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PTC Creo
Computer-aided design software suite

Creo is a family of Computer-aided design (CAD) apps supporting product design for discrete manufacturers developed by PTC.

Creo runs on Microsoft Windows and provides software for 3D CAD parametric feature solid modeling, 3D direct modeling, 2D orthographic views, Finite Element Analysis and simulation, schematic design, technical illustrations, and viewing and visualization. Creo can also be paired with the Mastercam machining based software.

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History

PTC began developing Creo in 2009, and announced it using the code name Project Lightning at PlanetPTC Live, in Las Vegas, in June 2010.1

In October 2010, PTC unveiled the product name Creo.2 PTC released Creo 1.0 in June 2011.3

Software and features

Creo Parametric and Creo Elements compete directly with CATIA, Siemens NX/Solid Edge, and SolidWorks. The Creo suite of apps replace and supersede PTC’s products formerly known as Pro/ENGINEER, CoCreate, and ProductView.

Release history
VersionRelease date
Creo 1.06 January 20114
Creo 2.027 March 20125
Creo 3.017 March 2014
Creo 4.015 December 20166
Creo 5.019 March 20187
Creo 6.019 March 2019
Creo 7.014 April 2020
Creo 8.014 April 2021
Creo 9.04 May 20228
Creo 10.018 April 20239

See also

References

  1. Reflections on PTCUser Conference Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, Tech-Clarity, 14 June 2010. http://tech-clarity.com/clarityonplm/tag/project-lightning/ ↩

  2. PTC Reveals Project Lightning as Creo, Desktop Engineering, 28 October 2010. http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aaayxn.htm ↩

  3. PTC Releases Creo 1.0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Tenlinks.com, 13 June 2011. http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/PTC/061311_creo1.htm ↩

  4. PTC Releases Creo 1.0 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Tenlinks.com, 13 June 2011. http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/PTC/061311_creo1.htm ↩

  5. Past Present & Future of CAD, Design Engine, 22 February 2020. https://design-engine.com/past-present-future-of-cad/ ↩

  6. "PTC Announces Creo 4.0 for Smarter Design". Business Wire. 15 November 2016. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161115006063/en/PTC-Announces-Creo-4.0-Smarter-Design ↩

  7. "PTC Announces Creo 5.0, the Latest Version of its Award-Winning CAD Solution". 19 March 2018. https://www.ptc.com/en/news/2018/ptc-announces-creo-5 ↩

  8. "PTC Announces Availability of Creo 9 | PTC". www.ptc.com. Retrieved 2022-06-10. https://www.ptc.com/en/news/2022/ptc-announces-availability-creo-9 ↩

  9. "What's new in Creo 10". www.ptc.com. Retrieved 2023-10-06. https://www.ptc.com/en/blogs/cad/whats-new-in-creo-10 ↩