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    Hi everybody,
    I have 4000 drawings . I want to search text of every drawing without opening the drawings. Is it possible. Please advice.

    Animesh Kundu

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    Default Re: Search text within drawings, without actually opening drawings

    Hi

    For starters, take a look at the following thread (and links found within)...

    Cataloging software that would allow someone to search for text in a drawing

    Have a good one, Mike

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    Exclamation Re: Search text within drawings, without actually opening drawings

    Quote Originally Posted by Animesh Kundu
    Hi everybody,
    I have 4000 drawings . I want to search text of every drawing without opening the drawings. Is it possible. Please advice.

    Animesh Kundu
    What version are these drawings?

    Depending on that answer, you may be able to use Windows Search (Win+F) to do this.

    Short of that, ToolPac includes a drawing search routine. See a demo here: http://www.dotsoft.com/demos/tpdwgsearch.htm
    R.K. McSwain | CAD Panacea |

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    Default Re: Search text within drawings, without actually opening drawings

    I read somewhere that there is some functionality like this built into Windows Vista for newer releases of AutoCAD

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