Search for and Filter Drawings
Objective
To search for and filter drawings in the project's Drawings log.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Read Only' or higher permissions on the Drawings tool.
- Additional Information:
- The search function respects any selected filter parameters and will only search for items within the filtered results.
- The Drawings tool remembers up to five of your last searches. The list of recent search terms appears when you click into the Search bar.
Note: Click 'x' if you want to remove a recent search term from the list. - If you want to search for text that appears within drawings, see Search Text Within Drawings.
Steps
Search for Drawings
- Navigate to the project's Drawings tool.
- Enter a term in the search bar.
Note: If you want to search through only drawing numbers or titles, enter one of the following search modifiers into the search bar:- Enter "number:" before your search term to search drawing numbers.
- Enter "title:" before your search term to search drawing titles.
- Enter "number:" before your search term to search drawing numbers.
- Click Search.
- To clear the search, click the 'x' in the search bar.
Filter Drawings
- Click the Add Filter drop-down menu.
- Select the filter you want to apply. The following filters are available:
- Discipline
- Set Name
- If custom fields have been added for the project's Drawings tool, you can filter by fields of the following type: Single Select, Multi Select, and Checkbox. See Create New Custom Fields.
Sort Drawing Sets
- Click Drawing Sets.
Note: Make sure the List view is selected. - Click one of the following column titles to sort by that parameter:
- Name
- Set Date
- Published
- Unpublished