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What is Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager ?
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager provides intuitive, integrated access to Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server data from within Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. Through Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, you can find, create, load, change, and store models directly from your 3D CAD program, Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, into Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server.
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager includes the following key features:
Powerful, yet simple load and store
Simplified search functionality, including case-insensitive search capabilities
Strong, reliable integration with Creo Elements/Direct Modeling
Modern user interface with standard Windows characteristics
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manger and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager are similar in many ways; in particular, the Workspace and functionality are similar. Because of this, the two help systems share many help topics. Some of the topics refer to "Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager" only, but the information is correct for both Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Model Manager and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager.
How does Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager compare to Creo Elements/Direct Desktop and Creo Elements/Direct Design Data Management?
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager is designed as the next step beyond Creo Elements/Direct Desktop and Creo Elements/Direct Design Data Management that provides access to Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server.
A brief history of Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server
Creo Elements/Direct's first product to provide access to data from within Creo Elements/Direct Modeling was CoCreate Desktop. Creo Elements/Direct Desktop provided only basic functionality.
Creo Elements/Direct Design Data Management was then created to provide a more modern and simplified user interface and to promote consistency among applications.
Welcome to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager
As the newest addition to Creo Elements/Direct Manager Server, one of the main differences you will see in Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager is in the layout of the screen. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager has been designed as a tightly integrated addition to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, whereas the previous two products were more separate from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
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