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When searching for text in a 3D view, the viewport will temporarily change
to a 2D viewport so that text is not blocked by 3D objects in your drawing.
With FIND, you can use wild-card characters in your search.
Character
# (Pound)
@ (At)
. (Period)
* (Asterisk)
? (Question mark)
~ (Tilde)
[ ]
[~]
[-]
` (Reverse quote)
Check Spelling
You can check the spelling of all text as it is entered in your drawing. You can
also specify the specific language dictionary that is used and customize and
manage multiple custom spelling dictionaries.
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Definition
Matches any numeric digit
Matches any alphabetic character
Matches any non-alphanumeric character
Matches any string and can be used anywhere in the search
string
Matches any single character; for example, ?BC matches ABC,
3BC, and so on
Matches anything but the pattern; for example; ~*AB*matches
all strings that do not contain AB
Matches any one of the characters enclosed; for example,
[AB]C matches AC and BC
Matches any character not enclosed; for example, [~AB]C
matches XC but not AC
Specifies a range for a single character; for example, [A-G]C
matches AC, BC, and so on to GC, but not HC
Reads the next character literally; for example, `~AB matches
~AB
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