When placing components using the Place Component dialog and Component Window, it is possible to search for components.
Using Component Search, it is possible to quickly find the desired component from among the many components.

With Search, you can specify detailed conditions for finding a component from the many components in the selected Directory. Components are searched by specifying conditions, etc., such as Component File Name and Attributes.
* "Symbol", "Footprint", and "IPC Footprint" search is a search for Favorites Settings and File Names.

About Advanced Items

There is the direct input to the "Component Window Search Box" method, and the method by setting search contents using the "Advanced" window.
For more details about the Component Window, see here.

Component Window Search Box

Directly input to the search box, and click the magnifying glass icon ****.
When only a character string is searched, search is executed as "File Name".

 

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Advanced from the Component Window

Click the "Advanced" button, set search contents in the "Advanced" window, and then click "OK".

Favorites

This is an option for searching components set as favorites.
* A favorite is indicated by the mark shown at the left of the component.

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File Name

Search is executed using the File Name.

Search Conditions	Content	Example
Match All	Specify by enclosing with "^" and "$".	^XXXXX$
Match-Beginning	Specify by starting with "^".	^XXXXX
End Match	Specify by ending with "$".	XXXXX$
Match Single Arbitrary Text	For a Wildcard, specify using "?".	XXX?XX
Search Including Spaces	Specify by enclosing with quotation marks (").	XX XX"

Narrowed Search

Input an "Attribute", "Search Conditions", or "Value".

 

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Advanced

The following is the operation for Advanced.

-1 From the Component window, click the "Advanced" button.   Or, click the "Advanced" button from the Component Placement Window.

The Advanced screen will open. -2 Click the "Add" button.

-3 Add conditions.

It is possible to set multiple conditions. * When inputting multiple conditions, it becomes an AND search.

-4 Click "OK".

Only items that match the search conditions will be extracted.

- Search can also be executed by inputting conditions in the Search frame instead of selecting from Advanced, and then clicking "Search".
- For a File Name search, search can be executed by inputting a File Name into the Search frame.

When a search is executed and extraction is performed, the search frame becomes yellow as shown below.
In this case, keep in mind that the items are in extraction (filter) status.

Click the ***** icon to clear it.

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Search Options

Type	Setting Methods	Example
File Name Search	-f=" "--file=	-f=400$ --file=400$
ID Search	--id=	--id=4f4d748a6040921280d34b37 (--id= can be omitted. Wildcards cannot be used.)
Search Component Attribute	"Attribute Name="	Reference=IC Value=100k (Attributes on the left are case-sensitive, but values on the right do not distinguish case.)
Toggle Updated Date in Descending Order		--order=-update
Toggle Updated Date in Ascending Order		--order=+update --order=update
Search files edited today		--date=today today
Files changed in the last 24 hours		--date=24h 24h
Files edited in the last 7 days		--date=7day (You can use hour, day, week, month, and year.)
Files changed over one year ago		--date="-1 year -1year

Utilizing ID Search

ID Search allows you to easily find components that have already been placed.
In addition, search can also be executed for lists of components that use a particular symbol.

Utilizing ID Search

The following will explain how to execute an ID Search.

-1 Select a component that has already been placed. -2 Right click Select => [Copy]. (Or, Ctrl + C)

-3 Input to the Search frame, and then click the magnifying glass icon ****. -4 Search Results will be displayed.   When placed components are copies, "Symbol ID Component ID" will be copied. Therefore, search is executed for components that use the same symbol. * If you only want to search for a component, execute a search using only the Component ID.