Creo Parametric
| PTC Creo Parametric | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | PTC |
| Initial release | 1987 |
| Stable release | 11.0.3.0
/ January 10, 2025 |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | CAD, CAM, CAE, PLM |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | ptc |
Creo Parametric, formerly known, together with Creo Elements/Pro, as Pro/Engineer (commonly referred to as Pro E) and Wildfire, is a solid modeling or computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and associative 3D modeling application, to run on Microsoft Windows.
Creo Parametric should not be confused with Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, formerly CoCreate ME10 (2D) and or ME30 (3D) CAD Products. The ex-CoCreate CAD Products are now owned by PTC and renamed Creo Elements/Direct Drafting and Creo Elements/Direct Modeling.
Creo Parametric is an application of a suite of 10 that provide collaborative solid modeling, assembly modelling, 2D orthographic views, finite element analysis, parametric modelling, sub-divisional and non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surface modeling, technical drawing (drafting), and numerical control (NC) and tooling functionality for mechanical designers.
Creo Parametric competes directly with CATIA, SolidWorks, NX/Solid Edge, Inventor/Fusion 360, IRONCAD, and Onshape. It was created by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) and was the first of its kind to market.
The software uses a specific file naming scheme, not allowing certain characters like ä, ö, é, ő, ł, Đ, ... (including spaces).