Document Groups
Document Groups let you save the set of documents you work on together and jump between those project contexts in a single keystroke. They build on the Document Switcher and are part of the Professional tier.
The idea
A real job rarely lives in one file. You might have a frame, its fasteners, and a drawing all open at once — and a different set for the next sub-assembly. A group is a named snapshot of documents you can return to whenever you like.
Saving a group
- Open the documents that belong together
- Open the Document Switcher with Ctrl+Tab
- Choose Save Group, give it a name (for example Frame or Fasteners), and confirm
The group is stored in your settings, so it survives restarts.
Switching with tabs
Once you have groups, the switcher gains tabs along the top:
- A live Open Documents tab (everything currently open), plus
- One tab per saved group
The keys:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| ` (backtick) | cycle to the next tab (Open Documents → each group → back) |
| Ctrl + Tab | cycle the highlight through the documents on the active tab |
| release Ctrl | switch to the highlighted document |
| Esc | close without switching |
Consistent muscle memory
Group tabs commit exactly like the live Open Documents tab — hold Ctrl, pick a document, release to switch. Backtick only changes which tab you’re looking at; it never switches documents on its own.
Tips
- Name groups after the task, not the files — Frame, Hydraulics, GA drawing — so the right one is obvious mid-job.
- A document can belong to more than one group; groups are just saved lists of references.
- Groups pair naturally with the Command Palette: switch context with a group, then drive the work from the keyboard.