Change Workspace

The following video provides a comprehensive guide on how change your workspace in Desktop Connector. However, keep in mind that there might be additional information in the subsequent text that is not covered in the video. We recommend going through the listed steps after watching the video for complete understanding.

Desktop Connector Icon and the Windows Status Bar

Read first: A workspace in Desktop Connector is defined as the physical location on the hard drive where your projects are stored and then synced to the cloud in an Autodesk Docs, Drive, or Fusion Connector.

Topics in this Section

Desktop Connector Workspace
Change Workspace Requirements
Initiating a Workspace Change
Workspaces in Desktop Products (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Verticals)

Desktop Connector Workspace

A Desktop Connector workspace refers to the working location of your connected projects. It is not considered to be a tasked-based workspace as in Autodesk Desktop Products.
The default path for the Autodesk Docs workspace is: C:\Users\<username>\DC\ACCDocs\

Change Workspace Requirements

To change your workspace to another physical location on your hard drive you must adhere to the following requirements.

Desktop Connector must have read/write access to the folder (directory).
The folder (directory) must be on a permanent local storage drive.
Desktop Connector must be online (not in Work Offline mode).
Desktop Connector must not have any actions which are still processing.
The destination folder (directory) must be empty for you to change your workspace. Failure to choose an empty folder will result in the following dialog box.

Note:

If these conditions are not met, Desktop Connector will keep using the old workspace. To switch, resolve the issues and restart Desktop Connector.

Initiating a Workspace Change

Click the Desktop Connector tray icon to open the home screen.
Click the gear icon and select Help > Change Workspace from the menu.
If you have NOT deselected your projects you will receive the following warning.

Deselect your projects continue to Step 4 and resume the Change Workspace procedure.
Select your new workspace location in line with the Change Workspace Requirements which will then show a dialog box to confirm that your workspace location has changed.
Restart Desktop Connector.

After restarting, Desktop Connector will verify that the Change Workspace Requirements are met before using the new workspace.

Important: If Desktop Connector is unable to find the new workspace at startup time (this can be due to the location folder being deleted) then Desktop Connector will fail to start. To resolve this issue, the directory's path will need to be re-created for Desktop Connector to successfully start.

Workspaces in Desktop Products (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Verticals)

Important: Many Autodesk software products (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and verticals) contain task-based workspaces which allow you to control the display and position of most UI elements within the product. A task-based workspace is a design area with tools and settings that you can easily change within the interface.

Information on AutoCAD workspaces can be found at this link.
Information on Civil 3D workspaces can be found at this link.

Desktop Connector supports the ability to change the workspace from the default location to a new location on your local drive. This can be useful because it allows for the location where cached files are stored to be changed from the C:\ drive to another permanent drive. The ability to change the workspace will make more effective use of local storage volumes.

Important: Change workspace is not supported in previous v.16.0.0.1902. v.16.1.0.1935, and v.16.1.1.1950 deployments of the Desktop Connector.

Consult your BIM or CAD admin before the installation of the new version.

Note: Desktop Connector will not migrate or clean up any data in the old workspace location.

Related Concepts:

Refer to Docs-Manage Projects to learn more about the selecting and deselecting of projects in Desktop Connector.