
11 Hybrid Editing Tools
Searching and Replacing Raster and Vector
Objects
The search and replace operation can find vector or raster (monochrome and color)
objects and replace them with any other vector or raster item. The operation can be
applied to sets of vector objects.
The search and replace operation is performed using the following dialog box.
First it is necessary to specify, what templates should be found and with what they
will be replaced. For searching and replacing templates of single type the
Classic
tab is used. If it is necessary to operate with a complicated set of different types,
then the
SRTL
tab should be used.
To specify a single template switch to Classic tab. Place a raster selection or vector
data in the
Find What
box – to define a sample for searching – and setup searching
parameters. To replace found objects, also place the replacing vector or raster
selection in the
Replace With
box.
Raster selections can be replaced with raster or vector samples. Vector selections
can only be replaced with vector samples.
The command also allows sets of vector objects to be found, which in combination
resemble the vector sample. Lines, arcs, circles, and polylines can be used as a
sample sets. Vector objects to be found by this command must be composed of line
segments, arcs, and circles only.