Design Advanced Plus

Design advanced plus

  • Industry-Standard 3D CAD Capabilities**
    Augmented Reality Design Visualization
    Advanced Assembly
    Prismatic & Multi-Surface Milling
    Advanced Surfacing & Additive Manufacturing
    GD&T & Tolerance Analysis
    Mold Design & Mold Machining
    Extended Collaboration (CATIA V4, CATIA V5 and NX)
    PTC Mathcad
    Simulation, Basic CFD, & Fatigue Advisor
    Production Machining
    Advanced Simulation & CFD
    Options Modeler & Topology Optimization
    Metal Printing & Complete Machining

Additional capabilities for Design Advanced Plus:

Additive Manufacturing

Create and optimize lattice structures and define printer tray setup:

  • Automated creation of 2.5D and 3D lattice structures
  • Seamless analysis and optimization of lattice
  • Printer tray setup and nesting optimization


Interactive Surface Design

Combine the power of parametric modeling and flexibility of freeform surfacing:

  • Combined freeform and technical surfacing in a single environment
  • Focus on design aesthetics and shape rather than constraints and parameters
  • Design precise curves and surfaces to achieve highly-engineered, manufacturable products


Behavioral Modeling

Optimize geometry to solve for design goals and engineering criteria:

  • Automatically solve for design goals
  • Create smart models that adapt to change
  • Define and track custom measures



Mechanism Dynamics

Analyze and optimize the dynamic performance of mechanism designs:

  • Model real-world force, loads and contact types
  • Analyze mechanism behavior and reactionary forces
  • Seamlessly transfer reaction, gravity and inertial loads to Creo Simulate (Structural Analysis)


Tolerance Analysis

Analyze and understand geometric tolerance stack-up and dimensional variation:

  • Evaluate the impact of tolerances on the manufacturability of designs
  • Identify critical dimensions that contribute to the measure variation
  • Automatically generate HTML reports



GD&T Advisor

Simplify GD&T creation and improve MBD compliance with latest standards (ASME & ISO):

  • Wizard-like dashboard to guide the user in the correct application of GD&T
  • Feature-centric view of GD&T
  • Advisor Tree – displays messages to inform and guide the user



Tool Design

Accelerate the design of high-quality production mold and cast tooling:

  • Easy to use process driven UI for Mold and Cast design
  • Automated creation of parting line and parting surface geometry
  • Associative design and tooling updates



Expert Moldbase

Automate manual, time-consuming tasks to speed the creation of moldbase tooling:

  • 2D process-driven workflow for moldbase design and detailing
  • Customizable “smart” mold component library
  • Automatic ejector pin, waterline, and fittings functions, automatic runners and waterline checks


Mold Machining

Deliver rapid production of mold, die, electrode and prototype parts:

  • 3-axis trajectory milling
  • Comprehensive holemaking
  • High speed 3-axis machining powered by ModuleWorks



Creo Layout

Maximize productivity using integral 2D layout and 3D detailed design:

  • Easily create from scratch or edit existing information
  • Directly utilize 2D data to speed the creation of 3D design
  • Implement changes driven from 2D layout information


Multi-CAD Collaboration

Seamlessly integrate and work with data from SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor:

  • Collaboration for SolidWorks (Open, Update and Save As native SolidWorks files)
  • Collaboration for Autodesk Inventor (automatically detect and update Inventor data)


Piping & Cabling Design

Create and optimize routings for cost, manufacturability and service:

  • Automated routing referencing 2D Schematic logic
  • Easily visualize and edit using drag handles and on-the-fly editing
  • Ability to compare/validate 3D data against 2D schematic logic


Rendering (powered by Luxion's Keyshot)

Produce photorealistic images for design review, marketing collateral, and product packaging:

  • Real-time Raytracing powered by Luxion Keyshot
  • Enhanced lighting with High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) support
  • Standard library of over 200 predefined materials types


Design Exploration

Rapidly create and explore concepts and modeling alternatives:

  • Explore design changes safely without risking original designs or committing to any change
  • Simultaneously develop different ideas and evaluate all options before making decisions
  • Eliminate manual data duplication and session clean-up for loading and reloading different versions

Fastener Design

Automate fastener geometry creation and hardware assembly:

  • Automate the creation of holes and assembly fasteners
  • Access to standard libraries (ANSI, DIN, JIS)



Advanced Framework Design

Speed design and improve the accuracy of structural framework assemblies:

  • Fully integrated modeling, framework design and analysis
  • Comprehensive and customizable libraries of profiles, joints, connections and equipment
  • Automated beam placement and creation of framework geometry (e.g., joints, connections)

Legacy Data Migration

Support legacy data migration and CAD consolidation efforts:

  • Legacy Drawing Associator (LDA) – automatically connects parametric models to imported legacy data
  • Relink model and drawing to provide associativity (update) and association when checked into Windchill PDMLink
  • Annotation Convertor (AC) – Automatically convert drawing dimensions and notes to 3D annotations

Human Factors Design

Validate and optimize products for human interaction:

  • Quickly insert and customize digital human models to prevent ergonomic mismatches and reduce prototype costs
  • Easily manipulate manikins
  • Visualize human reach and vision

Core Simulation Capabilities

Enhance your product design with Simulation & Analysis:

  • Static Structural Analysis
  • Simulate Parts and Assemblies
  • Simulate Solid, Beams, Shells, Masses, Springs


Advanced Assembly

Facilitate and support your concurrent design and development:

  • Data Sharing and Distribution
  • Reference Control
  • Change Propagation


Prismatic and Multi-Surface Milling

Achieve the highest quality, highest precision machining in the fastest time possible:

  • Multi-Surface 3-axis milling with 4- and 5-axis positioning
  • High speed machining (for rapid prototyping and manufacturing)
  • Automatic change propagation and associative update of NC toolpaths
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