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 Open, Open with Options, Pin or Unpin, Show in Folder, or Remove.

Browsing Recent Documents

You can browse recent documents, set options before you open a document, and drag recent documents 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 there are no open documents, click File > Browse Recent Documents .
  2. Highlight a document tile. Hover over the tile to see document information such as location and date modified, and click to see more options and information.
  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.

    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.
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.