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Creating a Filter

Select any view in the Equations dialog box.
Enter your filter criteria in the Filter field and press Enter.
The filter returns results that contain characters in any column. For example, entering ov might return the global variable overall length, an equation that includes overall length as one of its terms, and another equation that has a comment Don’t overlook the ring.
Continue to enter criteria until you find the desired global variable, feature, or equation.
Clear the filter by clicking X in the Filter field.

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