Search for products

Use Block Replace to quickly replace a part with another. The replacement part will inherit and display any visibility settings of the original symbol.

1. Click the Block Replace icon in the Cap Edit toolbar.
   
   
   
   

2. Under Replace Type, select Part.
   
   

3. Under Objects, choose to search among Select(ed) Objects or All Objects.  Select Objects takes you back to the drawing temporarily.
   
   

4. Under Filter by, start typing the Part Number and the QuickSearch feature will display a list of possible matches, up to a maximum of 50.  This list will contract as you type more characters.
   Note: If you want QuickSearch to look only in a certain catalog, type in the Catalog code first before you type the Part Number.
   
   OR, click the Search Catalog icon  to browse the installed catalogs.
   
   OR, click Select Object to select the object on the drawing.
   
   

5. Under Replace With use the options explained in Step 4 to choose the replacement part.
   
   

6. Check Copy Assigned Tag Values if the part has an appended tag.
   
   

7. Click Replace.

Note:  If you disabled QuickSearch through Preferences, you will not see a list of matches as you type in the Part Number.

Use Block Replace to quickly replace a standard or a panel configuration with another. The replacement item will inherit and display any visibility settings of the original symbol.

1. Click the Block Replace icon in the Cap Edit toolbar.
   
   

2. Under Replace Type, select Standard/Panel Config.
   
   

3. Under Objects, choose to search among Select(ed) Objects or All Objects.  Select Objects takes you back to the drawing temporarily.
   
   

4. Under Filter by, start typing the Standard Name and the QuickSearch feature will display a list of possible matches, up to a maximum of 50.  This list will contract as you type more characters.
   OR, click the Search Part icon  to browse the saved standards or panel configurations.
   OR, click Select Object to select the object on the drawing.
   
   

5. Under Replace With use the options explained in Step 4 to choose the replacement standard/config.
   
   

6. Check Copy Alias Tag Values if the block/part as an appended tag.
   
   

7. Click Replace.

Note:  If you disabled QuickSearch through Preferences, you will not see a list of matches as you type in the Standard Name.

Use the Block Info Edit  to reassign item information based on your preferences and in blocks, individually, or throughout an entire design. You can change information such as the Catalog code, Manufacturer code, and Alias tags.

Here's a business situation where Block Info Edit may be very useful: Some product lines are made up items that are a subset or a group of subsets from other product lines whose purpose is to quick ship or apply special pricing. This causes extra work for designers in completing the space plan in one product line and then place the order from another product line. Associated Worksheets do not allow users to change the Catalog or Manufacturer code within the Worksheet, so Block Info Edit allows swapping of any selected objects up to en entire design.

1. Click on the Cap Edit toolbar.
   
   
   
   

2. Under Find, click the arrow down and select:
   Type in to type in the text or code based on the Data Field you select.
   All items to replace all items with the replacement information based on the Data field selected.
   Empty field to replace all empty fields with the replacement information based on the Data field selected.
   
   

3. Under Replace with, type in the text or code based on the Data Field you select.
   
   

4. Under Data field, select the item data to be replaced.
   
   
   
   

5. Under Objects, click Select Objects and make your selection on the drawing or click All Objects.
   
   

6. Check Apply only to valid Part Numbers if you are replacing the Catalog Code or to replace the Part Number value to validate the new PN in the catalog.
   
   

7. Click OK.

Cap's QuickSearch feature displays a list of possible matches as you type in a part number.  This feature is available from the Explorer pane's Content tab, the Insert Symbol dialog box, the Insert by Part Number dialog box and the Block Replace dialog box.

See Use QuickSearch from the Content tab

To change QuickSearch behavior, go to the Office menu, select Preferences, then click QuickSearch. For more information see QuickSearch preferences in Worksheet help.

2020 Search is a tool to search for products in: manufacturer's catalogs, custom catalogs, and worksheets.

This tool is useful when searching multiple catalogs for products with a common element (panels, for example). 2020 Search displays the search results in the Explorer pane's Search tab.

To access 2020 Search, from the Office menu select 2020 Search.

See the following topics in the Worksheet help for the two types of criteria you can use to search:

• Search by part number

• Search by part description