Save a model to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager
Save your 3D models and 2D drawings in Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager for easy use and re-use. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager keeps track of your revisions so you don't lose any data.
With Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager you can control:
• The ownership of a model or drawing: The person who owns the model or drawing can reserve or unreserve it for others to work on.
• The revisions of a model or drawing: Create a major revision, minor revision, or overwrite the existing model or drawing.
• The state of a model or drawing: Work (anyone can modify and overwrite), Approval (only the owner can overwrite), and Released (no one can overwrite).
These three things together provide roles and permissions for your designers. You're no longer at the whim of a file system.
A few key terms
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager uses three key terms to describe types of design data:
• Model: A 3D representation of the physical part.
• Drawing: A 2D representation of the physical part.
• Masterdata: A collection of related models, drawings, and engineering documents that make up the complete manufactured part.
Each has its own properties and relates to the others. A model or drawing can be related to more than one Masterdata. A Masterdata can have more than one model or drawing.
To get started with Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, save a small assembly of your own. Make sure you have Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager started!
Save a model to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager
2. Click View and then, in the Window group, click the arrow next to 
Toolbars.
Toolbars.3. Click Model Manager. The Model Manager toolbar opens. Dock the toolbar for easy access.
4. See if your assembly or model already exists in the Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager database. Click Refresh 
on the Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager toolbar in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager gets information about the model you just loaded, checks if the database already knows about your model, and updates the Structure Browser as follows:
on the Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager toolbar in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager gets information about the model you just loaded, checks if the database already knows about your model, and updates the Structure Browser as follows:If the model does not exist in the database, New appears next to the model in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
 | The small disk icon  to the left of the name indicates that the model needs to be saved to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager. |
If the model exists in the database;
◦ If Up-to-date appears in the Structure Browser, you don't need to do anything else. You have the latest version.
◦ If Needs update appears in the Structure Browser, the model is out-of-sync with the one in your Creo Elements/Direct Modeling session. Load the latest version of the model from Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager. Read Load a model from Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager
5. Right-click the top-level assembly in the Structure Browser and select > . The Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Save dialog box opens, with your assembly listed in the Structure Browser:
The Save dialog layout
The Save dialog box contains options for advanced editing of model and Masterdata attributes. The defaults are usually sufficient.
◦ When you expand the Structure in Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, you'll notice how similar it is to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. Click the Structure column heading to change the sort order.
◦ The Model Name is the official model number. Initially, the name is taken from the instance name of the model. Use the Model Name to find the model in the database. For more information about naming, read Naming models.
◦ The Save Type is New Entry when the model does not exist in the database.
◦ You can override the Major Rev and Minor Rev numbering to your company standards: type a number or letter in the field. Your administrator can configure a different default revision scheme.
6. Click Save to save the model. The Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Structure Browser shows the revision number [1] and says Up-to-date.The Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Save function protects the integrity of your data.
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager ensures the integrity of your data by identifying SysID conflicts and Name conflicts.
◦ A SysID conflict is a conflict of model identification. When you create a part, Creo Elements/Direct Modeling creates a unique system ID (SysID) for that part. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager uses that SysID to register each part in the database. Think of the SysID like the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) on your car. No matter how much you paint, replace, or redo, the car always has the same VIN. For example, if you create a new part from an existing one, say a nut from a bolt, both parts will have the same SysID. When you save the nut to the database, SysID Conflict will display next to the part name in Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. For information on how to resolve SysID conflicts, read System ID.
◦ A name conflict is a conflict of name uniqueness. Each model stored in the database must have a unique Model Name. If the Name Conflicts Found dialog box opens, the database already has a model with the same Model Name. For information on how to resolve Name conflicts, read Resolve name conflicts.
7. Save a few more models and assemblies to practice.
Will it work for you?
You've saved 3D data to Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager. Now look at the Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Workspace and the advantages of using Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager instead of your file system:
• Easily and quickly find your models.
• See the status of your models.
• View where the models are used in all assemblies.
Try this on your system.
• Find your most recent models.
◦ On the Workspace bar, click the Recent List tab. You will see the top-level Masterdata for the assembly you just saved. Click + to expand the structure to see the assembly as a child of the Masterdata. Right-click the assembly and select Expand All to open the entire structure.
• Identify a part.
◦ On the Workspace bar, click the Recent List tab. Highlight a model. See a thumbnail image of it in the Preview pane. See who owns it, who has it reserved, and other details in the Details pane.
• See the current status of a model or part.
◦ Click a model in the assembly and see the state in the Details pane.
If the part has a released version, or is in the approval state, you may want to re-use it because it has a final version.
If a released part has a new version in the work state, it may be changing soon and you may not want to re-use it until it's stable.
• Find a model in use in multiple assemblies.
◦ Right-click a model in the assembly that is shared in more than one sub-assembly and select > . Click + to expand the structure of the model to see the parents that have a dependency on that model.