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Reduce the number of search results in the list

  1. If the Filter panel doesn't appear with your search results, click Filter to open it.

  2. Select the filters that describe the information you're interested in. You can pick as many as you want in each category.

    Want some examples of what filters to pick?

     

    If you are

    Then set this filter

    To this value

    A SmartPlant Foundation user with an older version of the software, who does not install or configure that software, and does not use any other Hexagon software.

    Product

    SmartPlant Foundation

    Search by Category

    Help

    Smart Foundation / SDx Version

    The version you're using.

    An IT person who installs Smart3D and several other design tools but does not configure how the software works or use it to do your job.

    Product

    Intergraph Smart 3D

    Search by Category

    Installation and Upgrade

    An in-house trainer who wants to see recent changes for several products your company uses.

    Product

    Each product you're interested in, if you want to see the changes for all products at one time.

    Search by Category

    Release Bulletin

    The list of search results is narrowed down to topics that match at least one of the filters you picked from each category.

  3. Play around with different combinations of filters and search terms until you get a list of search results that's close to what you want.

    Don't see a filter you need?

    If you don't see a filter you need, it's probably because none of your search results come from that category. The Filter panel only includes the categories that the search results come from. For example, if results are only found in two products, those are the only two products you'll see in the panel.

    To see more filters, you can:

    • Search for something less specific to see if more filters appear.

    • Do a blank search to see all possible filters. (A blank search is when you don't put any text in the Search field, but just click Search .)

SHARED Tip If you have an account, you can save a search to use again later.

Other things you can do


If you want to

Then

List search results in a different order

Click Sort By. You can list search results either by how well they match your search or when they were last updated.

Just see one topic, rather than wait for a whole book to open

Click Preview on the search result.

Figure out what book a topic is in

Look at the book name below the topic title. If the topic is in several books, click the drop-down arrow to see them all.