You can search for a drawing using name, location, and date filters, properties such as keywords that you added to the drawing, or text strings containing a specific word or phrase.
- Search in Microsoft® Windows® for drawings using name, location, and date filters. You can also specify a word or phrase contained in the drawing file. You can search for all textual data except text in tables, fields, and xrefs within a drawing. Supported drawing file types include DWG, DWF, DWT, and DWS.
Note: If no search results are found, verify the drawings you are searching are not in an indexed folder. Use the Windows Indexing Options utility to see which folders are indexed. You may need to remove the folders in which your drawings are stored and rebuild the index for the text within a drawing to properly be searched.
- Use the Search dialog box for DesignCenter™ to search for Microsoft Windows file properties, such as title or keyword, that you added to drawings.
- Use the Select File dialog box for the OPEN command to display drawing file previews. When the THUMBSAVE system variable is on, a raster preview image is automatically generated and stored with the drawing when you save it.