Schematic Capture - Basics
4-32 Electronics Workbench
4.8 Finding Components in Your Circuit
To quickly find a component in the workspace:
1. Choose
Edit/Find. The Find Component dialog box appears.
2. Enter a string in the
Find What field.
Wildcards are allowed, for example:
•“V1” finds only the exact string “V1”
•“*1” finds any string ending with “1”
•“V*” finds any string starting with “V”
•“*V*” finds any string containing “V”
• a “?” anywhere in the string will match exactly one character. For example, “R?” will
match “R1”, but not “R12”.
3. In the
Search for box, select one of the following buttons:
All — searches all elements for entered string
Parts — searches all parts for entered string
Nets — searches all nets for entered string
Off-Page Connectors — searches all off-page connectors for entered string
HB/SC Connectors — searches all HB/SC connectors for entered string.
4. In the
Search Options box, select one of the following from the Search From drop-down:
Current Sheet — search will be conducted on the contents of the current sheet only
Current Design — search will be conducted on the contents of the current design only
All Open Sheets — search will be conducted on the contents of all open sheets
All Open Designs — search will be conducted on the contents of all open designs.
