Open Jobs

In the Fabrication products, you can open job files in a variety of ways, depending on the file type and on which Fabrication product you are using. The table below lists the file types that can be opened in each Fabrication product.

Fabrication product File (Job) types that can be opened File (Job) types that can be imported
CADmep .CAJ, .DWG, .DWS, .DXF, .DWT .ESJ, .MAJ
ESTmep .ESJ, .JOT, .MAJ, .REJ  
CAMduct .ESJ, .JOT, .MAJ, .REJ  
CAMductComponents .ESJ, .JOT, .MAJ, .REJ  
RemoteEntry .ESJ, .JOT, .MAJ, .REJ  
Tracker .ESJ, .JOT, .MAJ, .REJ  
FAB Review .CAJ  

Opening Jobs in CADmep

In CADmep, you open a drawing file (.dwg) to open a job.

To open a drawing file, do one of the following:

See the AutoCAD Help for more information on opening drawings, or using the OPEN command.

Opening Jobs in ESTmep

To open a job in ESTmep:

  1. Start ESTmep.
  2. At the application startup dialog, do one of the following:
    • In the Actions window, click Open Job and browse to the desired job file, and click Open.
    • In the Recent Jobs window, click on a recent job to immediately open it.

Opening Jobs in CAMduct

To open a job in CAMduct:

  1. Start CAMduct.
  2. At the application startup dialog, do one of the following:
    • In the Actions window, click Open Job and browse to the desired job file, and click Open.
    • In the Actions window, click Show Job Browser to display the Job Browser dialog. Use the Job Browser to navigate to the desired job. For more information, see Job Browser.
    • In the Recent Jobs window, click on a recent job to immediately open it.