Selecting Using the Find... Command in Favorites Mode

The Favorites mode lets you save your favorite queries in order to reuse them as many times as you wish, without having to reenter your search criteria.

You cannot create favorite queries requiring a selection but you can include predefined favorite queries.

Before you begin:
  • Multiple Find dialog boxes can be open at the same time.
  • Favorites are stored across sessions because they are stored with your settings in the SearchFavoriteQueries.CATSettings file. This enables you to recover your favorite queries from one session to another.
Related Topics
Find... Command
Color Palette

  1. Select Edit > Find... (or press Ctrl+F).



  2. In the Find dialog box, run a quick search.

    In our example, we enter the workbench Sketcher in the Workbench list and the type Point in the Type list.

  3. In the Color list, select From Element from the list then select a line from the geometry area before clicking the Find button.

    In our example, we are searching for lines displayed in Dark Grey Green color.

  4. Click the Add to favorites... button then click OK.

    The query is added to your favorites:

  5. Close the Find dialog box then re-open it.

  6. Select the Favorites tab.

    Your query is displayed in the Favorites list:

    Important: Queries can be stored independently from the language (they are called "transformat queries"). This enables you to run queries created by other users whatever the session language.

  7. Double-click the query to begin the search.

    The scope option in the Look list is automatically updated to match your search criteria and the query is generated in the Query box (the generated query is not editable and is displayed for information only):

    Double-clicking a query in the Favorites mode automatically updates the data displayed under the General tab accordingly and the objects are preselected in the geometry area.

    Tip:
    • A query can be modified directly in the Favorites list by clicking its name or its contents under the corresponding column.
    • When the scope is modified through the Look list, the selected query (if any) is run with this scope.

  8. To modify the query syntax, click the text displayed in the Query column then enter your new query, for instance:

    NAME=Sketch*,all

  9. To modify the query name, click the name displayed in the Name column then enter the new name, for instance:

    MyQuery

  10. Click the Find button:



  11. To modify the search scope, select the query syntax once more then enter the new scope to be used, for instance:

    (Name=Sketch* & Color=Black),in

    Important: You can use the power input box to run a query. For instance, you can enter:

    favorite=MyQuery1 or f=MyQuery1

    This gives a result but you may need to modify the scope option. This can also be done in the power input box by entering, for instance:

    favorite=MyQuery1, all or f=MyQuery1, all

  12. Click OK to exit search mode.