This section describes how you use the main menu bar's File menu to manage model and output databases. The following topics are covered:

• “Creating a new model database,” Section 9.7.1

• “Opening a model database or an output database,” Section 9.7.2

• “Upgrading a model database or an output database,” Section 9.7.3

• “Creating a network ODB connector,” Section 9.7.4

• “Customizing a network ODB connector,” Section 9.7.5

• “Managing network ODB connectors,” Section 9.7.6

• “Closing the current output database,” Section 9.7.7

• “Setting the work directory,” Section 9.7.8

• “Saving the current model database,” Section 9.7.9

• “Saving the current model database without a license,” Section 9.7.10

• “Saving the current model database to a new file with a different name,” Section 9.7.11

• “Compressing the file size of the current model database,” Section 9.7.12