No Part Number Searches
You turn off part number searching by selecting Disable All Library Searching for Search method under Parts Library Search in the Options window. For more information, see Turning Off and On Part Number Searching.
When part number searching is turned off, the following behavior results:
No automatic searching for part number occurs when you manually enter a part number in a System file or Prediction Parts Library file.
No automatic searching for part numbers occur during a part import.
No parts can be added to Prediction Correlation files. This is because Prediction Parts Library files must be searched to find corresponding part numbers.
As long as Disable All Library Searching is the search method, all other options under Parts Library Search are ignored. For more information, see Parts Library Search User Options.