You can search for instances already present in the Design
explorer view, in all the open locations or only a specific
one.
- Open the Design explorer view. One
or more location must already exist and be opened in the view.
- Click the
button in the toolbar
or the Search menu and select the Design
search wizard.
- Enter your search criteria in this wizard:
- Search string: Enter the character
string you want to search for. You can use the following wild card
characters:
- An asterisk matches one or more characters of any value.
- A question mark matches a single character of any value.
- Case sensitive: Check this box if
the character string to search for is to match the case entered here.
- Search for: Check the entities you
want to search for.
- Limit to: If you want to limit the
search to the instance name, or to the keywords entered on the instance,
or the instance label, check the corresponding boxes. You can combine
these criteria.
- Scope You can search all the open
locations or limit the search to only one location. To specify one
location, check the Location radio button and
click the downqard arrow to display all the available locations and
select one.
- Click Search to start searching.
Results
You automatically switch to the
Design Search view,
where the result of the search is displayed.