The number is in the name, the title is not
Files are saved under whatever the sender typed. A search for the sheet number finds nothing because it was in the title block, and the superintendent scrolls a folder of two hundred files instead.
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Search construction drawings by number and title
In the office and on site, people need the latest drawing by its number in seconds, and sometimes a word that only appears inside the PDF. This page explains what Fidrel’s document search matches, how to land on the current revision rather than an old one, and where the search stops.
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Why finding the sheet takes so long
Old revisions look like current ones
A search that returns three files with the same number leaves the reader to guess which is newest. The wrong guess is built from.
The word is inside the PDF
A note on a detail, a room name, an equipment tag: these live in the drawing’s own text and in no file name. Finding them means opening sheets one at a time.
What the list search matches
The list search looks at five things for each file: its title, its document number, its discipline, its type and the name of the uploaded file. It ignores capital letters, and it finds a word anywhere in those fields. When you type something, it looks at every file in the project that you may open, not only the folder you are standing in. With nothing typed, the Folder, All files and Recent views apply, and the Recent view means the last 14 days of changes, newest first.
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Getting the latest revision, not an old one
A document number belongs to one document in the project, and a new revision of it is a new version of that same document. That is why a search by number returns one row for the sheet instead of one row per revision. The row shows the current revision, and the earlier ones sit behind its Versions tab, each with the date it was uploaded. If your project numbers sheets in a consistent way, the number alone is the quickest search; see the register view when you want the whole set grouped by discipline.
From a number to the current revision
Step 1
Type the number or the words
Use Search in Documents and type a sheet number, a word from the title, a discipline or part of a file name. Several words are allowed, and every word has to match somewhere in that file’s title, number, discipline, type or file name.
Step 2
Narrow with filters
Open Filters to limit the list by discipline, status or file type, and choose Clear filters to start over. Sort by Document number, Name, Revision, Status, Size or Last modified, ascending or descending.
Step 3
Check the revision and open it
The Rev. and status columns show the current revision of each file. Open the row, and the Versions tab lists the earlier ones. The register view under Drawings groups the same sheets by discipline and can show All revisions, with earlier ones marked Superseded.
Step 4
Search the text inside the PDF
With a PDF open in the viewer, use Search the document. It reports matches as a count such as 2 of 7, and Previous match and Next match step through them. No matches is shown when the word is not in that file.
Searching inside an open PDF
Once a PDF is open, Search the document looks through that file’s text and steps through the matches. It works on one open document at a time, so it suits questions like which sheet shows a given equipment tag after you have narrowed the list to the right set. Use the list search to find the file and the document search to find the word.
Where the search stops
The list search does not look inside files; it matches the title, number, discipline, type and file name only. The text search covers the document that is open, not every drawing in the project at once. Fidrel does not read the title block of a sheet to fill in its number, so a file named carelessly is found by what you typed into its fields or its name, and a document controller who checks numbers on upload gives the search its power. A DWG file can be found by number and opened for viewing but is never edited in Fidrel.
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The title, document number, discipline, document type and file name. Type several words and each one must match somewhere in the file’s details.
Not the list search. Open a PDF in the viewer and use Search the document to find text inside that file and step through the matches.
Switch the view to Recent, which lists files changed in the last 14 days, or sort any list by Last modified in descending order.
The row shows the current revision in the Rev. column. The Versions tab lists earlier versions, and in the drawing register you can switch between Current revision and All revisions.
Yes. Open Filters and choose a discipline, and add status or file type if you want. Clear filters returns to the full list.
The document search works in one open PDF at a time. For the whole project, the list search finds files by title, number, discipline, type and file name.