Quickly Find and Edit Objects Using Global Queries

Every designer faces signifi cant challenges once a board gets overpopulated with parts and traces. One of the greatest tasks of working with complex electronic designs is managing a large number of design objects. PCB or schematic fi ltering lets you fi nd a “needle in a haystack” when you need to. Often, when you are working with schematics or PCB documents, you need to select objects of a given type, or that possess some common attribute. Filtering tools should allow users to search for information in the schematic or PCB documents by entering keywords to perform expressions.