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Find, edit, or replace component text
1 Click the arrow on the Retag Components tool to access the
Find/Edit/Replace Component Text tool.
2 Click the Find/Edit/Replace Component Text tool.
3 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 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.
4 Click the Find check box next to the attribute you want to
find.
5 Enter the attribute value or click the List button to select the
value from a list of current text values.
6 Click the Replace check box for the selected attribute and type
a new text string in the edit box.
7 Select to find and replace the exact text value or sub-strings
within the attribute value.
8 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:
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