Article - CS30130

How to change the default template for parts, assemblies and drawings in Creo Parametric

Modified: 26-Sep-2025   


Applies To

  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 2.0 to Wildfire 5.0
  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 11.0
  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 to 12.1
  • Creo Simulate 1.0 to 8.0

Description

  • How to change the default template for a solid part
  • How to change the default template setting to a custom template located in a different folder
  • How to set new default template for a solid part
  • Which config.pro option specifies default model templates
  • How to specify model templates
  • How to specify assembly template
  • How to specify part template
  • How to specify drawing template
  • How to configure Creo to use specific templates for parts, assemblies and drawings when creating a new part, assembly or drawing
  • The default model unit cannot be changed to metric mm/kg
  • Is it possible to use a lower version's assembly, model and drawing template to the upper release?
  • How to set to automatically use mm as the unit when creating part model files?
  • How to specify template option is always set to Empty when creating a new drawing
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