To Locate a Content Center Part in the Content Center library

Use the Quick or Advanced Search to find an item in the Content Center library. Alternately, you can right-click on a Content Center part in an assembly file, select Component Find in Editor to locate the part in the Content Center Editor dialog box.

To Locate a Content Center Part in the Content Center library from the Graphics Window

1. In an assembly file, right-click on a Content Center part.

2. Select Component Find in Editor.

   The Content Center Editor dialog box opens to the location of the part in the Content Center library.

Time needed for searching depends on the amount of data included in the Search and on the accessibility of servers. To speed up the search, you can exclude some categories from the search, or define searching criteria for particular family properties or category parameters. You can also use filters to remove categories, manufacturers, or international standards from the search. To narrow the search results list, exclude some categories from the search, or define additional searching conditions for family or category parameters. Then run the search again.

Use Quick Search

Quick Search finds members or families with a specific string in the Family Name, Description, Part Number, and Standard property. All available content is included in the search.

1. In the Place from Content Center or Content Center Editor dialog box, if not visible, click to display the Quick Search section.

2. Enter a string in the Advanced text field. You can also select a previously used string from the drop-down list. Press ENTER or specify additional criteria as desired:

   • Click the Look For drop-down arrow and select Families or Members to look for component families, or Members to find all family members (parts) that match the searching criteria.
   • To further narrow the search, click the More conditions icon and enter the appropriate text to be searched for.

3. Press ENTER. To save the search, click the Save button. The search query saves to the active search category.

   

Advanced Search

1. To use full version of Advanced Search, click Advanced and create conditions to search on:

   • The Look in field is automatically populated with the category selected under Category View. If desired, click the Look for drop-down menu and select Members to look for a to find all family members (parts) that match the searching criteria.

   • Click Categories.

     • In the Choose Categories dialog box, if desired, change the selection to include in the search.
     • Select Search Subcategories to include also families from all subcategories of the selected categories. Clear the Search Subcategories box to include only families stored directly in the selected categories.
     • Review the list of the selected categories at the bottom of the dialog box. Then click OK to confirm the selection and to close the Choose Categories dialog box.

   • In the Parameter list, select a Category parameter to include in the search criterion.

     Note: Only category parameters common for all selected categories can be used for searching.

   • In the Condition list, select a conditional statement.

   • Enter a value to add to the condition.

     Enter a value with the unit for numeric values. If the unit is not specified, centimeters are used as the default unit.

     If you select the In List operator, use a semicolon to separate individual values.

     If you select Material as Parameter, click next to the Value field to select materials from the list.

   • Click Add to List to add a criterion in the list of search criteria. If more search criteria are added in the list, the search combines the criteria and performs an AND search.

   • To delete a search criterion, select it, and click Remove.

2. Click Search Now. The results of the search are displayed at the bottom of the dialog box.

3. Click Move to Content Center to display the Search results in the Content Center dialog box and to close the Advanced Search dialog box.

Tips for using Search Results list

• To navigate directly to a parent category, right-click a component, and select Navigate to Category.
• To add a Search Result component to your Favorites list, right-click the Search result component, and select Add to Favorites.
• To place a Search Result component into an assembly or part file, double-click the component or select the component and click OK. (Available only in the Place from Content Center dialog box.)
• To access the last Search Results list in the current or future session of Autodesk Inventor, click Search Results in the Category View browser.