Find command doesn't find all instances of keyword

Find command doesn't find all instances of keyword

MByrneX6FAZ
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Find command doesn't find all instances of keyword

MByrneX6FAZ
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I have multiple mtext boxes with the same text in it. However, when I use the find command to locate all of these text boxes using a common keyword, I only get results for one text box. It no longer allows me to see all instances of the searched text. If I press "find next" it acts like the other text boxes don't exist and the "1 match found" window pops up. It worked previously, but now all of the sudden it is only letting me see one occurrence of what I am trying to search for. See picture for this pop up and my find window. 

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pendean
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Share a portion of your DWG file that still exhibits the problem here please: no issues observed in my own files at all.
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MByrneX6FAZ
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I don't understand what you're asking to see. I search for a keyword and I don't get every occurrence of that keyword in my drawing. It just picks one occurrence to show me and then acts as if there is no other occurrences as shown in the screenshot in my post (there is more than one occurrence of the keyword "15B" in my drawing but it is saying that there is only one).

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pendean
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@MByrneX6FAZ wrote:

I don't understand what you're asking to see...


I'm asking that you share a DWG (or a portion of a DWG file) with your content where FIND totally ignores what you are trying to use it to find. In my own files with my own content FIND works absolutely find with your settings.

 

Thanks in advance.

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MByrneX6FAZ
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Oh okay. This project is work related so I can't share the whole thing but I made a excerpt of that document and it is still having the issue with the find command only finding one occurrence.

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pendean
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@MByrneX6FAZ wrote:

Oh okay. This project is work related so I can't share the whole thing but I made a excerpt of that document and it is still having the issue with the find command only finding one occurrence.


Thanks for the sample DWG file. Seems to work here, see below

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MByrneX6FAZ
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I think you found each unique instance of "c" when you used the find command. However, I wanted to see every instance of "c" show up in the find command window even if it is from the same block, just in a different location on the drawing. For example the letter "c" shows up more than twice in the drawing but you only got two results. I thought that previously the find command would show you every instance, not just unique instances. 

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pendean
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Unique instances tend to be limited to your type of object I believe (mtext inside a block used many times), it's not an issue with an attribute inside a block used many times

 

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MByrneX6FAZ
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So they're not all showing up in the find command list because they are mtext within a block and it only lists one of those? Is that what you're saying? 

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pendean
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@MByrneX6FAZ wrote:

So they're not all showing up in the find command list because they are mtext within a block and it only lists one of those? Is that what you're saying? 


That seems to be the case.

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