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For example, enter author:jsmith in the Search field to find all of the DWG
files where the author was JSmith.
More than one property:value pair can be used in a search string. For example,
you can search for all of the drawing files identified as seating which were
created by jsmith by entering objecttype:seating author:jsmith in the
Search field.
You can create custom properties and values for your files on the AutoCAD
properties dialog box. See Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties
in Content Explorer
on page 139 for more information.
Use Attributes and Value Pairs
An attribute:value pair is the block attribute and specific value for which you
want to search. To search for a block attribute with a specific value, enter the
data as attribute:value in the Search field.
For example, enter Designedby:JohnDoe in the Search field to find all of
the objects designed by John Doe.
Search Text for a Specific Value
With the basic search capability, you can enter a text string and the search
engine will return all files with a file name, keyword, title, author, or other
properties that meet the string criteria, as well as any files containing the
string, and objects with names that match the text string. Sometimes this type
of string search will return more results than you need.
Use the text:string pair to search only for text entities, such as leaders, fields,
hyperlinks, MText, tables, or any other text that may show up on a drawing.
This type of search parameter will not search file-level properties, such as
Author or Title.
To search for a specific text string, enter the data as text:string in the
Search field.
For example, enter text:reviewed in the Search field to find all of the files
with text entities containing the string “reviewed.”
Search with Boolean Operators
You can use operators to further refine your search results.
For example, to search for all of the files identified as seating that were not
authored by JSmith, enter objecttype:seating NOT author:jsmith in
the Search field.
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