Estimate the number of load cycles your model can sustain before failure. Includes all the features of Creo Simulate and the following:

• Formulation
• Results
• Material Library
• Design Studies
• Load History

A complete computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solution for product designers and analysts:

• Calculate internal and external flows
• Simulate flow
• Animate flow results in real-time
• Heat transfer
• Parallel processing simulation
• Turbulence

Improve productivity in multi-CAD environments:

• Import data from other CAD systems into full Creo data
• Open and work with non-native data without any conversion effort
• Ensure changes on imported or opened data are handled seamlessly
• Exchange Creo models in common CAD formats with presence of licenses from these software systems

Use materials efficiently and optimize design for manufacturing:

• Automatically create and optimize toolpaths using standard and form tools
• Smart auto-nesting for utilization of maximum sheet area, reduction of scrap and material costs, and shortened lead times

Includes all capabilities of Prismatic & Multi-Surface Milling along with:

• 4-Axis Turning
• 4-Axis Wire EDM

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Automate fastener geometry creation and hardware assembly:

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

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)

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

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

Enhance your product design with Simulation & Analysis:

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

Facilitate and support your concurrent design and development:

• Data Sharing and Distribution
• Reference Control
• Change Propagation

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