Cimatron E Explorer: Search



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The Search is the left pane of the Cimatron E Explorer.

A number of search criteria can be used when running a query. These are:

Name of item

Creation or modification Date

Other Advanced criteria

 

Name

Search for an item by name.

  1. Enter the Name of the item you are looking for.

  2. Define the Type of item:

  1. Define the search folder (Look In).

  2. Decide whether to include sub-folders.

  3. Press Find Now. (New Search removes the search criteria; Stop cancels a search in process).

  4. The search results are displayed in the Document Control pane. All document names that match the search criteria are displayed.
    The search results show the
    document name, the full path name and the type of document (Assembly Document, Part Document, etc.).
    To open the desired document, either select it and press the
    Select button at the bottom of the window, or right-click the document and press Select in the popup menu.

Example using Name:

  1. The search results are kept in the Cimatron E Browser until the Browser is closed (either by selecting a document or canceling or closing the dialog). A separate branch Search 1 appears in the tree. Multiple searches can be done one after the other, with all the search results stored in the appropriate search branches (until the Browser is closed).
    Select a search branch to display the search results specific to that branch.

Initial State of the Browser tree, before a Search.

After a search, the branch Search 1 is added to the tree.

After each search another search branch is added to the tree.
 

 

Date

Search for an item by date.

  1. Decide whether you want to search All Documents or documents Modified on certain days.

If Modified, either enter the Between dates criteria or Previous number of days during which the document was modified.

  1. Press Find Now. (New Search removes the search criteria; Stop cancels a search in process).

  2. The search results are displayed in the Document Control pane.

 

Advanced

Search for an item using the Advanced criteria.

  1. Decide which Field to search.

  2. Enter the search criteria in the Value box.

Multiple searches can be made.

  1. Press Find Now. (New Search removes the search criteria; Stop cancels a search in process).

  2. The search results are displayed in the Document Control pane.

Example using Advanced:

 

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