First, Download connector/odbc download ODBC driver, address: https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/,
Note: PowerDesigner installs the number of bits on the download number of bits, generally 32-bit, it is recommended to download the. msi file to install directly.
Second, after the installation is complete click PowerDesigner database--->configure Connections ...---> Add a data source configuration such as:
Third, the PDM model generates the database SQL file, click on the PowerDesigner databases--->generate ... Follow the steps to do so. Such as:
Four, the Reverse Generation database table structure, File-->reverse engineer-->database. Follow the steps.
Reference:
http://blog.csdn.net/chamtianjiao/article/details/7258316
Http://www.cnblogs.com/beasthunter/p/4842152.html
PowerDesigner generate database tables and reverse-build table structures (MySQL database)