PTC Creo Parametric

Developer(s)	PTC
Initial release	1987; 38 years ago (1987)
Stable release	11.0.3.0 / January 10, 2025; 3 months ago (2025-01-10)
Operating system	Windows
Type	CAD,CAM,CAE,PLM
License	Trialware
Website	ptc.com/product/creo

Creo Parametric, formerly known, together with Creo Elements/Pro, asPro/Engineer (commonly referred to asPro E) andWildfire, is asolid modeling orcomputer-aided design (CAD),computer-aided manufacturing (CAM),computer-aided engineering (CAE), and associative3D modeling application, to run onMicrosoft Windows.

Creo Parametric should not be confused withCreo Elements/Direct Modeling, formerly CoCreate ME10 (2D) and or ME30 (3D) CAD Products. The ex-CoCreate CAD Products are now owned by PTC and renamedCreo Elements/Direct Drafting andCreo Elements/Direct Modeling.

Creo Parametric is an application of asuite of 10 that provide collaborativesolid modeling,assembly modelling,2D orthographic views,finite element analysis,parametric modelling, sub-divisional andnon-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS)surface modeling,technical drawing (drafting), andnumerical control (NC) andtooling functionality formechanical designers.

Creo Parametric competes directly withCATIA,SolidWorks,NX/Solid Edge,Inventor/Fusion 360,IRONCAD, andOnshape. It was created byParametric Technology Corporation (PTC) and was the first of its kind to market.^[1]

The software uses a specific file naming scheme, not allowing certain characters like ä, ö, é, ő, ł, Đ, ... (including spaces).^[2]

Creo Parametric (formerly Pro/Engineer), PTC's parametric, integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software, is used by manufacturers formechanical engineering, design, and manufacturing.

Pro/Engineer was the industry's first rule-based constraint (sometimes called "parametric" or "variational")3D CAD modeling system.^[3] Theparametric modeling approach uses parameters, dimensions, features, and relationships to capture intended model behavior. This design approach can be family-based or platform-driven, where the strategy is to use engineering constraints and relationships to quickly optimize the design, or where the resulting geometry may be complex or based upon equations. Creo Parametric provides a complete set of design, analysis and manufacturing abilities on one, integral, scalable platform. These required abilities include solid modeling, surfacing, rendering, data Interoperability, routed systems design, simulation, tolerance analysis,numerical control (NC) and tooling design.

Creo Parametric can be used to create a complete 3D digital model of manufactured goods. The models consist of 2D and 3D solid model data which can also be used downstream infinite element analysis,rapid prototyping, tooling design, and CNC manufacturing. All data are associative and interchangeable between the CAD, CAE, and CAM modules withoutdata conversion. A product and its entirebill of materials (BOM) can be modeled accurately with fully associativeengineering drawings, and revision control information. The associativity functionality in Creo Parametric enables users to make changes in the design at any time during the product development process and automatically update the end products. This ability enablesconcurrent engineering – design, analysis and manufacturing engineers working in parallel – and streamlines product development processes.

Creo Parametric is a software application within the CAID/CAD/CAM/CAE category.

Creo Parametric is a parametric, feature-based modeling architecture incorporated into a single database philosophy with rule-based design abilities. It provides in-depth control of complex geometry. The abilities of the product can be split into the three main headings of Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing. This data is then documented in a standard 2Dproduction drawing or the 3D drawing standardASME Y14.41-2003.

Creo Parametric offers a range of tools to enable the generation of a complete digital representation of the product being designed. In addition to the general geometry tools there is also the ability to generate geometry of other integrated design disciplines such as industrial and standard pipe work and complete wiring definitions. Tools are also available to support collaborative development.

A number of concept design tools that provide up-front Industrial Design concepts can then be used in the downstream process of engineering the product. These range from conceptual Industrial design sketches, reverse engineering with point cloud data and comprehensive free-form surface.

Creo Parametric has numerous analysis tools available and covers thermal, static, dynamic and fatigue finite element analysis along with other tools all designed to help with the development of the product. These tools include human factors, manufacturing tolerance, mould flow and design optimization. The design optimization can be used at a geometry level to obtain the optimum design dimensions and in conjunction with the finite element analysis.

Creo Parametric has good surface modeling abilities, using commands like Boundary blend and Sweep. Advanced options like Style (Interactive Surface Design Extension - ISDX) and Freestyle^[4] provide more abilities to create complex models easily.

By using the fundamental abilities of the software with regards to the single data source principle, it provides a rich set of tools in the manufacturing environment in the form of tooling design and simulated CNC machining and output.

Tooling options cover specialty tools for molding, die-casting and progressive tooling design.

TheUNIX version was discontinued after 4.0,^[5] exceptx86-64 Unix onSolaris.^[6] It was renamed Creo 1.0 after Pro/Engineer Wildfire 5.0 (rebranded PTC Creo Elements/Pro),^[7] occurred on October 28, 2010, which coincided with PTC's announcement ofCreo, a new design software application suite.

For the first 10 years, PTC generally released 2 versions per year, with some exceptions. The initial release (Rev 1) was in 1988.

• Comparison of computer-aided design software
• Creo
• Creo Elements/View
• Pro/DESKTOP

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• CATIA
• Cimatron
• Siemens NX
• Solid Edge
• SolidWorks
• IRONCAD
• Onshape
• KeyCreator

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