Open a file

Use File > Open or File > Open Recent > to retrieve previously saved files, including wireframe models and foreign data formats.

Open a saved wire file

• Choose File > Open.
• If the file was opened or saved during the current session, you can use File > Open Recent > and select the file from the list.

What if...?

• When I open a wire file the screen is blank or the windows change?

  Alias saves descriptions of the open windows along with the other information in a wire file. When you open the file again, Alias uses the window layout from the file, even if that means no windows.

  • To open view windows, choose a layout from the Layout menu.
  • To prevent Alias from loading the window layout from a file when you open, choose File > Open, open the Wire Options section and turn off Keep Windows.

• The file I want to open is in a different project?
  1. Go To drop-down menu (Windows 7 and 8) or Projects drop-down window (Mac), choose Projects.
  2. Double-click the name of the project folder.

  See Organize files into projects.

• I want to use the Alias file browser on Windows?
  1. Choose Preferences > General Preferences.
  2. Choose System on the left side of the option window.
  3. Set Type of file browser to Alias.

  For more information see Use the Alias file browser (Windows only).