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Creating a 21st Century Education: CAD Modelling with Creo – Dalek, Scooter and Caster

By Admin | Published: May 15, 2012

Originally posted on leedunn.wordpress.com Now that I’m an accredited teacher-trainer in the use of Creo, I thought that I’d write something about it! Creo is the latest version of the 3D CAD software which is developed by PTC. Many years ago, my school used ProDesktop before moving to AutoDESK Inventor back in 2008. Whilst Inventor [...]

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CAD/CAM Performance: Say Good-Bye to Paper Technician Manuals with Creo Illustrate

By Admin | Published: May 10, 2012

Associatively linked to original CAD files, Creo Illustrate makes it possible to create 3D, interactive and updatable service manuals that can be viewed on a laptop, tablet or smartphone. This eliminates print production costs, and allows technicians to call up information on the exact product variant they’re working on, with all of the latest engineering [...]

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PTC Express: Creo 2.0 Doubles Design Productivity, Delivers Conceptual Design Gains and Modular Assembly

By Admin | Published: May 2, 2012

Creo 1.0 provided nine integrated purpose-built tools that enabled a much broader design contribution across the enterprise. Creo 2.0 takes another leap forward by delivering user interface enhancements that double design productivity for Pro/ENGINEER users, apps that substantially improve the conceptual design process, and a new role-specific app supporting modular product assembly. Read more about [...]

3dcadtips: PTC announces Creo 2.0, Windchill 10.1, and shake-and-break 1.0

By Admin | Published: Apr 26, 2012

Posted by Evan Yares This week, PTC announced Creo 2.0 and Windchill 10.1. These aren’t big releases in the grand scheme of things, but they are important releases, and show that PTC is working hard to deliver on what it’s promised. Creo 2.0 This release includes fresh and updated releases of the 9 existing Creo [...]

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CAD/CAM Performance: Concepting in Creo – Part 2: Modernizing Concept Design

By Admin | Published: Apr 26, 2012

Bill Martin-Otto gives an overview of industry analyst Chad Jackson’s PTC-sponsored ebook around Concept Design: In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about PTC’s global survey on Trends in Concept Design. In Part 2, I delve into modernizing concept design. If you’ve ever been part of the Friday afternoon fire drill—you know, when the [...]

MCADCafe e-Magazine: PTC Releases Creo 2.0

By Admin | Published: Apr 25, 2012

MCADCafe Editor Jeffrey Rowe discusses PTC’s latest release of Creo 2.0 which addresses some of the usability issues and includes new features such as freeform surfacing. Below are a few excerpts from the piece or go to mcadcafe.com for the full article: PTC announced Creo 2.0, the latest release of its revolutionary new generation of [...]

Fireuser: AMD & PTC develop ultra-fast GPU-accelerated 3D transparency mode for Creo Parametric 2.0

By Admin | Published: Apr 19, 2012

Comparison of 3D transparency rendering in PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 vs Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5 This video compares PTC Creo Parametric 2.0 to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5 for 3D transparency rendering on an AMD FirePro V7900. AMD and PTC developed a new hardware-accelerated transparency feature called Order Independent Transparency (OIT) (See post on ultra-fast GPU-accelerated 3D transparency [...]

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Develop3D: PTC Creo 2.0

By Admin | Published: Apr 17, 2012

Excerpts from Develop3D.com‘s look at what the latest version of Creo has to offer If you’ve been following what PTC has been up to in the last year or so, you’ll be more than aware of the change in both brand and direction. Gone is the oldest name in the parametric modelling game, Pro/Engineer and [...]

Cadalyst: PTC Introduces Modular Product Design Creo App and Windchill Mobile

By Admin | Published: Apr 16, 2012

Creo 2.0 includes updated versions of the nine original apps in the Creo family, plus a new tool for building 3D-based product assemblies, while Windchill expands to iOS devices. Updated Apps Support Concept Design Many companies prefer to start concept designs in 2D to quickly explore multiple options before moving to build more complex 3D [...]

DesktopEngineering: PTC Updates Creo, Windchill

By Admin | Published: Apr 16, 2012

New Creo Options Modeler introduced; Windchill now integrated with Integrity for requirements management. PTC has released Creo 2.0, an update to its product design software. The company has also released a new version of its Windchill PLM software. With Creo 2.0, PTC has introduced a new role-specific app, the Options Modeler, that extends how organizations [...]