Open…

Opens the Open dialog box, which is used to open an existing design file or a file of a different type as the active design file.


Open dialog box

Key-in: DIALOG OPENFILE

Choosing Open can also open files directly (interactively).

Using the NEWFILE (RD=) key-in can be faster than using the Open dialog box to open a design file. The syntax is RD=<design_file> or NEWFILE <design_file>.

You can open a DGN file with the view configuration of the active design file by keying in one of the following:

EXCHANGEFILE <filename>
EXCHANGEFILE UPDATE <filename>
EXCHANGEFILE NOUPDATE <filename>

This is a convenient way to make a reference the active design file for modification. The alternate key-in is XD=.