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5 - 10 5 Editing the PCB data 1. Using the Editor 1.3.2 Replace To replace a specific data item with another value or character string in the main view window, proceed as follows. 1 Display the data table in which you wa…

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Editing the PCB data
1. Using the Editor
2.Select the data item from the "Select Item" drop-down list.
"Find" dialog box
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3.In the "Find value" or "Find string" box, enter the value or character string you
want to find.
4.Select the "Distinguish capital and small letter" checkbox if necessary.
5.Select the direction of search.
Select "Top of Documents" to start the search from the current position towards the
top of the data lines, or select "End of Documents" to start the search towards the
end of the data lines.
6.Click the [Find Next] button to start the search.
When the specified item is found, the cursor moves there and highlights it. To
continuously find another item under the same conditions, click the [Find Next]
button again.
If no matching item is found, the message box appears. Click the [OK] button to
close the message box. Change the conditions for finding another item as needed.
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Close the "Find" dialog box.
Click the [Cancel] button (or click the Close button in the upper right corner) to close
the "Find" dialog box.
Reference
• Depending on the item selected from the "Select Item" drop-down list, the name of the "Find value" box
becomes "Find string" or "Find data".
• For example, when an item using numeric values such as "X", "Y" and "C. No." is selected, the box name
becomes "Find value".
• When an item using character strings such as "Pattern" is selected, the box name becomes "Find string".
• When the "Skip" parameter is selected, the box name becomes "Find data".
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Editing the PCB data
1. Using the Editor
1.3.2 Replace
To replace a specific data item with another value or character string in the main view
window, proceed as follows.
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Display the data table in which you want to replace a data item.
2
Click at any position in the main view window.
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Replace the data.
1.Select "Replace" from the Edit menu.
The "Replace" dialog box appears.
"Replace" command
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2.Select the data item from the "Select Item" drop-down list.
"Replace" dialog box
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3.In the "Find value" or "Find String" box, enter the value or character string you
want to find.
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NOTE
When you replace all the data, use an asterisk ( * ).
4.In the "Value after replace" or "String after replace" box, enter the value or charac-
ter string you want to replace with.
5.Select the "Distinguish capital and small letter" checkbox if necessary.
6.Select the "Replace Part of String" checkbox if you want to replace a part of the
character string.
7.When replacing the coordinate data such as "X", "Y" and "R", you can add or
subtract a specific value to or from the current data. To enable this function, select
the "Replace Item with Offset" checkbox and enter the offset value in the "Value
after replace" box.
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Editing the PCB data
1. Using the Editor
8.Select the direction of search.
Select "Top of Documents" to start the search from the current position towards the
top of the data lines, or select "End of Documents" to start the search towards the
end of the data lines.
9.Start the search and replace.
To start the search and replace while checking each matching item, click the [Find
Next] button. When the specified item is found, the cursor moves there and high-
lights it. Click the [Replace Find Next] button and repeat the same operation.
When all the matching items have been replaced or no matching item is found, the
message box appears. Click the [OK] button to close the message box.
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NOTE
If you want replace all the matching items at a time, click the [Replace all ] button. The message box appears
after the replace is complete. Click the [OK] button to close the message box.
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Close the "Replace" dialog box.
Click the [Cancel] button (or click the Close button in the upper right corner) to close
the "Find" dialog box.