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Find, Edit, or Replace Component Text

Find and replace component or terminal text. Edit component text and catalog values in drawings or projects.

Note: This tool does not support wildcard characters.

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelRetag Components drop-downFind/Edit/Replace Component Text. Find
2. Choose to process either the current drawing or the project and click OK.

   The drawing or project set is scanned to find all the AutoCAD Electrical toolset components and the current attribute text values.

   • If you chose to process the project, select the drawings to process and add them to the Drawings to Process list. Click OK to continue the operation.
   • If you chose to process the drawing by picks, select the components to process and press Enter.

     The Find/Edit/Replace dialog box displays, allowing you to define your search and replace parameters.

3. Click the Find check box next to the attribute you want to find.
4. Enter the attribute value or click the List button to select the value from a list of current text values.
5. Click the Replace check box for the selected attribute and type a new text string in the edit box.
6. Select to find and replace the exact text value (All) or substrings (Part) within the attribute value.
7. Click Start Search to begin the find and replace operation. Each found match is displayed in a separate dialog box. You can edit, replace, skip to the next, or replace all of the found values.

An example of search criteria

To change all of the Location Codes marked "PNL1" to "PNL2A" you would:

• Set the Location Code find value to "PNL1."
• Set the Location Code replace value to "PNL2A."
• Click All so the text is only replaced if the entire text value matches the find value.

Find or Replace Terminal Text

Edits the terminal number on schematic or panel terminal symbols using a find/edit/replace operation.

1. Click Schematic tabEdit Components panelRetag Components drop-downFind/Replace Terminal Text. Find
2. Select to replace the Full, exact match, or a substring match.
3. If you chose to perform a substring match, select whether only the first occurrence within the text value should be replaced.
4. Define your find and replace with values.
5. Click OK to begin the find and replace operation.
6. Choose to process either the current drawing or the project and click OK.
   • If you chose to process the project, select the drawings to process and add them to the Drawings to Process list. Click OK to continue the operation.
   • If you chose to process the drawing by picks, select the components to process and press Enter.
7. The drawing or project set is scanned to find all the terminals and the current terminal text values. The find value is replaced with the specified replace value.