PD reverse engineering generates PDM from an existing database

PowerDesigner version 16.5

Reverse generation in PowerDesigner

1. Open the PowerDesigner tool, create a PDM file, and select the database type "SqlServer2012" that matches it.

Create a new workspace by right-clicking on the workspace---->new------>physical data Nodel in the left-hand panel, selecting the type you want in the DBMS, selecting OK and clicking OK.

2, configure a data connection

3, select Uodate mode from database under the Database menu, eject the Database Reverse Engineering dialog box, choose the using a data source selected ODBC data source "configured data source", click OK

4, click OK, show all the tables, views, users in this database (this select the database user). Select it as needed to convert to PDM.

5, select OK, click OK, then generate the model.

But the production of the model are table, together need to organize themselves!