Search by part description

1. Click from theTools toobar.
   
   

2. Under Search Field, select Part Description.
   
   

3. Under Manufacturer or Project File Type, select the manufacturer, Custom Catalog or Worksheets.
   
   

4. Under Catalog or Project File, select the catalog, custom catalog or worksheet.
   
   

5. Under Search String, type the full or partial part description.
   
   You can use wildcards to replace missing or unknown characters.  The * will replace a string of characters. The ? will only replace one character. You may have more than one wildcard in a search string.
   
   

6. Click Search. Your completed search should look similar to the image below. If there is no match, no items will appear.
   
   
   
   

7. Hover over an item to select it.
   
   

8. Click any of the following:
   
   Specify to launch Options, where you can specify finish options for the selected item.
   Explore to go to the product's location in the Content tab.
   Send To to send the item to a custom catalog, worksheet or drawing

Note: The more catalogs you search through, the longer it will take. Click the Abort button if the search takes too long.

When you finish a search, search results are displayed in the Explorer Search tab. From here you can select products and send them into drawings or worksheets as you would from the Content tab.