Find Text

[JONTHEPOPE]

Whats the best way to find text in a drawing with out have to read everything ? is there some kind of fillter like spell check.

eg say i want to find text sf-1 but dont know where its is heres what i think it would look like

 

Defun c: search

 

 

heres what my block objects are

 

 

 
BLOCK REFERENCE  Layer: "DIM"
                           Space: Model space
                  Handle = 80fbb
      Block Name: "tag"
               at point, X=937'-1 1/2"  Y=603'-4 3/4"  Z=    0'-0"
  X scale factor:    -9.600
  Y scale factor:     9.600
  rotation angle: 180.00
  Z scale factor:     9.600
 Scale uniformly: No
 Allow exploding: Yes
                 ATTRIBUTE  Layer: "0"
                           Space: Model space
                  Color: 4 (cyan)    Linetype: "BYLAYER"
                  Handle = 80fbc
            Style = "NTR"
       Annotative: No
            Typeface = Times New Roman
            start point, X=937'-1 1/4"  Y=  602'-4"  Z=    0'-0"

[Attila The Gel]

If you like to find the text in an open drawing you can always tryout the 'FIND' command and search SF-1. you can zoom to it when acad has found something.

[uddfl]

1. Pre-select (grip) all objects in the drawing ("zoom to" only works when you do this)

2. FIND command - Find and replace dialog box should appear

3. Enter the string you're looking for

4. Click "Find" - "Zoom to" should become available

5. Click "Zoom to" to get to the string location

[uddfl]

By the way, I just read somewhere that the "zoom to" option was not included initially on ACAD 2009, and that you have to make sure you have installed Update 1 to correct this bug: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=11581572&linkID=9240618

[Lee Mac]

As you posted this in the Customisation Forum, perhaps a LISP is in order...

 

(defun c:txtfind (/ tVal ss)
 (and (setq tVal (getstring t "\nSpecify String to Search for >  ")
        ss (ssget "X" (list (cons 0 "TEXT,MTEXT")(cons 1 tVal)
         (if (getvar "CTAB")
           (cons 410 (getvar "CTAB"))
           (cons 67 (- 1 (getvar "TILEMODE")))))))
      (sssetfirst nil ss))
 (princ))

[CAB]

I'm curious as to why you are using (cons 67 (- 1 (getvar "TILEMODE")))

when (cons 410 (getvar "CTAB")) i all that is needed.

[Lee Mac]

I'm curious as to why you are using (cons 67 (- 1 (getvar "TILEMODE")))

when (cons 410 (getvar "CTAB")) i all that is needed.

 

I was given advice from David Bethel to use the coding that included the TILEMODE variable as it accounts for ACAD versions that don't have the CTAB system variable.

[CAB]

I see, R14 did not have CTAB.

[Lee Mac]

Spot on