Google-Like Search, with Batch Replacement, Arrives for AutoCAD

Previously released for MicroStation, CadExplorer™ now supports AutoCAD drawing files too, which allows users to find virtually any type of DWG file object across multiple files.

Clearwater, Florida, USA — Axiom, the world’s most experienced third-party developer of products that make MicroStation easier, announces the release of CadExplorer version 4.0. Previously released for MicroStation, CadExplorer now supports AutoCAD DWG files. With the new CadExplorer, users can now find virtually any DGN or DWG file objects (including text, cell or block names, circles, lines, shapes and many others) across multiple files based on a wide range of search criteria, including text strings, cell or block names, level or layer, color, weight, style and many more. It can also make certain batch modifications of DWG objects, a capability which CadExplorer’s MicroStation users have been enjoying for nearly a year now.

Per Axiom, CadExplorer is new technology that lets users ignore the boundaries between CAD files (both MicroStation and AutoCAD) and interactively find, display, analyze, explore, report on, investigate and edit CAD file data in ways never before possible. In addition, Axiom reports that there is no easier way to select, preview and modify text across multiple MicroStation and/or AutoCAD files in batch than with CadExplorer. With CadExplorer, users can modify found text strings in any imaginable way — even using wildcard and regular expression substitution — and can preview proposed text changes before committing them to all their selected CAD files.
CadExplorer shows users virtually all the data contained in one, ten, hundreds or even thousands of design and/or drawing files in an easy-to-use and intuitive grid. Need to see all the cells or blocks that are being used in any project on the network and get a count of each one? A few mouse-clicks is all it takes.

Other features include:

• Quick Search — just type in any string and CadExplorer instantly locates all occurrences of that string across all project files. For MicroStation, CadExplorer supports search of text elements, filenames, cell names, cell descriptions, model names, model descriptions, reference filenames, logical names and descriptions, tag names and tag values. For AutoCAD, CadExplorer supports search of text objects, filenames, block names, block descriptions, model names, model descriptions, external reference filenames, logical names and descriptions, attribute names and attribute values.
• File thumbnails in carousel view.
• File previews.
• Dramatically enhanced user interface experience. Looks like iTunes for CAD.
• Support for Windows Vista 64-Bit operating systems.
• Support for Windows 7 64-Bit operating systems.

How to Contact Axiom
For more information on CadExplorer or to see a free, online demonstration, call Axiom at 727-442-7774 extension 1638 or e-mail 1638@AxiomInt.com or visit Axiom on the Web at www.AxiomInt.com/autocad/cad-explorer/ to find out more about the main features of CadExplorer as they relate to AutoCAD.

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