Defining Search Data

You can enter a document Label, Project ID or another search term as the search criteria. When defining search terms, you can use an asterisk (*) to replace several characters or a question mark (?) to replace a single character. When the document to be opened is a model, you can refine the search by defining the type as Part or Assembly.

When the search returns more than one document, you can select the document to be opened from the List, based on the documents' Archives Card or from the Images (default). The selected method is used until you change it. Confirm the search criteria in the database views.

Define the search data in the database view as follows:

1. Do one of the following:
   • Enter the document label in the dialog box and click Open. The document will be opened in the working window.
   • If you do not know the document label, enter search terms for the document in the database view.
2. Once you confirm the data, one of the following happens:
   • If the search term used is a document number, the document will be opened directly in the working window.
   • Documents that meet the search criteria are opened in the browser, when the selection method is From Images browsing (default).
   • The Archives Data of documents meeting the search criteria are opened From List or From Archive Cards.
3. When the search returns more than one document, select the desired document.

Note

• You can view a document based on the image and the data in the browser before making the selection. If necessary, you can even delete a document from the archive using the browser functions.

• You can open a model's drawing for viewing using this function, and edit it using the 2D drawing functions. To edit the projections of a model's drawing and update data, first open the model in the working window, then open the drawing using the context-sensitive Drawings function.

Open an Archived Model
Open the Drawing of an Archived Model
Add a Part from the Model Archive