Old Topic: Using CC in CAW. New part - I just did it using Windows 8.1
I haven't tested it yet from within CAW, but it looks like this works;
See these links:
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...p:CAW_Framework
http://modthesims.info/t/481967
Example how I linked using step 2 (for Vista onward)
MKLINK /D "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create a World Tool\Packages" " c:\Users\David\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages"
The quotation marks are needed, and use your Windows-Users name where you keep your packages.