Opening and Resolving Components

Selective Open and related tools are available on the Large Design Review tab of the CommandManager. You can use these tools to set some or all components to resolved or to lightweight.

Lightweight options are available when Manually manage resolved and lightweight modes is selected in system options. To select this option, click Tools > Options > System Options > Performance.
The following commands cause SOLIDWORKS to exit Large Design Review. You might notice a delay while component data is loaded. To return to Large Design Review, close and reopen the assembly.
Selective Open In the Selective Open dialog box, select components to fully load. Other components are not loaded and become hidden.
Selective Open in Lightweight on the Selective Open flyout tool In the Selective Open in Lightweight dialog box, select components to load as lightweight. Other components are not loaded and become hidden.
Set All to Resolved All components are fully loaded.
Set All to Lightweight on the Set All to Resolved flyout tool All components are loaded as lightweight.