Open

Menu: File / Open

Shortcut Key: Ctrl+O

Toolbox Icon:

Opens a drawing file and loads it onto the screen as the current drawing.

Using the Command

Choose the Open command.

In the Look In box select the location of the file. In the Files of Type box select the type of file you want to open. Enter or select the name of the file you want to open. Click the Open button when you have entered the necessary information.

If you already have a drawing on the screen, it will not close that drawing but will open a second drawing. If you already have several documents open and try to start a new one, DesignCAD may warn you that it's not possible to another document.

In this case, close one or more of your drawings, or other open applications, and try Open again. The number of documents that you can have open depends on the amount of memory on your system, the number of other applications that are open, the complexity of each drawing, the number of view windows you have opened for each drawing, and other factors.

Ignore Drawing View Data: DesignCAD will ignore view angles and distances at which the drawing was previously saved. DesignCAD loads the drawing using the default views and viewing angles for the appropriate drawing mode (i.e., 2D Mode or 3D Mode).