Opening Existing Part, Assembly, or Drawing Documents Several methods are available for opening existing part, assembly, or drawing documents. Contents Using the Open Tool You can use the Open tool to browse for and open existing part, assembly, or drawing documents. Filters let you specify the type of document to browse for. Opening Drawings from Part or Assembly Documents You can use the Open Drawing tool to open existing drawings associated with the active part or assembly document. Opening Components from Assembly Documents While you are editing an assembly, you can open its associated component documents (parts or subassemblies) in their own windows. Any changes that you make to the components automatically update the assembly. Opening Assemblies from Part Documents While you are editing a part with in-context features, you can open the assembly document where the features were created. Parent topicOpening Documents Related concepts Dismissing All Prompts for Missing Components Multi-Threaded Retrieval Open Model in Position SOLIDWORKS Documents in File Explorer Editing Parts in the Assembly Context Related tasks Displaying Document Open Time in Windows Explorer Opening Auto-Recovered Documents Opening Document Copies Related reference Open Dialog Box