Opening ProjectWise Documents from AutoCAD

ProjectWise integration lets you open DWG documents stored in ProjectWise, directly from AutoCAD. Once you have opened a DWG document stored in ProjectWise, that document is added to AutoCAD’s Recent Documents list for quick access, and also to the recent documents list in the Address bar in the Open Document dialog.

ProjectWise also provides integration with AutoCAD's Import command, which lets you open (import) into AutoCAD a document from ProjectWise of some non-AutoCAD-based file format.

Tip: To open documents outside of ProjectWise when AutoCAD is integrated with ProjectWise, click the Open from Disk button when ProjectWise's Open Document dialog opens. You can later save the document into ProjectWise by selecting File > Save As in AutoCAD.

Open a ProjectWise document from AutoCAD

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Document > Open
- Command: DMSOPEN
ProjectWise's Open Document dialog opens.
From the Folder list, select the folder or work area containing the document to open.
The documents at the root of the selected folder or work area display in the Document list. You can filter the list of documents that display by selecting an application from the Application list. For example, when set to 'AutoCAD', only the documents associated to the ProjectWise application 'AutoCAD' display.
In the Document list, select a document.
In the Address bar, the full path to and including the document name displays. In the fields below that, the document's description, file name, and associated application display.
Click Open

Open a recently opened ProjectWise document from AutoCAD

You can also open a document by clicking the down arrow on the Address bar in Open Document dialog, selecting one of the recently opened documents, and then clicking Open.

Run a quick or advanced search for a document from the Open Document dialog

Quick search example:

In the Search toolbar of the Open Document dialog, enter the text you want to search by (for example, enter *.dwg) and click Start Search.
The results of the search display in the dialog.
From the Document list, select the required document and click Open.

Advanced search example:

In the Search toolbar of the Open Document dialog, click the Advanced Search icon.
The Define Search dialog opens.
For this example, create a simple search that finds all documents in the datasource associated to the application 'AutoCAD'.
1. Set Criterion Type to General Attribute.
2. Set Property/Environment to Application.
3. Set Value to AutoCAD.
4. Click the Add Criteria button.
The search criterion displays in the search criteria window.
Click OK to initiate the search.
The results of the search display in the dialog.
From the Document list, select the required document and click Open.

Import a non-AutoCAD document stored in ProjectWise

Select one of the following:
- Ribbon: ProjectWise > Document > Import
- Command: DMSIMPORT
- Menu: ProjectWise > Import
ProjectWise's Open Document dialog opens.
Select a document to import and click Open.
In the Import Settings dialog, adjust the settings as necessary to map and translate items in the imported document to the DWG format, and click OK.
The document is imported and opened into AutoCAD. Note that the document is not yet stored in ProjectWise.
Use Save As to save the newly imported document into ProjectWise.