Tag Archives: Modeling

Using Creo: Keyboard Shortcuts for Easy to Use Views

By Admin | Published: Feb 13, 2012

Ben Eadie continues to provide great Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Express tutorial videos! This time, instead of demonstrating how to model his clock, he demonstrates how to program keyboard shortcuts. This allows you to view your models in different ways, quickly and easily. He shows you how to customize your commands based on your own preferences and […]

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Desktop Engineering: Creo Direct 1.0, A Brand New Direct Modeler from PTC

By Admin | Published: Jan 17, 2012

“The part modeling environment is quite robust. For operations that require precision, you can use the numeric entry (say, to extrude a profile to 5 inch height). For simple movement of geometry, you can click on the face or feature and drag it to a new position. For greater control, you have the option to […]

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Using Creo: Some Basic Modeling Tricks and Tips

By Admin | Published: Sep 30, 2011

Watch a quick video to see some modeling tricks and tips in Creo Direct Modeling Express!

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Evan Yares: CAD Usability and Model Deconstruction

By Admin | Published: Sep 29, 2011

“…CoCreate started to introduce intelligent editing capabilities to their direct modeling CAD programs in the mid to late 1980s, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that the game really changed, with a number of CAD programs adding feature-inference on top of direct modeling… PTC, which sells both direct and history-based tools, has major customers […]

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Facilitating the Migration of 2D Drawings to 3D

By barb schmitz | Published: Jun 17, 2011

The advent of 3D CAD revolutionized the way in which new products were designed, saving companies significant ROI, while also enabling them to design better products faster than ever. In addition, the intelligence-rich 3D CAD model can be leveraged for downstream applications to facilitate and speed the development process enterprise-wide. While most new product development […]

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Creo 1.0: Choose ‘All of the Above’

By Geoff Hedges | Published: Apr 25, 2011

From art to part, many companies develop in 3D using all-parametric all the time. Or all-direct all the time. Either way, they’re pretty set. So why is Creo now suggesting an alternative—a sometimes parametric, sometimes direct environment for 3D modeling? It’s not just because direct modeling fortifies parametric modeling. And it’s not just because parametric […]