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sstavos1-Visitor
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November 3, 2011
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Config Option for Saving

  • November 3, 2011
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If I open a file in a directory other than my working directory and save it, it will be saved to my working directory.


Is there a config option that will save that file in the directory thatitoriginally came from? Andnot my working directory.


Steve


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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
November 3, 2011
Are you sure that's what's happening? To my knowledge, files opened
from a directory other than your working directory get saved back to
their source directory by default. The exception may be if there are
permissions issues that prevent saving to the original folder, but I'm
not sure about that.



Doug Schaefer
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MikeBrattoli12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
November 3, 2011
Doug is right. If you don't have permissions to save in the source directory you will get an error message. It will only save to your working directory if you a) implicitly choose it as the directory to save in or b) it is the source directory.

I have users run into this all the time when they go looking for a file they think they saved in their working directory but it's actually saved somewhere else because they didn't pay attention to where they opened it from

Mike Brattoli
Moen Incorporated
Global Strategic Development
Engineering Systems Administrator
25300 Al Moen Drive
North Olmsted, OH 44070
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sstavos1-VisitorAuthor
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November 3, 2011



In Reply to Steve Stavos:



If I open a file in a directory other than my working directory and save it, it will be saved to my working directory.


Is there a config option that will save that file in the directory thatitoriginally came from? Andnot my working directory.


Steve






My Override_store_back was set to yes and it should be set to no.


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RonGrabau1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 3, 2011
You need to set override_store_back to no.
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ChrisCollinson12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
November 3, 2011
Are you using Windchill PDMLink?
This can cause the model to be saved to your workspace




Best Regards

Chris Collinson
CAD Administrator
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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
November 3, 2011
I just tested with WF4 M170 with no PDM and a file opened from a directory other than my Working Directory, saved back to the other folder.
With a PDMLink workspace as my Working Directory, a file opened from a local folder will save to my Working Directory workspace.

Thank you,

Ben H. Loosli
USEC, INC.
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