The Design Data Management Database menu can be accessed via the Database icon in the standard toolbar.
The Design Data Management module must be activated by switching on Data Management in the Modules dialog box. To activate Data Management,
1. Click Files > Modules. The Modules dialog box opens.
2. To activate legacy module like Data Management, click Startup. The Module Activation At Startup dialog box opens.
3. Click Data Management (under Legacy Modules) in the Modules box and click Add to add Data Management to the Startup Sequence.
4. Close both the dialog boxes and restart Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
Click File > Database. The Database menu opens. The menu serves to load and save Creo Elements/Direct Annotation drawings. The menu also allows information on parts to be retrieved.
Open Editor
Click Open Editor to open the WorkManager Desktop Editor window consisting of the parts editor and the document editor. Use the Editor window to query drawings in the database.
Info Part
Click Info Part to display part attributes (part name, part number) in the WorkManager Desktop Editor window. After selecting this command, identify a part. The part or assembly must have already been loaded from the database or must have a WorkManager document or part assigned.
Info Drawing
Click Info Drawing to allow you to display drawing attributes (part and document name) in the WorkManager Desktop Editor window. The drawing must have already been loaded from the database or must have a WorkManager document assigned. To retrieve information on a drawing,
1. Click File > Database. The Database menu opens.
2. Click Info Dwg.
The WorkManager Desktop Editor window opens displaying the drawing's attributes.
Load 2D Data
Click 2D Data in the Load section to open the Editor window to allow the loading of 2D drawings and sheets. When the Editor window is displayed, use the query functions to list the drawings available in the database. After making your selection, click the [Load 2D Data] button in the Document Editor button bar. Creo Elements/Direct Annotation loads the drawing and displays the first available sheet (the sheet with the lowest number). You can also use this command to load a title block into the drawing.
Load Text Refs
Click Text Refs in the Load section to load and display the values behind title block text references. Data (such as Description or Name) are read from the WorkManager drawing document class and transferred to the Creo Elements/Direct Annotation title block.
Reserve
Click Reserve in the Modify section to reserve drawings for modification and puts them in your personal folder:
• On success, changes read-only flag to read-write flag for the selected drawing.
• If an error occurs (from WorkManager), a message is issued telling you why locking is not possible (for example, if the drawing has been reserved for modification by someone else).
For elements that are successfully reserved in the database, the document's read-only (r/o) permission changes to read-write (r/w) in the Creo Elements/Direct Annotation session.
Unreserve
Click Unreserve in the Modify section to unreserve a currently reserved drawing.
Update TB
Click Update TB in the Modify section to update the drawing title block with the latest WorkManager Desktop information. To update the current drawing, click Update.
Open BOM
Click Open BOM in the Bill of Material section to read the Bill of Materials information from the database. The data is displayed in the Current BOM Table; and BOM tables and position flags can be added to the drawing.
Save BOM
Click Save BOM in the Bill of Material section to save BOM reference numbers to the database. This is necessary to save any changes made to the numbers during an Creo Elements/Direct Annotation session. Note that to use this command, there must be a WorkManager BOM editor window opened in edit mode.
