Save and load a snapshot
Retain the way your models are loaded in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling with Snapshots. A snapshot file tells Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager what to load (which parts and assemblies) and how to load it (the environment settings). When you save a snapshot to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, the snapshot retains your environments settings: the number of open viewports, the camera position on each item, whether items are displayed or turned off, load rules, and any active 3D configurations such as exploded views. The next time you load the snapshot into Creo Elements/Direct Modeling from Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, you'll have the entire product development environment back, just the way you left it. The Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager workspace lists the saved snapshots with this icon: 
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.There are three main reasons to use Snapshots:
1. Save your work at the end of the day so you can quickly come back to it later.
2. Send your data to others in ECO folders. Those looking at the ECO folders can see what items you've zoomed in on and put a note on your design.
3. Prepare for a design review meeting. Set up Creo Elements/Direct Modeling with multiple viewports, multiple parts and assemblies, configurations, etcetera so that you're ready when the design review begins.
With snapshots, you can
• Load multiple assemblies, or parts of assemblies, in one step.
• Open your models or assemblies with the same number of viewports that you had open when you saved the snapshot.
• Retain the camera position on each item.
• Load the 3D configurations that were active when the snapshot file was saved.
• Use load rules to update models if they've changed since they were captured in the snapshot.
 | The models are not actually saved in the snapshot. Instead, the snapshot saves only the load and environment settings, not the models or their geometry. |
To save a snapshot:
1. Load the models and assemblies that you want in your snapshot.
2. In Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, click > > . Alternatively, right-click the root level in the Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Structure Browser and, in the shortcut menu, click > or click on the Model Manager toolbar. The Save As dialog box opens.
on the Model Manager toolbar. The Save As dialog box opens.3. Type a name for the snapshot in the File Name box.
4. Click Save.
To load a snapshot
When you load a snapshot, you load the models and assemblies as they were loaded when the snapshot was saved. The snapshot loads each element with the same load type as when the snapshot was taken.
To load a snapshot,
1. In Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, right-click the snapshot and, in the shortcut menu, click Load. Alternatively, double-click the snapshot. The Select a load rule dialog box opens.
2. Select a load rule and click OK.
To view snapshot properties:
Snapshots are saved in the database, but only have a Name, Description and Owner. You can view a snapshot's properties as follows:
1. Select the snapshot in the Workspace.
2. Click Home and then, in the Edit group, click the arrow next to 
DB Properties. Alternatively, right-click the snapshot and, in the shortcut menu, click DB Properties.
DB Properties. Alternatively, right-click the snapshot and, in the shortcut menu, click DB Properties.3. Click Attributes.
To delete a snapshot:
1. Click Structure and then, in the Modify group, click 
Delete from database. Alternatively, right-click the snapshot and, in the shortcut menu, click Delete from database.
Delete from database. Alternatively, right-click the snapshot and, in the shortcut menu, click Delete from database.