Recent Documents and Open Documents The SOLIDWORKS software maintains lists of documents that you have opened recently and of documents that are currently open. These documents are available on menus and in document browsers. Contents Opening Recent Documents You can open a recent document from the File menu or the Welcome dialog box. Pinning and Unpinning Recent Documents You can pin a document to the Recent Documents list. This lets you create a set of favorite documents. Browsing Recent and Open Documents You can browse recent and open documents. Closing Documents from the Open Documents List You can close documents from the Open Documents list. You can close more than one document from the Open Documents browser. Opening Containing Folders for Documents You can open the containing folder for a document from the Recent Documents list or the Open Documents list. Parent topicDocument Basics