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.
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Character |
Definition |
|---|---|
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# (Pound) |
Matches any numeric digit |
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@ (At) |
Matches any alphabetic character |
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. (Period) |
Matches any nonalphanumeric character |
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* (Asterisk) |
Matches any string and can be used anywhere in the search string |
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? (Question mark) |
Matches any single character; for example, ?BC matches ABC, 3BC, and so on |
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~ (Tilde) |
Matches anything but the pattern; for example; ~*AB*matches all strings that don't contain AB |
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[ ] |
Matches any one of the characters enclosed; for example, [AB]C matches AC and BC |
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[~] |
Matches any character not enclosed; for example, [~AB]C matches XC but not AC |
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[-] |
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.