Creo View ECAD Features

Discover the features available for Creo View ECAD offerings
Compare the Features

Share and visualize PCB data from all major EDA tools, as well as drawings and documents. Compare the features between Creo View Express, Creo View Lite, Creo View ECAD, and the full Creo View ECAD Suite.


Creo View ECAD Feature Comparison

Feature

Creo View Express

Creo View Lite

Creo View ECAD

Creo View ECAD Suite (Includes Creo View ECAD Compare and Validate)
Load Viewables from Windchill
✔ ✔ ✔
Load Viewables from disk
 Only packaged and .eda
 Only packaged and .eda ✔ ✔
Create a viewable package

✔ ✔
Read Annotations from disk
 Read Only
 Read Only
 ✔ ✔
Save Annotations to disk

✔
 ✔
Read Annotations from Windchill
✔
 ✔
 ✔
Save Annotations to Windchill
✔
 ✔
 ✔
Measure
 Read Only Distance Only ✔
 ✔
Mark-ups (Redlines, Text)
 Read Only ✔ ✔
 ✔
Isolate and Highlight
 Read Only Read Only ✔
 ✔
Groups Read Only Read Only ✔ ✔
Watermarks Read Only ✔ ✔ ✔
Reporting

✔ ✔
Structure Navigator

✔ ✔
Find ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Search     ✔  ✔ 
 Quick Search

✔ ✔
Overlay and Image Transfer

✔ ✔
Tool-tips
 Not Configurable ✔ ✔ ✔
Query
 Single Selection Only Single Selection Only ✔ ✔
Color/Visibility
 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Save .eda File

✔ ✔
Cross Select with Creo Parametric

✔ ✔
Schematic to Schematic version comparison


✔
Layout to Layout version comparison


✔
Artwork to Artwork comparison


✔
Schematic to Layout comparison


✔
Layout to Artwork comparison


✔
Layout to 3D Mechanical Assembly comparison


✔
Text report of comparison differences


✔
Graphical preview of comparison differences


✔
Ability to Accept/Reject change proposals


✔
Electronic change deltas, history and communication


✔
Cross probing with Cadence Allegro


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