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PTC Creo is a versatile CAD software that is widely used by engineering departments in various industries. Users have reported using PTC …
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PTC offers Creo, the company's line of computer-aided design (CAD) products that support the product lifecycle management (PLM) process with 2D and 3D design kits (Creo Elements and Creo Direct), an augmented reality module, Creo Illustrate for technical illustrations, Creo…
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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PTC Creo is a versatile CAD software that is widely used by engineering departments in various industries. Users have reported using PTC Creo for a wide range of purposes, including modeling and drawing products, designing manufacturing machine layouts, and creating 2D drawings. With its parametric software nature, PTC Creo offers flexibility in creating part models, allowing users to easily design both simple and complex mechanical engineering products.
One of the key advantages of PTC Creo is its ability to handle large assembly files with 1000+ parts smoothly, making it ideal for projects that involve complex geometries. Clients who use PTC Creo are often described as forward-thinking and creative, utilizing the software as a productivity tool rather than just a CAD system. In addition to its industrial applications, PTC Creo is also used in educational settings to teach engineering and CAD skills to students, helping them create prototypes and gain hands-on experience in STEM fields. Overall, PTC Creo has proven to be a valuable tool for product design and development, reducing lead time in development projects and enabling efficient collaboration through integration with PLM software.
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October 13, 2021
PTC CREO - Best in industry CAD software
Score 9 out of 10
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It is one of the best in industry CAD software. Our organization uses PTC creo as CAD software. The primary uses of this software in our organization [are] creating 3D models of our product & creating detailed drawings. [PTC] Creo is only used by our design department which has 30 plus members. As we have [a] large variety of products in our organization, [PTC] Creo makes it easy to design & create detailed drawings & their storage with integrated PLM software.
- Parametric Modelling
- Supports all CAD formats like STEP, IGES, shrink-wrap, etc.
- Detailed drawings
- Provides automatic tolerance in accordance with general tolerance standard
- Cannot make changes to a child part in assembly process
- Changes [have] to be made individually in a child part or else it will not reflect
- Sometimes DXF file gets corrupted
- Parametric modelling
- Detailed drawings
- CAD file conversion
- Saves time, which in turn provide returns
Due to its simple interface & it is versatile.
September 10, 2021
PTC Creo for designers
We used PTC Creo for teaching undergraduate students part modeling, and assembly. This product varied from department to department. Started with basics of using a CAD software and basic approaches for modeling, then creating simple geometry, and finally taught best approach to deal complex geometries. Further, taught how to use assemblies to bring different part models to create a product. For example, a dove-tail joint was initial assignment and car scissor lift was more complex and large assembly that was taught using PTC Creo.
- Large Assemblies handled really well and is faster and stable for processing the designs
- User have more control over the design
- CAD files from other software can be directly opened even without converting the files
- Some selection for switching between advanced control and default user controls while designing. This can help speeding up the design process and give freedom to improve design at specific locations if user needs
- Stability, robustness, and faster speed
- Easy and faster learning curve
- With easy and faster learning curve it helped to keep students interested and motivated to design and use the software
- Stable interfaces provide reliability on the software
Learning curve of SOLIDWORKS is higher compared to Creo, however, stability and more design control is provided by Creo. Creo also have more robust and stable interfaces. For larger assemblies, Creo works better than SOLIDWORKS. New upgrades of Creo has given liberty to open different file data of different software without any file conversion. Creo costs comparable to SOLIDWORKS cost, with more capabilities.
February 19, 2020
PTC Creo allows the ability to bring CAD to students!
We use it to help students create prototypes and teach engineering and CAD skills in STEM.
- Modeling.
- Ability to make templates.
- Rendering sometimes crashes.
- Putting in backgrounds is difficult sometimes.
- Ability to be innovative and cutting edge in technology.
- Teach 3D modeling and CAD concepts to kids.
We were required by DoD to use this software, but we also like it because it is professional. Many people in the field use it and want kids to be familiar with professional software vs. things like TinkerCAD even though it is a good resource. We also had PC computers and worked well/were comparable with those.
PTC Creo's main advantage is its ability to work well (remain smooth) with large assembly files with 1000+ parts. I had to "pick up" PTC Creo for one project, in which we knew that we were going to have an absurd amount of part files within the assembly. From my experience, this seems to be one of the only main advantages of Creo over other CAD programs. The software does allow one to get mechanical/product development work done, but I've never found the user interface to be intuitive.
- Large assembly files with 100+ parts.
- Creo provides more simulation and analytics tools in an integrated environment.
- Creo provides better management of external references.
- Cost of Creo is a bit pricey compared to some of the alternatives (SOLIDWORKS).
- Ease of use and learning (especially for new employees who have no previous experience in PTC Creo).
- Making it easy to work on large files without having to fix crashed files.
PTC Creo has two main advantages. First, large assemblies with lots of different parts files, and its file structure that can handle these large assemblies without bogging the software done. Second, its ability to do advanced simulations without having to export the files to do the animations in a third-party software.
January 21, 2019
Not the most user-friendly, but highly capable
Our mechanical engineering department uses PTC Creo to design mechanical components of electronic products. For us, a lot of the time this means an enclosure, but we also design mechanisms as well. The bulk of our designs will be molded plastic parts and we occasionally will design with sheet metal or other cast metal materials as well.
- Extrudes are easy in Creo, you can start with the tool or with a sketch and either way it doesn't get confused.
- Sweeps with Creo are better than in some of the other software packages. While sometimes other CAD packages will let you do the impossible, Creo simply gives you an error, which is how it should be.
- Assembly is very intuitive with Creo.
- Providing guidance through using tools is lacking in Creo. There is a small area where the text is displayed at the bottom that is supposed to help guide you, but many times the guidance doesn't make sense.
- Layers are a hassle in Creo. Unless you know how to set up your config file to do it automatically, you have to add each item to the appropriate layer.
- There is a lack of automation in Creo. In some other CAD packages, you can add holes or the like on a pattern of features. Not so in Creo.
- Creo is our standard design package and as such we have had a negative impact on time spent designing because it is less user-friendly.
- In difficult design situations, we have had a positive impact because Creo is better suited for complex designs.
In my career, I’ve used a few different CAD packages. I started using Pro Engineer Wildfire 4, a predecessor to Creo which had all of the same problems as Creo, plus more. Creo has changed some things since then, but it seems to be built on the same base, so some things that seem like they should have changed and improved have not. After using Pro E for several years, I moved to a company that used a little-known software called Alibre. Although it was not a well-known package, it was fairly simple to use. There were some quirks. I think the biggest downfall of that software was that it didn’t handle imports of neutral formats well. Next, I used SOLIDWORKS for several years and it was the most user-friendly package I’ve used to date. Everything is well explained when you are using tools. I’ve also used Catia V5. Catia seemed more geared towards surfacing well rather than making 3D volumes well. Overall, I’d say for price and usability, I would recommend SOLIDWORKS over any other CAD software I’ve used, but since my company defaults to Creo, I have to use it if our client hasn’t requested that we use SOLIDWORKS.