The center area in the Catalogues window is called the Viewing area. This is where all symbols are displayed with a thumbnail, part number and description. If you right-click the description or the part number, you can open the Symbol Replace dialog from the context menu to choose options for that symbol.

To place a symbol, simply click the preview button and place it onto drawing area. The Explorer dialog will hide itself when doing so. Right click, press the Esc key, or move your cursor outside of the drawing area to end the command, and the explorer dialog reappears.

Sort

The list of items in the viewing area can be sorted in ascending or descending alphabetical order by clicking on the Sort icon to the right of the column name. The Sort icon cannot be seen until the cursor hovers over that area. 

Filters

The Items shown in the viewing area can be filtered using the Part Number and Description so certain items can be found more easily. The initial Quick Filter tool provides options to build your search criteria one selection at a time. However, if additional filtering actions are needed, the Advanced filter can be used instead. Each column can be filtered independently of the other with either tool but only one version of the filter, Quick or Advanced, can be applied to a column at a time.

Quick Filter

The Quick filter will be provided by default. 

1. Click the filter icon in the desired column. 

   

2. Type the search text. As text is entered, the results listed below will update. The checkboxes can be used to include or exclude results.

   

3. By default, Select all search results will be checked, ensuring all search results are included. Uncheck this box to select just certain search results.
4. By default, Add current selection to the filter will be unchecked. Check this box to add items checked to the filter.

5. Click Apply to apply the results to the list of items in the Viewing area. The filter icon will now be solid when criteria has been applied. Click the filter icon to see the filter criteria and continue to modify the list shown with the checkboxes.

   

    

Click Clear filters to remove the filters that have been applied and see the full list of items again. 

If no items are found in a search, the Apply button will be greyed out and unavailable. 

Advanced Filter

For more detailed searches, the Advanced filter can be used to apply multiple criteria. 

1. Click the filter icon and Advanced Filter button.

   

2. Complete the search parameters desired including whether to match all or any of the text entered, additional match criteria in the drop-down options, and the text keywords. You can also choose to ignore the text case.

   

3. Click Add new rule to add additional levels of criteria. 

   

4. Click Apply to apply the results to the list of items in the Viewing area. The filter icon will now be solid when criteria has been applied. Click the filter icon to see the filter criteria and make any further modifications. 

   

    

Click the to remove a rule. 

Click Clear filters to clear the text field contents. Once the content is cleared, click Apply to remove the filters that have been applied and see the full list of items again. The filter tool will then revert back to the Quick filter.