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File menu > Open File toolbar > Open You can open different file-types in the Windows® Open dialog Top-Tip: How to Restore window size of the 'Save' and 'Open' dialogs |
File-types:
CXL
CXL is the default file-type. The MTD file-type, with the same file-name, should be in the same path as the CXL file. The MTD file-type has the motions that are needed for the model. See also Why so many CXL files? |
LXL
LXL file-type is the Library file-type. Before you open the Library file-type, you must pre-select the Plane onto which you want to add the Library File. See Also Open LXL File See also Save As... LXL file-type |
ZXL
A ZXL file is a ZIP file-type. File > open > ZXL extracts the files CXL and MTD file-types. If the ZIP file includes STL, SLDPRT and DXF files, then these are also extracted from the ZXL file. Notes: Use Application Settings | General | ZXL Output file location to specify two path options for extracted files.
See also : File menu > Save as.. ZXL file-type. |
DXF
File > Open > DXF file-type adds a DXF element to the Assembly-Tree. The DXF element is the 'container' for a DXF drawing. To show the DXF drawing, you must link the DXF-element to a CAD-Line. See also CAD-Line dialog-box > DXF tab |
MEC [Camlinks]
MEC is a Camlinks file-type. Notes: The MEC file-type is available to open only when a Mechanism-Editor is active. See also Open MEC files for more details. |
Why so many .CXL and .MTD files?
If you explore to the path for the model files, you will see many files with the same file name but different file-extensions. Why is this? They are files that MechDesigner creates automatically:
These are set in Application Settings > General tab > File Options Separator When the 'Number of Backup-Files' is set to three(3), and you open a MechDesigner file, it follows that:
To open a file with .1, .2 or .3 in the file-extension,
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