Find Number

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Purpose and description

Although the number (or piece mark) of any part or assembly can be found in Tekla Structures by using the Filters currently embedded within the software, the Find Number extension simplifies this greatly. Back to top

System requirements

Environments: US Imperial, US Metric
Languages: English Back to top

Installing Find Number

To install the application:

1. Close Tekla Structures (if running)
2. Download and install the appropriate package for your version from Tekla Warehouse
3. Reopen Tekla Structures once the installation is complete and you will see:

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Using Find Number

It is advised to only run this extension when numbering is up to date. It will run when numbering might not be up-to-date but will warn of this and may give incorrect results.

Start the Find Number extension by clicking the toolbar icon or double-clicking on the thumbnail in Applications & components.

1. Select whether you are looking for a Part number, an Assembly number or both
2. Enter the value to be found in the text field

3. Click find to highlight the objects conforming to the number defined.
4. Use the existing ’Show Only Selected’ view or command or ’Fit Work Area to Selected Parts’ command to ensure easier identification of highlighted parts.

Examples

1. To search for one part number enter the part prefix and the specific number (e.g. p1)
2. To search for a range of numbers, use a wildcard asterisk (e.g. p* will find every item beginning with a lower case ’p’)
3. To search for a few specific marks use a comma separator (e.g. p1,p2,p3 will find numbers 1 thru 3 prefixed with p)
4. Character wildcards can be used too (e.g. ??3 will find everything with 2 characters in front of a ’3’ like w13, w23, CC3, CD3)
5. To search for parts or assemblies that have a space in the prefix use the character wildcard (e.g. B?H2 will find everything that has a "B H2" mark)

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Additional information

• Ranges cannot be defined for searching (e.g. p1-p4)

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