Browsing Recent and Open Documents

You can browse recent and open documents.

You can select a document tile from the keyboard, or hover over a tile to select it with the mouse. The preview highlights in the Welcome dialog box. The file path for the document appears under Documents.

Document selected with keyboard. To open the document, press Enter. Document selected by the mouse by hovering over the document. To open the document, click it or click Expand.

You can also:

  • Click Pin to pin the document so that it appears at the beginning of the recent documents list.
  • Click Show in Folder to open the folder that contains the document.
  • Right-click a document and click Remove to remove the document from the recent document list. Click Clear unpinned items to remove all unpinned documents from the list.

Browsing Recent Documents

You can browse recent documents, set options before you open a document, and drag recent document tiles into other documents.

To browse recent documents:

  1. Click File > Open Recent > Browse Recent Documents or press R to open the Welcome dialog box.
    If no documents are open, click File > Browse Recent Documents .
  2. Use the arrow keys from the keyboard to select a document tile or hover over a tile with the mouse.

    The document tile is highlighted in the Welcome dialog box, and the file path for the document appears under Documents.

  3. To open a document:
    Option Description
    Press Enter, Ctrl, or Space Opens the highlighted document by using the keyboard.
    Click the document Opens the document under the pointer.
    Hover over a document, and click Expand Opens the File Open dialog box where you can set options. Click Open or Open Read-only to open the document.
    The dialog box closes and the document appears in the graphics area.
    The Drag and drop tiles thumbnail shows as the last tile and is a reminder about the drag functionality.

    You can drag a recent document tile into:
    • An open part to create a derived part.
    • An assembly to insert the component.
    • A drawing to create a view of the model.
    • An empty graphics area to open the file.
    • File Explorer to copy the file to that location.

    You can click to remove the thumbnail without affecting the functionality. To restore the Drag and drop tiles thumbnail, click Tools > Options > System Options > Messages/Errors/Warnings. Under Dismissed messages, select "Hide 'Drag & drop tiles' message in Recent Documents?".

To close the dialog box without opening a document, click outside the dialog box or press Esc.

Browsing Open Documents

You can select an open document from the Window menu or the Open Documents browser.

To select an open document, do one of the following:

  • Click Window, and click the document that you want to open.
    To see a preview of the document and its file path, hover over the menu item for the document. The preview and file path appear in a large tile.
  • Use the Open Documents browser:
    1. Click Window > Browse Open Documents or press Ctrl + Tab.
      Keep Ctrl pressed to keep the browser open.
    2. While keeping Ctrl pressed, use the arrow keys or press Tab to select a document from the keyboard, or hover over a document to select it with the mouse.

      The preview highlights in the browser, and the file path for the document appears at the top of the browser.

    3. Press Enter or release Ctrl to open the document highlighted from the keyboard, or click to open the document under the pointer.
      The browser closes and the document appears in the graphics area.
      To close the browser without opening a document, click outside the browser or press Esc.