• Welcome to Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
• Overview
  • Quick tour
  • Getting help
    • Typographical conventions
    • Report problems
• Getting started
  • Discover Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Save a drawing to Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Load a drawing from Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Getting the most out of Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager FAQ
• Concepts and definitions
  • What is Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server?
  • What is Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager ?
  • Dynamic menus
  • How do I organize my data?
  • Working with roles and permissions
  • Packet concepts
  • Packet policy and permissions
  • Packet terminology
  • What is Masterdata?
  • What is BOM?
  • Load rules
  • Revisions
  • Subscriptions
  • Title blocks
  • PKM files
  • SDEXP files
  • Saving User Configuration
  • Handling a deadlock situation
  • Tasks and Jobs
    • Tasks
    • Jobs
• How to..
  • Start and stop Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Run Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager outside Creo Elements/Direct Drafting
  • Work with drawings
    • Save a drawing
    • Load a drawing
    • Copy a part
    • Add a PDF file to a drawing
  • Search for data
    • Search for data
    • Save and edit your searches
    • Quick Search
    • Search for XVL or eDrawing files
  • Organize and manage data
    • Create projects, folders, and packets
    • Change your working packet
    • Reserve and unreserve data
    • Move and copy items between packets
    • Remove items from a packet
    • Send a packet
    • Change the owner of an item
    • Change controlling project
    • Modify project roles
  • View and edit database information
    • View and edit properties
    • Create, view, and edit a change note
    • Delete a change note
    • Change the class of an item
  • Work with Masterdata
    • Create and link Masterdata
    • Delete and unlink Masterdata
    • Link saved items to Masterdata
    • Assign parts to Masterdata
    • View and edit Masterdata
    • Export Masterdata
    • Revise Masterdata
    • Reuse Masterdata
    • Replace models or Masterdata
    • Copy Masterdata to another Masterdata
    • Copy Masterdata with BOM attributes
  • Work with BOM
    • Understand BOM quantities
    • Create (scan) a BOM:automatically
    • Create a BOM: manually
    • Edit a BOM
    • Split a part in the BOM
    • Reconcile an existing BOM with a model
    • Manage BOM position numbers
    • Generate a BOM report
    • Review and change the BOM report
    • Send a BOM to another program
    • Save and reuse report configurations
    • Work with BOM versions
    • Compare BOM versions
    • Create BOM flags and tables
    • Customize BOM flags and tables
    • Create a BOM Checkpoint
    • Manage BOMs
  • Work with title blocks
    • Add and customize drawing text references
    • Display and update title block information
    • Load a title block
    • Delete a title block
  • Work with eDrawings
    • Import eDrawings
  • Work with XVL
    • Import XVL models
  • Work with tasks
  • Plot or print drawings
  • Delete items
  • Rename an item
  • Change your preferences
  • Subscribe and unsubscribe
  • Export assemblies, models, or drawings
  • Add a thumbnail
  • Use number generators
  • Send data to an external application
  • Send links to items in e-mail
  • Reset user passwords
  • Attach documents to models
• Administration Guide
  • Getting Started with Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
  • Configure E-mail server
  • Execute Macros
  • Database Summary
    • Generate a Database Summary
  • User and Groups
    • Manage Users
    • Manage Groups
    • Add a new group
    • Move a group
    • Remove a group from its parent
    • Delete a group
  • Connections
    • Generate a Connections Table
  • Number Generators
    • Create number generators
    • Assign numbers automatically
  • Data Dictionaries
    • Data Dictionaries
    • Add a Data Dictionary
    • Edit a Data Dictionary
    • Assign a Data Dictionary
    • Delete a Data Dictionary
  • Attributes and Classes
    • Attributes
    • Create a class
    • Copy a class
    • Edit a class
    • Copy an attribute
    • Add Masterdata attributes to new models or drawings
    • Delete a class
    • Delete an attribute
  • Access Control Lists
    • About Access Control lists
    • Add an Access Control List
    • Modify an Access Control List
    • Assign an Access Control List to an attribute
    • Assign an Access Control List to an element
    • Copy an Access Control List
    • Delete an ACL
  • Deploy administrative changes to users
    • What is deployment?
  • Database Backup
    • Back up your database
    • Express installation backup
    • Custom installation backup
  • Tasks
    • Manage Tasks
  • Administrator FAQ
• Reference Topics
  • Advanced topics
  • Database structure
  • States
  • Naming models
• Glossary