Std Open

Description
The Std Open command opens and loads project files into FreeCAD's workspace. Note: depending on the installed extension modules, several file types are supported such as: *.IGES, *.STEP, *.BREP, *.STL, *.OBJ, *.PLY, etc...

When loading files be aware that it's akin to a new document gets created. Alternatively, if you want to load a file into an existing document use the command instead.

FreeCAD project files have the extension "FCStd". To get more information about the internal layout of FreeCAD projects files read the article File Format FCStd.

Usage

 * 1) Invoke the command several ways:
 * 2) * Pressing the button in the toolbar
 * 3) * Using the + keyboard shortcut
 * 4) * Using the entry in the File menu