Introduction
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User Interface
SolidWorks Fundamentals
Basic Concepts
Help
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Opening New and Existing Documents
Saving Documents
Save
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Save As
Saving Multiple Documents
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Multi-user Environment
Printing
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Selection Overview
File Properties
Measurement
Equations
Object Linking and Embedding
Industry-specific Design Tools
Add-Ins
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Previous Release Interoperability
SolidWorks API
Moving from 2D to 3D
Assemblies
CircuitWorks
Configurations
SolidWorks Costing
Design Checker
Design Studies in SolidWorks
Drawings and Detailing
DFMXpress
DriveWorksXpress
FloXpress
Import and Export
Large Scale Design
Model Display
Mold Design
Motion Studies
Parts and Features
Routing
Sheet Metal
Simulation
SimulationXpress
Sketching
Sustainability Products
SolidWorks Utilities
Tolerancing
Toolbox
Weldments
Workgroup PDM
Troubleshooting
Glossary
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Save As

Saves the active document to disk with a new name or saves it in a different format for export to another application.

To display this dialog box, click Save As (Standard toolbar) or File > Save As.

Save in Lets you browse to the location where you want to save the document.
Use the locations sidebar to help navigate to the location where you want to save your document. The locations sidebar is available in certain operating systems only.
File name  
Save as type Saves the file in another file format. You can also export files.
Description Saves your text in the custom property field for Description in Summary Information.
Save as copy Saves the document to a new filename without replacing the active document.
References Displays a list of the documents referenced by the currently selected assembly or drawing. You can edit the locations of the listed files.
Down arrow (Next to the Save button) Accesses Add to Favorites to create a shortcut to the selected document in your Favorites folder.
A model from an earlier version of SolidWorks is automatically converted to the newer version of SolidWorks when you save it. You cannot do a save as to an earlier version, and you cannot open the newer version with an older version of SolidWorks, with one exception. For SolidWorks 2013 and later, you can save part and assembly files in the current release and open them in read-only mode in Service Pack 5 of the previous release. See Previous Release Interoperability.


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