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Re: Part search
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
Date: 
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:40:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, David Laswell wrote:
In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Dean Earley wrote:
Is there a part search box anywhere in MLCad?
It would be useful to search on part of the description as well as the number
without creating a custom part tree group.

There isn't, but there's a way to work around it.  If you drag any random part
into the display panes, you can right-click on it and select Modify.  This will
bring up a list of parts in alphabetical order (not numerical order, so 410 will
come after 4010, not before).  It'd still be nice to get a part search
capability, though, since this method only allows you to search by part number,
not partial description.

You can click on the "Part Description" header to sort by description, at which
time you can also start typing and it will take you to the next part in the list
matching what you've typed.

ROSCO



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  Re: Part search
 
(...) By "partial description" I was thinking more on the lines of just bringing up any and all "2x2" parts. Anyways, I'm not sure being able to sort by full description is all that helpful. You've got "_Animal" vs "Animal", "_TECHNIC" vs "TECHNIC", (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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  Re: Part search
 
(...) There isn't, but there's a way to work around it. If you drag any random part into the display panes, you can right-click on it and select Modify. This will bring up a list of parts in alphabetical order (not numerical order, so 410 will come (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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