About Opening Objects In Large Design Review Mode

You can use Large Design Review (LDR) Mode only in the Open dialog box of SOLIDWORKS, to open an assembly without downloading all the referenced files.

Using the LDR mode, you can open assembly files in SOLIDWORKS by downloading and/or opening only top assembly. In LDR mode, SOLIDWORKS does not download all the referenced files to open the top assembly. Large Design Review mode is enabled by default.

Commands available in LDR mode:

  1. Get Latest
  2. Get
  3. Explore in Web
  4. Open Location
  5. Zoom
  6. Open
  7. Baseline
  8. Promote
  9. Synchronize

Commands unavailable in LDR mode:

  1. Check In
  2. Check Out
  3. Undo Checkout
  4. Show Card
  5. Edit

    For more information, follow SOLIDWORKS Help: Assemblies: Large Assemblies: Large design Review.