Open Method

Opens an existing AutoCAD Land Desktop drawing.

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Signature

object.Open(DrawingName)

object

Drawings The object or objects this property applies to.

DrawingName

String; input-only
The name of the drawing to open.

Remarks

It is recommended that you save the current drawing before calling this method.

If the drawing is associated with a project name that is different than the Project, then you will be prompted to choose a project.

It is not necessary to add .dwg to the end of the name; the drawing file extension will be added automatically if not specified. It is not necessary to specify a path; the current Path for the Drawings collection will be used if a path is not specified.