When using Creo Parametric along with Windchill parts, assemblies, and drawings are no longer maintained and managed in a directory on the user’s local computer. In addition, the default working directory defined by the “Start In:” property of the Creo desktop icon, is also where Creo looks for various configuration files when starting. More importantly, it is also where new parts, assemblies, and drawings will be saved to once they are created in Creo and saved. Generally speaking, the “working directory” is where you would typically open parts, assemblies, and drawings from. not connected to a Windchill server, it is a “best practice” to “set your working directory” immediately upon starting Creo. When using a Creo Parametric workspace stand-alone i.e. The following attempts to explain the term “workspace” in an understandable way. This term pops up throughout the entire Windchill environment and is many times misunderstood by users.

A potential point of confusion among new Windchill users centers around the meaning of a Windchill “workspace”.

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