key in the value you are looking for.