While the latest upgrades to major CAD systems don’t make major changes to the way those programs operate, they do include significant updates. Here’s a look at some of the biggest enhancements and key features of these programs. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor CAD packages continue to see regular updates, whether a major release, or the […]
PTC announces Creo 5.0 with additive manufacturing and topology optimization features
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced Creo 5.0, the latest release of its Creo 3D computer-aided design (CAD) software that enables users to go from concept to manufacturing in one design environment. Creo 5.0 introduces five new capabilities for product design and offers new productivity enhancements. With Creo 5.0, concepts can be transformed into smart, connected products, […]
GRANTA and PTC team up to provide materials data in CREO 4.0
Granta Design announced that sample materials property data from Granta, the materials information technology leader, will be available to users of the new Creo® 4.0 3D CAD software from PTC. This addition provides fast, easy access to property data covering 117 sample materials, including commonly-used metals, plastics, composites, and ceramics. Creo users can browse the […]
PTC Announces Creo 4.0 for Smarter Design
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced the release of the latest version of its Creo 4.0 3D CAD software. Creo 4.0 introduces new capabilities for Internet of Things (IoT), additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and model-based definition (MBD). Creo 4.0 aids smarter design with an array of core modeling enhancements and new functions. With this latest release of […]
GrabCAD Announces Integration with PTC Creo and Workbench Summer 2014 Release
It appears the folks at GrabCAD have been quite busy. The Cambridge-based startup is making two significant announcements today: the integration of its Workbench cloud-based file management platform with PTC Creo CAD software and the release of Workbench Summer 2014. Since PTC Live Global was just held this week in Boston, we’ll start with that […]
PTC Releases Creo Elements/Direct v19.0
Another announcement made at this year’s PTC Live Global event was the release of PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0, direct modeling software that now includes productivity enhancements in modeling, drafting, collaboration and data management. As mentioned in the Creo 3.0 blog, the company also unveiled new technology it’s calling Unite technology that better supports multi-CAD environments. […]
Creo 3.0 Announced at PTC Live Global
Amid the excitement of users, partners, analysts and members of the press–along with hundreds of Boston-based employees, PTC announces the release of Creo 3.0. Among the most impressive of its enhancements and feature upgrades is what PTC has dubbed Unite Technology. Designed to help its customers overcome the struggles of dealing with CAD data in […]
Luxion Releases KeyShot 5 Rendering Software
Rendering software is increasingly being put to use by design engineers to create downstream product collateral used to support, maintain and sell products–often before the product even exists in physical form. Rendered 3D models are also created and used early in the design process to speed the process of obtaining customer or management approval. Rendering […]
Debating the Most Efficient Way to Go from Concept to Documentation
The conceptual phase of design is the only one within the product development window that must be inherently fluid, and in a sense, should be done in a leisurely manner. What, you ask? The word “leisure” is probably not used often when it comes to designing products, right? OK, let me explain. In order to […]
The Role of Associativity in Direct Modeling
When designers and engineers think about design associativity, they often think about history-based 3D modeling systems. CAD software that deploys a history-based approach to modeling requires engineers to anticipate and define feature constraints, relations and dependencies, which ensures that any design change will update all related downstream geometry. That’s design associativity. Though they require a […]
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