Open Dialog Box

To open this dialog box, do one of the following:

• Click Open (Standard toolbar).
• Click File > Open.
• In the Welcome to SOLIDWORKS dialog box, click Open.

	Recent	Displays your most recent local documents. You can filter your recent results by name or part number. As you enter characters, only recent file names that match the characters appear as Recent files. To search for more files on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform using 3DSearch, click Search more on 3DEXPERIENCE at the bottom of the Recent list. To remove the filter, click Clear Filter next to 3DSearch. You can pin tiles to add them to the top of the tiles grid. Show in Folder displays the local folder for documents. The cloud icon on tiles indicates that the file is managed by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. In offline mode, the Open dialog box displays the Recent tab.
	3DSearch	Finds documents that match the search text. The search query finds all SOLIDWORKS parts, assemblies, and drawings stored in any Collaborative Space to which you have access. Double-click an object to open it. You can also multiselect objects and open them. You can search for ECAD files if you enable the CircuitWorks add-in.
	Locked by Me	Displays content that you have locked.
	My Content	Displays your personal indexed content. For more information, see Finding Files Using My Content.
	Bookmarks	Finds all your bookmarks and lists the recent ones underneath. Double-click bookmarks in the bookmark tree to open them. The software remembers the last opened bookmark if you opened a file from that bookmark. You can find and open the CAD family from the Bookmarks tab. You can open the Bookmark Editor and add bookmarks with the Open Bookmark Editor and Add to Bookmark and Add to Recent Bookmark commands. For more information, see Bookmarks.
	This PC	Opens the standard SOLIDWORKS Open dialog box so you can open local files.
	6WTags	Lets you apply 6WTags to the search results.
		Shows unindexed content from the last 5 minutes.
	Information	Shows information about the model such as Title, Type, and Revision, when you hover over a model.
	Sort	Sorts search results by Relevancy, Modification Date, Title, Creation Date, Owner, or Type.
	Tile View	Displays search results in different views: Tile, Thumbnail, Textual Tile, or Datagrid.
	Actions	Favorite Search Select All Unselect All Help

Mode

Large Design Review	(Assemblies). Opens very large assemblies quickly, while still retaining capabilities that are useful when conducting design reviews of assemblies.
Quick View	(Parts). Opens the part for viewing only. You can select the configuration but not the display state. You can pan, zoom, or rotate, but you cannot edit, use measure, or save the document. In part documents, you can change to edit mode by right-clicking in the graphics area and selecting Edit.
Detailing	(Drawings). Opens a drawing without part or assembly data. You can add or modify dimensions and annotations for most views.
Lightweight	(Assemblies, drawings). Loads only a subset of model data into memory. The remaining model data loads on an as-needed basis. Opening in Lightweight mode improves the performance of assemblies and drawings. Lightweight is the default for assemblies and drawings of assemblies. Lightweight is available when Manually manage resolved and lightweight modes is selected in system options. To select this option, click Tools > Options > System Options > Performance.
Resolved	(Parts, assemblies, drawings). Fully loads all model data into memory. Resolved is the default for parts and drawings. Large documents open in multithreaded retrieval mode.
Load hidden components	(Assemblies). Loads the hidden components.
Use Speedpak	(Available in assemblies as Resolved or Lightweight). Opens an assembly using SpeedPak configurations to improve performance when opening large, complex assemblies.
	Down arrow (next to Open ). Open Read-Only Allows another user to have write access to the document while you have the document open. You cannot save or change the part in Read-Only mode.

Configuration, Display State, References

Specify these options after you select a tile.

Quick Filter

Click the Quick Filter options in any combination to filter the list of models displayed in the search results. For example, click Filter Parts to see only parts. To see parts and assemblies, click Filter Parts and Filter Assemblies .

3DEXPERIENCE users can also filter their bookmarked items.

	Filter Parts (*.PRT, *.SLDPRT)
	Filter Assemblies (*.ASM, *.SLDASM)
	Filter Drawings (*.DRW, *.SLDDRW)
	Filter Top-Level Assemblies (*.ASM, *.SLDASM)	Displays only top-level assemblies, not subassemblies. If you have a very large number of files in the folder or have files with very long names, this might take several seconds. To cancel, press Esc.