A configuration specification is used by the system to choose the version of collected, related objects. This section will discuss what is the CAD Document Default configuration specification.

By default, CAD Document actions like Add to Workspace, Open from the commonspace in the CAD tools and CAD Document structures all use a system default configuration specification that changes based on what version of the object is selected for the action. When the object you selected is:

For more information about as-stored configurations, see As Stored Configurations

The default configuration specification is also used when adding to the workspace during the Open In action from the action menu of the embedded browser. Since this type of actions does not allow you to provide a configuration specification, the default configuration would be used.

If you would like to specify a different configuration specification to use by default, then set the workspace preference Set Filter for Add to Workspace. Now when you use the Open in Creo or Open in CAD Tool from the embedded browser, then the configuration specification defined by the preference will be used. If you typically work with many different configurations of your CAD Documents, it is recommended to set this preference to WS_DEFAULT instead. When the preference is set to WS_DEFAULT, then all actions will follow the filters configured in the workspace’s preferences.

You can edit the Workspace’s preferences to use multiple configuration specifications as the CAD Document Filter for the new workspace. By default, the latest configuration specification is used. You can change the default filter to be used for the new workspace, under Preference Management. Set the value for the Workspace preference Set CAD Document Filter for New Workspace to any of the saved shared filter. The set value will be the new default filter.

This behavior applies only to the Open In action for embedded browsers.