PARTIALOPEN
 
 
 
Quick Reference

Loads geometry and named objects from a selected view or layer into a drawing.

Summary

NoteIt is recommended that you partially open a drawing by using OPEN and choosing Partial Open in the Select File dialog box to display the Partial Open dialog box.

When you are running a script and using PARTIALOPEN, FILEDIA can be set to 0 or 1. When FILEDIA is set to 0 and you enter partialopen or -partialopen at the Command prompt, the following prompts are displayed.

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Enter name of drawing to open: Enter a drawing name and press Enter

Enter ~ (tilde) at the prompt to ignore FILEDIA and display the Select File dialog box. In the Select File dialog box, select a file and choose Partial Open to display the Partial Open dialog box. If you enter a file name at the Command prompt, additional prompts are displayed.

Enter view to load or [?] <*Extents*>: Enter a view name, enter ?, or press Enter to load the Extents view

View to Load

Opens the drawing with the geometry from the selected view loaded.

Layers to Load

Loads geometry from one or more layers into the current drawing. To load geometry from multiple layers, use a comma between layer names. If no layer geometry is specified, no layer geometry is loaded into the drawing, including geometry specified to load from a view.

Yes

Does not load any external references into the drawing.

No

Loads all external references into the drawing.

?—List Layers

Displays a list of layers available in the selected drawing. Enter one or more layer names. To enter multiple layers, separate the layer names with a comma.

?—List Views

Displays a list of model space views available in the selected drawing. Enter a view name.

Layers to Load

Loads geometry from one or more layers into the current drawing. To load geometry from multiple layers, use a comma between layer names. If no layer geometry is specified, no layer geometry is loaded into the drawing, including geometry specified to load from a view.

?—List Layers

Displays a list of layers available in the selected drawing. Enter one or more layer names. To enter multiple layers, separate the layer names with a comma.