From the Resource Manager tool bar, click the disclosure arrow to the left of the search box and select your search options.
Click
to show/hide the options.
Enter a search string and optionally one or more basic Boolean search operators in the search box and press Enter to execute the search. The search locates the string in resource names, tags, and (if Include Records is selected in the search options) records attached to resources.
Vectorworks recognizes Boolean search operators “” (quotation marks), * (search for strings that begin with the characters indicated), AND, NOT, and OR. Boolean operators can be combined, such as combining two strings inside quotation marks with the word OR, to create precise searches.
The search operators AND, NOT, and OR are case sensitive; they must be entered in all capital letters to function correctly.
The search box retains and displays the last 10 searches; to clear this list, scroll to the bottom of the list and click Clear Recent Searches.
Search Example |
Possible Results |
green chair (no quotation marks) |
Results with the search terms green and chair anywhere in the resource name, tags, and optionally record are returned ● green chair ● chair with green stripes ● green hatch with the word chair in the tag |
“green chair” (quotation marks) |
Results with the exact string inside the quotation marks, the word green immediately followed by the word chair, are returned ● green chair |
green c* |
Results with the search term green and any term that begins with the letter c are returned ● green chair ● chair with green stripes ● green couch ● car with green in the tag |
“green c”* |
Results with the word green immediately followed by a word that beings with the letter c are returned ● green chair ● green couch ● green car |
“green c*” |
Results with the exact string inside the quotation marks, the word green immediately followed by the letter c and * (an asterisk), are returned; inside the quotation marks, an asterisk not does behave as a Boolean operator but merely as an asterisk ● green c* |
green AND chair |
AND searches are the default, so the command is not necessary for basic searches; this search returns the same results as searching for green chair. ● green chair ● chair with green stripes ● green hatch with the word chair in the tag However, AND can be used with other operators to craft a specific search. |
“green chair” AND table |
Results with the exact string inside the quotation marks, the word green immediately followed by the word chair, AND the word table are returned ● green chair with table in the tag ● combination symbol named “green chair and side table” |
green NOT chair |
Results that contain the first term but do not contain the excluded term are returned ● green couch ● green car |
green OR chair |
Results with at least one of the search terms are returned ● green chair ● green couch ● red chair |
Resources that match the search display in the resource viewer pane. Standard context menu commands are available for the resources, or you can drag the resource to another file if desired. Two additional features are available for search results: