Platform Dependencies
If you start Creo Elements/Direct Drafting while you are in your home directory, all files are stored in this directory unless you specify otherwise. In a Windows environment, you can install Creo Elements/Direct Drafting so that it always starts from your home directory. See your the configuration manual that corresponds to your operating system manual.
Platform Dependencies shows a typical hierarchy of directories. Your system may be somewhat different.
Directory Hierarchy Structure
At the top of the tree is the root directory, denoted by a slash (/). Under this is a directory called users. Under users is your own user directory corresponding to your login name, together with the directories of other users. Your own directory (also called your home directory) can contain files and sub-directories. Normally you will store your files in your user directory or one of your sub-directories, but it is also possible to store files in the directories of other users, provided these directories are not write-protected.
Underneath the root directory is a directory called me10 which contains all the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting software. Other files and directories are used by your operating system. You need not concern yourself with these.
Files and directories within the same branch of the tree structure are separated from each other with a slash, the first slash corresponding to the root directory. The full specification for a file in your user directory is:
/users/user_directory/filename
where user_directory is the directory corresponding to your own login name and filename is one of your own files.
 | You can use either a slash (/) or a backslash (\) to separate files and directories when specifying pathnames within Creo Elements/Direct Drafting. The following two paths specify the same file: /users/user1/file2 \users\user1\file2 |
When you first log in, your own user directory is known as the current directory. If you specify a file simply by giving the filename, the system will look for the file in your current directory. If it is not there, the system will look in the me10\me10 directory, or the directories specified in the SEARCH path. The SEARCH path is specified in the environment file.
If you wish to specify a file that is not in the current directory and not specified by the SEARCH path, you must specify the full path name, starting from the root directory.
You can create a sub-directory under the current directory by entering the following command at the Creo Elements/Direct Drafting command line:
CREATE_DIRECTORY 'subdirectory'
subdirectory is a name of your choice.
To make the subdirectory the current directory, use the CURR DIR option in the FILE screen menu and specifying the name of the new directory. If you create a file in subdirectory, the full specification for the file will be:
/users/user_directory/subdirectory/filename
We will now see how to produce a customized menu so that you can change from one directory to another.