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To Execute a Drawing Representation While Retrieving a Drawing
You can execute a drawing representation directly into session while retrieving a drawing, using Open Rep in the File Open dialog box.
1. Click File > Open.
2. Select a drawing from the File Open dialog box (click just once to select the drawing, not to open it) and click Open Representation. The Open Rep dialog box opens, listing previously saved drawing representations.
3. Select the name of the drawing representation you want to execute, and click OK.
4. The system retrieves the drawing and configures the drawing to the selected drawing representation state.
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If the drawing is already in session and you close the drawing and then access the Open Rep dialog box, clicking Cancel brings up the drawing, which defaults to its previous state (either retrieves or does not retrieve models).