Naming models
Naming your models correctly is important so you can easily find models in the database and reuse the data among many assemblies. A model has two types of names: an instance name (a context name that displays in the Structure Browser) and a model name (an official model identifier).
• Instance name - The Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Structure Browser displays the instance name in the context of an assembly. The same model can have different instance names in different assemblies or subassemblies, even though it's the same model. For example, you may have an instance name of bottom bolt in one assembly and top bolt in another, even though it's the same bolt. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager displays the instance name in the Structure column of Recent List.
If enabled by your Administrator, Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager can trim instance names following a dot ("."). For example, Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager will save the shared parts bolt.1 and bolt.2, simply as bolt, so you can easily search for the model in the database.
• Model name - Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager creates the default Model Name from the instance name. The Model Name is sometimes thought of as the official model number. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager displays the Model Name in the Name column of Recent List.
Model names must be unique. If a duplicate is found in the database, Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager will ask you to change the name of the new model. Since the model exists only once in the database and may be referenced by many parent assemblies, the Model Name provides a clear distinction among the instance names. For example, your model may have a Model Name of 001-234 and this model exists only once in the database, but the instance name that references this model (bottom bolt, top bolt, side bolt) may vary across assemblies.
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager creates the default Masterdata name from the Model Name. You can change both the Masterdata name and the Model Name, and the association between them will remain.
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If you want to change the model name before you add the model to the Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager database, change the it in the Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Structure Browser. Open the Details view and type a new name in model name. This is especially helpful with shared parts.
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager uses this name instead of deriving it from the instance name.
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