File | Open - LXL File-Type

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File | Open - LXL File-Type

File > Open > LXL file-type

Open a Library file (LXL file-type) that you have saved at another time - see Save as Library File.


SEE > NEW in MD16 Import Library File


To open a Library File with File > Open

1.Click to select a Plane, a Part; or select Nothing:

If you:

Select a Plane - the Library file opens onto a new Mechanism-Editor as a child to the Plane

Select a Part - the Library fie opens onto the Part as a child to the Part.

Select nothing - the Library fie opens and merges with the active Mechanism-Editor.

2.Click File > Open

The Windows® File Open interface starts.

3.In the Files of type drop-down, select Library files (*.LXL)

MD-Dialog-OpenLibraryFile

4.Select, a Library File

5.Click the Open button

You can now save the original model before you open the Library File.

You should now see the Library file as a new Mechanism-Editor, as a child to a Part, or merged with the active Mechanism-Editor.