5.8.7.3 Find Ports / Find Nets / Find Instances in SmartDesign

These searches are available only when you have a SmartDesign open. SmartDesign highlights your search results for ports / nets / instances on the Canvas.

Match case - Select to search for case-sensitive occurrences of a port / net / instance. This limits the search so it only locates the objects that match the upper- and lowercase characters you enter.

Overwrite previous results - Clears any currently selected ports / nets / instances in your design before selecting the matching ports / nets/ instances.

Append to previous results - Appends any new matches to the currently selected ports / nets/ instances in your design.