Find Parts, via CTRL+F or ICN

Find part: CTRL + F

The search function allows selective searching for parts with specific properties. You can access the search function 

• via the key combination CTRL + F or
• by clicking the Find icon in the 2D/3D-Part structure tabs of the ICN.

The Find part(s) window

• Define search criteria
• Search result
• Preview and attributes
• Process found parts

Define search criteria

You define the required search criteria by activating or deactivating the corresponding checkboxes and entering the data you are looking for. The Windows standard wildcards * and ? are also allowed in the text input fields.

You can limit the search to components which are relevant to Bills of Materials (BOMs) or not relevant to BOMs using the BOM-relevant checkbox. You can assign this property to parts using the Part attributes function in the Properties menu.

You start the search by

• clicking the Start search button or

• calling the Find menu and selecting Start search or
• selecting the Start/Cancel search function in the toolbar.

You can also enter a numerical range for item numbers, e.g. 200-500. HiCAD will then search for parts the item numbers of which fall into the specified range.

Search result

All parts which fulfil the selected search criteria are displayed in the search result list (2).  To change the sorting, simply click one of the column headings. You can change the column width of the result list by dragging the frame lines with the mouse.

To define the display of the result list, proceed as follows:

1. Select the View entry in the menu bar of the search window.
2. In the displayed mask, deactivate the fields which you do not want to be displayed in the result list.

The toolbar of the search window provides the following functions for printing the result list:

Please note:

• The number of found parts and the number of the parts selected in the result list will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window.

• If desired, you can rearrange the columns of the search results by Drag & Drop.

Preview and Attributes

For each part in the result list, you can use the Preview and Part attributes tabs to display a graphic preview of the part as well as the attributes assigned to the part. Displayed will be the attributes you have assigned to a part with the Part attributes function. You can also assign or change these attributes directly in the Part attributes tab.

Edit/process found parts

The parts displayed in the result list can be processed directly in the search result list (left mouse button). Also a multiple selection of parts (left mouse button + CTRL or SHIFT).

The selected parts are highlighted in colour and can be processed via the context menu (right mouse button), with the functions of the Edit menu or the functions of the toolbar. This allows you, for example, to assign all parts with a specific colour to another layer, to assign to all parts a different colour, or make them BOM- relevant.

Processing functions overview:

	Start search/Cancel		Delete material
	Delete selected parts		Activate part + close window *
	Change colour		Rename *
	Change layer		Itemisation *
	Assign material		Print result list
	Save result list as text file		Save result list as HTML file

* not available for multiple selections

In addition, you can set the marked parts in the list to BOM-relevant (or remove the BOM-relevance). This function is available in the Edit menu and in the context menu.

Please note:

• If several parts have been selected in the search result window, the Copy selection to ICN function is displayed in the context menu (right mouse button) instead of Activate part. This function closes the search window and highlights the selected parts in the ICN. You can use the List view, Active part list 3-D function to select the search result as a list view.
• The number of found parts and the number of the parts selected in the result list will be shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window.

Find Parts, via Transparent Toolbar • Part Properties and Attributes • Bills of Materials • 3-D Model Drawing