Using the Histogram to Filter

The Features Histogram dialog box displays selected features as nodes in a tree, grouped by type (lines, pads, surfaces, and text). A node can be expanded to display the name of each feature, and its polarity, count, resize information, and degree of rotation.

Procedure

Click the Features Filter tool .
In the Features Filter dialog box, click the Histogram button.
The Features Histogram dialog box opens, with selection status of all features.
Choose Edit > Search or press Ctrl-S.
The Search Pattern dialog box opens.
Define the Search Pattern:
Specify whether the search should be case sensitive or not.

Click the button of the requisite action in the Features Histogram dialog box.

Field	Description
Select	Select features according to a pattern.
Unselect	Remove the selection of all filtered features.
Highlight	Highlight all filtered features.
Turn Off	Remove highlighting of features.
Update	Refresh the histogram to reflect the features selected in the graphic area. Update can be configured to be continuous.
Expand All	Expand the feature tree to all levels.
Collapse	Collapse the feature tree.