Partial Open Dialog Box

Displays the drawing views and layers available for specifying what geometry to load into the selected drawing.

When working with large drawing files, you can select the minimal amount of geometry you need to load when opening a drawing.

When a drawing is partially open, all named objects, as well as the specified geometry, are loaded into the file. Named objects include blocks, dimension styles, layers, layouts, linetypes, text styles, UCSs, views, and viewport configurations.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

View Geometry to Load

Displays the selected view and available views in the drawing. Only model space views are available for loading. You can load paper space geometry by loading the layer that the paper space geometry is drawn on.

View Name

Displays the currently selected view. Geometry that is common to both the selected view and the layers is loaded into the drawing.

View List

Displays all the model space views available in the selected drawing file. When a view is selected, only the geometry in the selected view is loaded.

The default view is Extents. Geometry that is common to both the selected view and the layers is loaded into the drawing. You can load geometry from only one view.

You can use the PARTIALOAD command to load additional geometry into a partially open drawing.

Note:

When a drawing is partially open, named objects are still loaded into the file along with the specified geometry from the selected view. All views are still available in the partially open drawing, but only geometry from the view specified to load is displayed in the drawing.

Layer Geometry to Load

Displays all the layers available in the selected drawing file. The geometry on selected layers is loaded into the drawing, including both model space and paper space geometry.

The default loads no layer geometry into the drawing, but you can load geometry from one or more layers. If you specify to load no layer geometry into the drawing, no geometry from the selected view is loaded either because no layer geometry in that view or in the entire drawing is loaded. Xref-dependent layers are displayed in the Layer Geometry to Load list only if the selected drawing was last saved with the VISRETAIN system variable set to 1. Any layers created in the xref since the xref was loaded into the selected drawing are not displayed in the Layer Geometry to Load list.

You can use the PARTIALOAD command to load additional geometry into a partially open drawing.

Note:

When a drawing is partially open, named objects are still loaded into the file along with the specified geometry from the selected layers. All layers are still available in the partially open drawing, but only geometry from the layers specified to load appears in the drawing.

Layer Name

Displays the layer names in the selected drawing.

Load Geometry

Loads geometry from the layer when the drawing is opened.

Load All

Loads geometry from all layers when the drawing is opened. You can right-click and use the shortcut menu to load geometry from all layers into the drawing.

Clear All

Loads no geometry from any layer when the drawing is opened. No geometry at all is loaded, including geometry specified to load from a view. You can right-click and use the shortcut menu to load no geometry into the drawing.

Index Status

Displays whether the selected drawing file contains a spatial or layer index. INDEXCTL controls whether layer and spatial indexes are saved with the drawing file.

Use Spatial Index

Controls whether a spatial index is used when partially opening a drawing. A spatial index can be used to locate what portion of the drawing is read; this minimizes the time required to open the drawing.

Spatial Index

Displays whether the selected drawing file contains an index that organizes objects based on their location in space.

Layer Index

Displays whether the selected drawing file contains a list of the objects that are on each layer. A layer index can be used to locate what portion of the drawing is read; this minimizes the time required to open the drawing.

Unload All Xrefs on Open

Unloads all external references when opening the drawing. Selecting this option enhances the opening process. If you partially open a drawing that contains a bound xref, only the portion of the xref that is loaded (defined by the selected view) is bound to the partially open drawing.

Open

Opens the drawing file, loading only combined geometry from the selected view and layers.