This section introduces the concept of the workspace, and provides a general overview of the commonly used Product Data Management (PDM) functions. Windchill Workgroup Manager is used to manage your CAD data in Windchill. Because Windchill is a PDM system, your data is revision-controlled and managed through its life cycle. This helps ensure data integrity is maintained.

Windchill Workgroup Manager supports several CAD applications. All the CAD applications you use are registered in Windchill Workgroup Manager so you do not have to open separate workgroup manager applications each time you need to work on a CAD part or document. Once registered, you are ready to use the PDM system.