In MicroStation V8i I used the find/replace text tool all of the time. I especially used on Bill Of Material when I had to put in lengths of reinforcing steel. I would copy and paste text from Excel files. The reinforcing steel would always copy in (i.e. XX' - XX''). There would be a spaces before and after the ' - ''. I could put in the find/replace text to look for it and to replace it so it would take out the extra spaces.
Now in OBM I'm copying and pasting the text the same way. But when I use the find/replace tool it does not recognize those extra spaces around the text. In other words it does not react the same way that the old V8i did.
If anyone has a solution then please let me know.
Hi Barry,
Just left a message for you.
In your file you have a space before the "-" and a tab after the "-". In CONNECT version as a "space" and a "tab" are different characters, the program does not recognize the tab as a space when searched. You will need to search [space "-" tab] and replace it with "-" to get the desired result when using the Find/Replace Text tool.
Better option would be to import the table from excel with spaces before and after the "-" then you will not have to do what I suggest above.
RegardsDilip