Use the Search/Browse dialog box to display preview images of drawings, open drawings, and search for files. Use the browser to search for files across multiple directories on a single drive or on multiple drives.
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Browse tab Displays small bitmap images of drawings in the specified directory. You can sort the preview images by file type. |
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File Name Displays the name of the currently selected drawing. |
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Directories Displays the names of the directories on the current drive. |
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Drives Displays the names of the available drives. |
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List Files of Type Specifies file types to browse for, including drawing files (DWG), drawing interchange format files (DXF), and drawing template files (DWT). |
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Size Changes the size of the preview images. The options are Small, Medium, and Large. |
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Network Displays the Map Network Drive dialog box (a Windows system window) for connecting to networked drives. |
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Search tab |
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File Displays a list of files that meet the search criteria. |
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Search Pattern Specifies a pattern to search for in file name, based on file type. For example, you can enter floor* to search for all files that begin with “floor” and are of the file type specified. This option handles wild-card characters in the following way: if the search string does not contain path separators, the search attempts to match either the full path or just the file name portion of the path. |
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File Types Specifies the type of file through which AutoCAD searches. |
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Date Filter Controls whether AutoCAD searches forward or backward from the specified time or date. |
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Time Specifies the time from which AutoCAD searches forward or backward. |
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Date Specifies the date from which AutoCAD searches. The specified date must be 1/1/80 or later. |
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Search Location Specifies which drives and paths AutoCAD searches. |
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Drive Lists all currently attached drives. |
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All Drives Lists all local hard drives, including removable and network drives. |
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Path Lists directories. |
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Open Opens the selected file. |
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Search Begins searching for the named file according to the search location information. Changes to Stop Search once the search begins. |
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