Administration Guide > Getting Started with Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
Getting Started with Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
Use the Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager Administration (Admin) screen to add users to your database. Then, use it for more advanced tasks, like creating pulldown lists or automatically generating part numbers for your models.
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When you log in to Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager Standalone with the medmgr login and password, the Admin tab opens. Only medmgr or a member of the Administrators group can view this option.
Getting started
1. Add yourself as a user. The medmgr login should be reserved for administration activities. How?
2. Add other users. How?
3. Exit Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager and log in as yourself.
How?
a. From Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, start the Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager module.
b. Log in as the user you created for yourself.
Congratulations! You're now ready to start working with Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager. Add your models, get notification when data changes, load lightweight versions of your assemblies, track revisions, and more.
For more advanced Administration tasks, explore related topics below.
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The computer where the database is installed should be up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That ensures the system can make regularly scheduled backups.
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