Opening your documents is easy, but the way that you open a document depends on:
Open PDFs, Images, and Text Files with a Single Click
Clicking a PDF, an image, or a text file in the document list will open the document in a new browser tab.
When you click a PDF, the PDF opens in the PDF Markup Service within the new browser tab. If the PDF document is checked in and you have Write access to it, then you can mark up the PDF in the PDF Markup Service. If the PDF is checked out, or if you only have Read access to it, then the PDF Markup Service opens the PDF in read-only mode.
Note: If you cannot open PDFs at all, or if you have Write access to a PDF but the PDF can only be opened as read-only, then most likely your connection requires additional configuration by your administrator. Depending on the issue, it could be that CORS is not enabled in Bentley Web Services Gateway for the PDF Markup Service, or that Bentley Web Services Gateway is not public facing. Contact your administrator if you run into these issues.
Open CAD Documents
The way that you open CAD (for example, DGN, DWG, RVT) depends on whether or not the work area connection is synchronized with ProjectWise Drive.
When the work area connection is not synchronized with ProjectWise Drive, you can open a CAD document by downloading the document (which does not check it out) or by checking out the document (which also downloads it), and then opening the document as usual in your desktop app.
When your work area connection is synchronized with ProjectWise Drive, you can open a CAD document using one of these commands (these commands only get added to the action menu when the work area connection is synchronized):
Open Office Documents
The way that you open Office documents depends on whether or not the work area connection is synchronized with ProjectWise Drive, and whether or not you have a Microsoft 365 subscription.