Concept design
Surface design
Create high-quality freeform surface geometry for aesthetic, ergonomic, and functional design requirements.
Create high-quality freeform surface geometry for aesthetic, ergonomic, and functional design requirements.
Augmented reality design share
Easily create and securely share AR experiences by managing models and viewer access.
Easily create and securely share AR experiences by managing models and viewer access.
Interactive Surface Design
Combine the power of parametric modeling with the flexibility of freeform surfacing.
Combine the power of parametric modeling with the flexibility of freeform surfacing.
Reverse engineering
Reverse engineer 3D CAD models from prototype scan data.
Reverse engineer 3D CAD models from prototype scan data.
Render Studio
Rapidly define and render photorealistic product images.
Rapidly define and render photorealistic product images.
Creo Layout
Maximize productivity by directly using 2D data to speed the creation of 3D designs.
Maximize productivity by directly using 2D data to speed the creation of 3D designs.
Parametric part modeling and design optimization
Multibody design
Deliver efficiency and flexibility using “bodies” to manage, visualize, and simplify geometry creation.
Deliver efficiency and flexibility using “bodies” to manage, visualize, and simplify geometry creation.
Design reuse and automation
Creo enables easy standardization of parts and can automatically create variants using design rules and family tables.
Creo enables easy standardization of parts and can automatically create variants using design rules and family tables.
Plastic parts
Specialized features speed the creation and analysis of plastic and “thin walled” parts.
Specialized features speed the creation and analysis of plastic and “thin walled” parts.
Sheet metal
Fast and accurate creation of sheet metal designs and flat pattern geometry.
Fast and accurate creation of sheet metal designs and flat pattern geometry.
Behavior modeling
Rapidly optimize geometry to solve for design goals and engineering criteria.
Rapidly optimize geometry to solve for design goals and engineering criteria.
Design exploration
Rapidly create and explore design concepts and modeling alternatives.
Rapidly create and explore design concepts and modeling alternatives.
Assembly design
Complex assemblies require a lot of power to manage, and Creo is up to the task. Create, manage, and optimize large assemblies efficiently to ensure your designs are accurately captured.
Assembly modeling
Easily create and manage complex assemblies to capture design intent without compromising system performance.
Easily create and manage complex assemblies to capture design intent without compromising system performance.
Assembly management
Specialized capabilities in Creo allow you to manage component display and system performance to work efficiently.
Specialized capabilities in Creo allow you to manage component display and system performance to work efficiently.
Advanced assemblies
Simplify complex designs and develop advanced content with better control, design intent propagation, and system integration.
Simplify complex designs and develop advanced content with better control, design intent propagation, and system integration.
Weld design
Accurately define weld geometry and the associated weld fabrication documentation.
Accurately define weld geometry and the associated weld fabrication documentation.
Model animation
Easily create assembly animations to demonstrate real-world behavior and assembly/disassembly instructions.
Easily create assembly animations to demonstrate real-world behavior and assembly/disassembly instructions.
Intelligent fasteners
Automate fastener geometry creation and hardware assembly with easy standardization and selection, placement and configuration, and validation.
Automate fastener geometry creation and hardware assembly with easy standardization and selection, placement and configuration, and validation.
Real-Time Simulation and Analysis
Simulation-driven design is becoming a popular concept to analyze 3D models earlier in the product development process, leading to faster design iteration, higher confidence throughout the design process, and reduced reliance on physical prototypes. Creo quickly and accurately analyzes parts and assemblies within the design environment to ensure you are delivering your best designs in less time.
Creo Simulation Elite
Seamlessly integrate design and analysis with core simulation capabilities to optimize part and assembly models to mitigate risks.
Seamlessly integrate design and analysis with core simulation capabilities to optimize part and assembly models to mitigate risks.
Human factors analysis
Validate designs and demonstrate compliance with safety, health, and workplace standards.
Validate designs and demonstrate compliance with safety, health, and workplace standards.
Creo Simulation
Analyze structural, modal, buckling, and steady-state thermal scenarios. Advanced extensions include dynamic, nonlinear, and transient analyses.
Analyze structural, modal, buckling, and steady-state thermal scenarios. Advanced extensions include dynamic, nonlinear, and transient analyses.
Fatigue analysis
Analyze cycle fatigue and durability to account for repeated loading and determine the number of load cycles that can be sustained before failure.
Analyze cycle fatigue and durability to account for repeated loading and determine the number of load cycles that can be sustained before failure.
Creo Simulation Live
Quick simulation for all engineers with real-time feedback for structural, thermal, and modal analysis. CSL Advanced includes fluid simulation.
Quick simulation for all engineers with real-time feedback for structural, thermal, and modal analysis. CSL Advanced includes fluid simulation.
Creo Ansys Simulation
High-fidelity simulation capabilities with Ansys-powered solvers and meshing technology in Creo. CAS Advanced includes nonlinear simulation.
High-fidelity simulation capabilities with Ansys-powered solvers and meshing technology in Creo. CAS Advanced includes nonlinear simulation.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence in CAD helps engineers work smarter by reducing manual effort and accelerating routine tasks throughout the design process. Powered by the Creo AI Assistant, users can get design advice, in-context assistance, or automate tedious workflows to use their time more effectively.
Advise
The AI Assistant provides model-agnostic intelligence, in an LLM-based chat interface, but based on best practices and Creo help documentation.
The AI Assistant provides model-agnostic intelligence, in an LLM-based chat interface, but based on best practices and Creo help documentation.
Assist (Beta)
The Assistant can provide model-aware intelligence, working in context of the 3D model to provide insights, troubleshooting, and validation support.
The Assistant can provide model-aware intelligence, working in context of the 3D model to provide insights, troubleshooting, and validation support.
Automate (Alpha)
The Assistant enables engineering-level intelligence to create sophisticated geometry and perform design analysis before an engineer approves.
The Assistant enables engineering-level intelligence to create sophisticated geometry and perform design analysis before an engineer approves.
Electromechanical design
Electrical components are included nearly everywhere, meaning you need a CAD system with integrated tools to ensure your electrical components work seamlessly with mechanical parts. Creo provides a comprehensive suite of electromechanical design capabilities to quickly design electrical systems for an entire assembly.
Piping and cabling design
Optimize 3D piping and cabling routings and validate against 2D schematic logic to quickly design fully associative manufacturing deliverables.
Optimize 3D piping and cabling routings and validate against 2D schematic logic to quickly design fully associative manufacturing deliverables.
Clearance and creepage analysis
Analyze designs for electrical product safety and eliminate flaws from the creeping or arching of an electrical spark between conductive parts.
Analyze designs for electrical product safety and eliminate flaws from the creeping or arching of an electrical spark between conductive parts.
Schematics
Quickly create 2D schematics and automate the routing of 3D cable and piping systems.
Quickly create 2D schematics and automate the routing of 3D cable and piping systems.
Harness modeling and manufacturing
Rapidly define and automate the creation of harness manufacturing documentation.
Rapidly define and automate the creation of harness manufacturing documentation.
Model-based definition and detailing
Model-based definition is an approach to product design and development where the 3D model is the source of truth, effectively containing all product and manufacturing information (PMI). By embedding product data directly into 3D models, the model may be used further downstream across teams within an enterprise and by suppliers for improved communication, reduced costs, and quicker development time.
Model-based definition
Streamline product documentation, eliminate human error, and define a single source of truth for design, manufacturing, and processing information.
Streamline product documentation, eliminate human error, and define a single source of truth for design, manufacturing, and processing information.
Tolerance analysis
Ensure precision and quality for manufacturing by understanding tolerance stackup and dimensional variation.
Ensure precision and quality for manufacturing by understanding tolerance stackup and dimensional variation.
Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
Simplify GD&T standards by integrating expert guidance into every step of the design process.
Simplify GD&T standards by integrating expert guidance into every step of the design process.
2D detailing
Easily integrate 2D design tools into your 3D design workflows to enhance drafting and drawings of schematics, parts, cabling, assemblies, and more.
Easily integrate 2D design tools into your 3D design workflows to enhance drafting and drawings of schematics, parts, cabling, assemblies, and more.
Design for manufacturing, tooling, and production
Finished with the design phase and now you’re moving to manufacturing? Creo provides a complete suite of manufacturing and tooling solutions to support the smooth transition from design to manufacturing. In addition to NC machining and additive manufacturing, Creo enables the rapid design and development of mold, cast, and die tooling.
Additive manufacturing
Design, optimize, validate, and run print checks within the Creo environment. Enhanced lattice features enable the creation of highly complex parts.
Design, optimize, validate, and run print checks within the Creo environment. Enhanced lattice features enable the creation of highly complex parts.
NC Machining
NC Machining in Creo gives you the power to drive any type of NC machine, while working concurrently with designers to incorporate changes easily.
NC Machining in Creo gives you the power to drive any type of NC machine, while working concurrently with designers to incorporate changes easily.
Tool design
Accelerate the design of high-quality production tooling for plastic injection molded parts and casted components.
Accelerate the design of high-quality production tooling for plastic injection molded parts and casted components.
Composites design and manufacturing
Take advantage of high strength-to-weight ratios with composite parts. Design, simulate, and validate products all within one CAD environment.
Take advantage of high strength-to-weight ratios with composite parts. Design, simulate, and validate products all within one CAD environment.
High-speed milling
High-speed 3-axis trajectory machining capabilities for adaptive roughing, rest-roughing, finishing, and rest-finishing—powered by ModuleWorks.
High-speed 3-axis trajectory machining capabilities for adaptive roughing, rest-roughing, finishing, and rest-finishing—powered by ModuleWorks.
Progressive die design
Automate time-consuming manual tasks and speed the creation of sheet metal progressive dies.
Automate time-consuming manual tasks and speed the creation of sheet metal progressive dies.
Multi-CAD and data exchange
A multi-CAD/CAM and CAE environment can create a fragmented and sequential design process that is difficult to streamline or automate, acting as the antithesis to efficient product design. Creo enables the digital thread, connecting product design and development from concept through production and service and leading to a connected enterprise with better collaboration, improved cost savings, enhanced efficiency, faster time to market, and the ability to scale quickly.
Unite Technology
Integrate designs from manufacturers and outsourced design partners by importing data from any CAD source, without changing your design environment.
Integrate designs from manufacturers and outsourced design partners by importing data from any CAD source, without changing your design environment.
Import DataDoctor
Easily repair translated geometry that has missing information, geometric gaps, and errors.
Easily repair translated geometry that has missing information, geometric gaps, and errors.
Collaboration extensions
Automatically detect and update out of date information as you work with data from CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, NX, and Inventor.
Automatically detect and update out of date information as you work with data from CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, NX, and Inventor.
Legacy data migration
Simply migrate models and documentation from legacy CAD systems into Creo.
Simply migrate models and documentation from legacy CAD systems into Creo.
Flexible modeling
Rapidly implement late-stage changes by directly editing any 3D geometry, enabling data reuse, and preparing models for downstream use and analysis.
Rapidly implement late-stage changes by directly editing any 3D geometry, enabling data reuse, and preparing models for downstream use and analysis.
CAD administration and other capabilities
Simplify the administration of your CAD system and explore the other benefits of using Creo for your product development process.
Performance advisor
Get unprecedented visibility into your Creo-related hardware and software environments to optimize performance and monitor install base usage.
Get unprecedented visibility into your Creo-related hardware and software environments to optimize performance and monitor install base usage.
PTC University
Comprehensive product training enables designers to take their skills to the next level with self-guided or instructor-led courses.
Comprehensive product training enables designers to take their skills to the next level with self-guided or instructor-led courses.
Engineering Notebook
Embed the power of Mathcad into your Creo workflow to document, calculate, and analyze design intent, criteria, assumptions, and critical values.
Embed the power of Mathcad into your Creo workflow to document, calculate, and analyze design intent, criteria, assumptions, and critical values.
Product insights
Obtain real-world product data and validate critical values throughout the product development process.
Obtain real-world product data and validate critical values throughout the product development process.
Creo+
Enjoy the power of Creo+, delivered via SaaS, for improved CAD administration and real-time collaboration.
Enjoy the power of Creo+, delivered via SaaS, for improved CAD administration and real-time collaboration.