Opening Existing Part, Assembly, or Drawing Documents To open existing part, assembly, or drawing documents: Click Open (Standard toolbar) or File > Open, or press Ctrl+O. You can open existing drawings from inside part and assembly documents. Right-click the top item in the FeatureManager design tree or anywhere on the model in the graphics area and select Open Drawing. SOLIDWORKS looks for a drawing with the same name as the model, in the same folder as the model. If the drawing exists, it opens automatically. If such a drawing is not found, a browse window appears so you can locate a drawing manually. When there is more than one open and unsaved drawing for a model, a message prompts you to select the drawing to open from the Browse Open Documents dialog box. In the dialog box, select a file type in Files of type or use the quick filter buttons to view commonly-used SOLIDWORKS file types (for example, .sldprt, .slddrw, and .sldasm) in any combination. Browse to select a document or documents. Text appears in the Description field if a description exists in the document properties or was added when the document was saved. Select from the options. Click Open to open the document. When opening files from a previous release of SOLIDWORKS, the files may open slowly. SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler converts files so they open more rapidly. Parent topicOpening Documents Related concepts Dismissing All Prompts for Missing Components Multi-Threaded Retrieval Opening Documents from Part or Assembly Windows Open Model in Position SOLIDWORKS Documents in Windows Explorer Related tasks Opening Auto-Recovered Documents Opening Document Copies Related reference Open Dialog Box