Creo Parametric

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About Creo Parametric

The Essential 3D Creo Parametric CAD Solution

Design smarter today and tomorrow. With Creo Parametric you’ll be more productive than ever with the most robust 3D product design toolset and the new functionality you need to design the products of the future. It’s design the way it should be.

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New in Creo 10

New in Creo Parametric 11!

Systems Update

  • Updated support for Java version 17
  • Monthly Platform Patch Update
  • Universal Browser Utility
  • Microsoft Edge as New Browser
  • Future Outlook
  • FLEXnet Publisher 11.19.6 Update
  • FLEXnet Publisher 11.19.6 Update Cont’d
  • Update to PTC License Manager

UI & User Experience

  • Improved Feature Dimension Handles
  • Improved sorting in “File Open” dialog
  • Improved Rename Workflow in Model Tree
  • Improved Expand and Collapse Workflows
  • Message Time Stamp in status bar
  • Surface Selection Enhancements
  • New Display Setting “Foreground Curves”
  • Separate Mapkeys Configuration

Style

  • Curve Edit: In View Point Move
  • Curve from Surface: Improve Quality
  • Improve Curve Quality with Natural Tangency
  • Isoline Reference Datum Point
  • Low Degree Curves
  • Tooltips on Curve Tangents
  • Updated Draggers (Style and Warp)
  • Surface Connections Table

Core Modeling

  • New “Extrapolate” Option in Extend
  • Control Reference Type in Seed and Boundary Surface Selection
  • Control Selection Priority for Quilts
  • Feature’s Diagnostics Reporting
  • Rolling Ball Offset Enhancements
  • Enhanced Point Pattern Flexibility and Performance

Freestyle

  • Bevel Command
  • Mesh Cut Command
  • Enhanced Resolution Level Usability
  • Connect Pattern and Join Pattern Commands
  • Rotational Pattern as a Reference Pattern

Multibody Design

  • Multibody Support in Shrinkwrap Feature
  • Enhanced Remove Body Feature
  • Streamlined Placement of Legacy UDFs

Key Features of Creo Parametric

INDUSTRY STANDARD 3D CAD CAPABILITIES

For more than 30 years, thousands of companies have relied on Creo’s robust set of 3D CAD capabilities.

  • 3D Part & Assembly Design
  • Automatic 2D Drawing Creation
  • Parametric & Freestyle Surfacing
  • Assembly Management & Performance
  • Sheet Metal Design
  • Mechanism Design
  • Plastic Part Design
  • Direct Modeling (Flexible Modeling)
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Augmented Reality

AUGMENTED REALITY DESIGN VISUALIZATION

In every seat. With a few clicks, you can author and publish an AR experience from inside your Creo model.

TOP DOWN DESIGN & CONCURRENT ENGINEERING

Plan out the assembly’s skeleton so your team can work in parallel. When primary design intent changes, the assemblies adapt.

PRISMATIC & MULTI-SURFACE MILLING

Go smoothly from product design to manufacturing with this specialist for prismatic production machining.

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Go from concept to print check all in Creo and give your design production-ready surfaces.

ADVANCED SURFACING

Combine the power of parametric modeling and flexibility of freeform surfacing.

GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING & TOLERANCING

Expert guidance on the appliction of GD&T and validation that you’ve applied GD&T correctly.

TOLERANCE ANALYSIS

Analyze and document geometric tolerances directly on 3D CAD models.

MOLD DESIGN & MOLD MACHINING

Improve the efficiency and productivity of your mold design and tooling, and benefit from high-speed machining tool paths.

SIMULATION, BASIC COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, & FATIGUE ADVISOR

Designed specifically for the engineer, these tools allow you to make simulation part of your own design process.

PRODUCTION MACHINING

Robust NC programming capabilities spanning the functions of milling, turning, and wire EDM.

PTC MATHCAD

Now you can present calculations with plots, graphs, texts and images in a single easy-to-understand document.

EXTENDED COLLABORATION

Seamlessly integrate and work with data from SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor, CATIA V4/V5, Siemens NX:

  • Open, Update and Save As native SolidWorks, CATIA V4/V5, Siemens NX files.
  • Automatically detect and update SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, CATIA V4/V5, and Siemens NX data.
  • Open and update native Autodesk Inventor files.

OPTIONS MODELER

Create and validate 3D modular products.

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION

Create optimized parametric geometry by defining objectives and constraints and then driving your model toward specified requirements.

ADVANCED SIMULATION & CFD

Simulation and analysis at your fingertips. Find and fix issues with liquid or gas flow around your products – before you invest in prototypes.

METAL PRINTING

Creo has you covered for the major metal printers on the market today.

COMPLETE MACHINING

Creo Production Machining gives you multi-axis machining, plus full NC programming and extensive tool libraries.

Creo Parametric Design Packages

Keeping up with technology can be a headache—and expensive. The good news is that Creo is available in a variety of CAD packages.
Subscribe to the package that meets your needs today. All offer Creo Parametric with the essential tools everybody needs to produce professional 3D CAD work. Plus, every subscription comes with premium support.

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Generative Design

Is your software working within your constraints to create optimal designs? With new technologies like topology optimization and generative design, your software generates options for more efficient designs based on your input. The results lead to more innovative, efficient, and competitive products. [Available in DP+]

Effective Design Guidance

Are you confident you’re making the best decisions possible? Your software should provide real-time feedback on your design decisions as you make them— freeing you up to try out more ideas and iterate faster. [Available as an add-on to all packages.]

Fasteners

Work with screws, nuts, bolts, washers, pins, and dowels? A library of common fasteners and automatic, intelligent tracking, and placement can help you avoid errors (and tedium) while building complex models. [Available in all packages.]

Creo Design Package Generative Design
Creo Design Package Effective Design Guidance
Creo Design Package Fasteners

Additive Manufacturing

Are you fully designing for additive manufacturing? Your system should allow you to prepare parts, including parametrically-driven lattices; optimize tray placement; and integrate directly with industryleading 3D printers. [Available in DA+, DP, DP+.]

Creo Parametric GD&T Advisor

Adopting a model-based engineering environment? Use your CAD system to ensure your designs comply with GD&T standards throughout the application process—speeding up your work and preventing costly errors. [Available in DA+, DP, DP+.]

Rendering

Can you create photorealistic geometry? For those in consumer products, seeing a model under good lighting and in everyday settings shouldn’t be an afterthought. [Available in all packages.]

Creo Design Package Additive Manufacturing
Creo Design Package GD&T Advisor
Creo Design Package Rendering

Augmented Reality

Can you summon a fully immersive 3D tour of your work with a single click? Augmented reality experiences should be easy to generate and share. Plus, they should be secure from unwelcome viewers. [Available in all packages.]

Advanced Assembly

Are teams working concurrently to build your complex products? Top-down structures and skeletons ensure that anybody can create and modify components and subassemblies without stepping on others’ work. [Available in DA, DA+, DP, DP+.]

Engineering Calculation Software

Are your calculations driving your designs and vice versa? PTC Mathcad provides a true digital engineering notebook, tracking and communicating your calculations. Now, nobody ever has to wonder, “How did you get that number or dimension?” [Available in DP, DP+.]

Creo Design Package Augmented Reality
Creo Design Package Advanced Assembly
Creo Design Package Mathcad