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Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Mon Jul 18, 2016 10:00 pm
by LotharQ
Hello All,
I'm almost embarrassed to ask this but is there a specific text search & change function in Datacad? I have quite a few drawings that one of the builders that I deal with uses repeatedly and I get tired of having to scour the drawings for 2009 or 2006 to change to the current code cycle.
Thank you
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:25 am
by Roger D
There is a macro "Scrive" that has that function in it.
Also, you can do a Change/Text/Contents and Mask/Text/Text Mask for say 2006, I think you would have to type 2009 each time it finds 2006.
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:53 am
by Neil Blanchard
This would certainly be a great tool!
Does Scrive work with ParaText and MText?
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:20 am
by Roger D
I don't think Scrive will pick it up, but the text mask will work if you select PText at the 3rd page of items.
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:52 am
by Mark F. Madura
From the 'left-hand' Edit menu:
Change --> Text --> Contents --> Mask --> Entity --> Text --> Text Mask
or
Change --> Text --> Contents --> Mask --> Entity --> PText --> Text Mask
or
Change --> Text --> Contents --> Mask --> Entity --> MText --> Text Mask
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:46 am
by joshhuggins
The Subtext macro works well also for substitution of plain text, and converting to all caps. Doesn't work on MText/PText.
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:16 pm
by LotharQ
Thank you Mark,
I have never actual used mask before in all of the time that I have used Datacad, mainly because I understand it. For those of you who use the mask command quite often in what ways do you use it?
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:33 am
by dmartens
Does this not work in DC15? I have all the steps but when I try to select the text it can't find it. This would be a big help if it works in DC15. Thank again for the help.
Dan
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:57 am
by Neil Blanchard
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:12 pm
by Roger D
It should work in v15, I can check later when at another CPU. Is layer search on?
Uses: Esp when getting files from other sources, to quickly mask by color to change to my office standard colors, and select only polylines to change the fill color.
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:09 pm
by dmartens
Layer search is on. was able to Ctrl-r and select text for editing but when I go thru the mask options and enter the text I am looking for then try to select the text it says no object found. this would have been a nice one. maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Thanks again.
Dan
Re: Text Search & Change Function
Posted:
Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:11 am
by melina
My response may be late, but if you have the dhText macro, the search & replace function still works. Of course, not for Ptext or Mtext though.