Use this 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.
The Browse tab displays small bitmap images of drawings in the specified directory. You can sort the preview images by file type.
Browse tab
- File Name
-
The name of the currently selected drawing.
- Directories
-
The names of the directories on the current drive.
- Drives
-
The names of the available drives.
- List Files of Type
-
Select file types to browse for, including drawing files (DWG), drawing interchange format files (DXF), and drawing template files (DWT).
- Size
-
Change the size of the preview images. The options are Small, Medium, and Large.
- Network
-
Use the Map Network Drive dialog box (a Windows system window) to connect to networked drives.
Search tab
- Files
-
View a list of files that meet the search criteria.
- Search Pattern
-
Enter a pattern to search for in file name, based on file type. For example, enter floor* to search for all files that begin with "floor" and are of the file type specified.
If you use wild-card characters, and 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.
- File Types
-
Select the types of files to search for.
Date Filter
Search forward or backward from the specified time or date.
- Time
-
Enter the time from which the system searches forward or backward.
- Date
-
Enter the date from which the system searches. The specified date must be 1/1/80 or later.
Search Location
Specify which drives and paths the system searches.
- Drive
-
View all currently attached drives.
- All Drives
-
View all local hard drives, including removable and network drives.
- Path
-
View directories.
- Open
-
Open the selected file.
- Search
-
Begin searching for the named file according to the search location information. This option changes to Stop Search once the search begins.