Specialized CAD/CAM software for Shipbuilding When you need to design massive, complex products and coordinate the concurrent engineering efforts of a large team, you need a solution that is powerful and purpose-built for this multi-disciplinary challenge. CADDS 5, PTC's specialized CAD/CAM software, is the ideal solution for shipbuilders and other discrete manufacturers who create products with immense, complex assembly structures. CADDS 5 is an adaptable, hybrid modeling solution that let users optimize their design approach for specific cases. You can leverage parametric, explicit, and derived modeling capabilities which are tailored to meet the needs of shipbuilders and other designers of very large, complex products. CADDS 5 facilitates collaborative engineering. The unique architecture of CADDS 5 enables hundreds of designers to work concurrently on a design project, enabling simultaneous design, documentation, assembly, and machining.

Provides extensive user programming capabilities that augment the CADDS 5 product family The CVMAC graphics programming language allows users to integrate unique procedures into CADDS 5 in order to automate repetitive operations, add new features, or tailor the system to meet specific requirements. This fully compiled language is optimized for speed and portability. CVMAC offers commands at all levels of sophistication, permitting both beginners and experienced users to optimize their levels of productivity.

A powerful, distinctive application that enables both the detection and management of clashes throughout the product development process Using an Oracle database as the repository, each clash is given a unique identification and is managed through its lifecycle from detection to a successful resolution and closure using stringent, project based criteria. Accessible from both CADDS 5, Optegra (EPD.Connect) and a standalone user interface, CADDS 5 CDM increases productivity and reduces costs by detecting and resolving clashes earlier in the design cycle and avoiding costly rework during manufacturing.

Powerful capabilities for designing very large assemblies CADDS 5 Concurrent Assembly Option is 3D CAD software that provides comprehensive assembly capabilities for very large assembly design, including specific capabilities focused on concurrent product design, tolerancing, design iteration, and interference detection. The unique, concurrent assembly environment of CADDS 5 coordinates the parallel 3D design activities of an Engineering team, allowing designers to use 3D CAD (computer-aided design) to create, analyze and modify components within the context of a product assembly.

In today's extended enterprise, you need to fully support multi-CAD design and data exchange CADDS 5 meets this challenge with scalable solutions that can be tailored for specific 3D design project requirements. You can also leverage PTC's unique, powerful, bidirectional Associated Topology Bus (ATB), which provides associativity with Pro/ENGINEER and other 3D CAD software systems. CADDS 5 data exchange capabilities help reduce errors, increase quality, and improve multi-CAD design efficiency.

A turnkey 3D CAD CAM drawing solution This solution can act as a base for other CADDS 5 options, particularly for users in Engineering and Manufacturing who do not need to modify the actual 3D design. Based on the adaptable, hybrid-modeling kernel of CADDS 5, this CAD drawing software supports a full range of 2D/3D explicit wire-frame modeling capabilities with extensive associative dimensioning and drafting functions for both parts and assemblies.

Advanced 3D CAD software for developing and managing large electrical systems used in the shipbuilding industry Its specialized electrical design capabilities include cabling schematics, 3D cableway networks, 3D routing of cables (and the cableway support structures), and a standard library of parts. This 3D CAD CAM software supports multiple, concurrent users, is integrated with a database to ensure design consistency, and provides an interface to third-party cable management software. Leverage CADDS 5 Electrical and Outfitting Design Option to improve your electrical systems' 3D design collaboration and productivity.

Provides specialized capabilities to support the design of large HVAC (Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning) systems, support structures, and associated downstream manufacturing deliverables These capabilities support the full HVAC design process, from initial sizing to production drawings. You can calculate flow requirements--leveraging ASHRAE specifications--to size and balance systems to simultaneously optimize performance and meet industry standards. The routing of non-standard duct section types along complex non-orthogonal paths makes it an optimal solution for designing networks in ship and submarine compartments, where space is at a premium. CADDS 5 HVAC and Outfitting Design Option also helps you optimize your detailed design process in heating systems, central air conditioning systems, and water heaters, while improving overall productivity.

A 3D CAD solution that automates the 2D and 3D design and manufacture of wires, cables and harnesses This CADDS 5 option includes a robust schematic capture engine for importing electrical schematics and wiring diagrams. After the product is designed and optimized, all necessary downstream drawing and manufacturing deliverables can also be automatically created. CADDS 5 Harness and Cabling Option is ideal for creating a wiring harness, wiring diagrams, and cabling systems in the aerospace and shipbuilding industries, and wiring looms for the automotive industry.

The leading solution for the automatic generation of piping isometric drawings Used throughout plant design, offshore and shipbuilding industries, it offers an unbeatable success rate in delivering accurate, first-time manufacturing drawings for every conceivable industrial piping scenario. CADDS 5 ISOGEN Interface helps you save time and improve production drawing productivity.

Provides comprehensive surfacing capabilities for creating both styling and production surfaces This option combines and enhances the CADDS Non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfacing capabilities with a dynamic, interactive surface design tool within the parametric modeling environment. The resulting surfaces are embedded in the model history. This powerful surfacing option enables quick and free design of complex surfaces and provides powerful interactive analysis features to validate the results.

A must for any MCAD suite is the ability to manufacture a design with ease PTC offers powerful manufacturing capabilities to complement the CADDS 5 Modeling Foundation. CADDS 5 Manufacturing Option provides a single, associative manufacturing solution for all 2-axis through to 5-axis milling and turning operations. You can optimize your toolpaths to machine products faster and more accurately. CADDS 5 Manufacturing Option helps you save time and optimize your manufacturing tooling design and machining processes.

Provides a comprehensive design and drafting solution Based on a hybrid-modeling kernel, it offers a broad range of parametric, explicit and derived design capabilities. Parametric and explicit wire frame, surfacing and solid modeling technologies offer both adaptability and scalability, giving you the power to create massive, complex assemblies.

Now you can create all aspects of piping design in a single 3D CAD software application, which improves design quality and productivity As an integrated part of PTC's comprehensive CADDS 5 Shipbuilding solution, CADDS 5 Piping and Outfitting Design Option delivers a broad set of capabilities for: 1. defining the 2D functional design of the P&ID (Process and Instrumentation Diagrams), 2. creating the 3D piping design, and 3. automatically extracting isometric outputs and fabrication data. By leveraging this option, you can improve your detailed 3D design process for piping.

Sheet metal design is an important part of delivering equipment chassis, frames, brackets, and enclosures CADDS 5 Sheet Metal Design Option automates the design and development of sheet metal components and folded plates. In a single application you can create your sheet metal design from a simple model, produce flat-patterns, using attributes such as thickness, bend angles and bend allowance, and deliver the finished, fully-featured 3D solid model, including manufacturing data. CADDS 5 Sheet Metal Design Option saves time and helps you optimize your design and manufacturing processes.

Offers a best-in-class shipbuilding solution that meets the distinct and specialized product design needs of both naval and commercial markets This CADDS 5 option provides a comprehensive set of interoperable 3D CAD design applications. By leveraging the structural and outfitting design, manufacturing, and powerful surfacing tools for complex hull shapes, you can realize substantial productivity gains and reduce product development costsâ??giving you an advantage in the competitive shipbuilding market.

Featuring a broad range of capabilities for the detailed design and fabrication of steel structures With this powerful structural design software, you can model and fabricate complex plates with curved and twisted stiffeners. These product design and development capabilities, coupled with associative relationships that drive automated updates, help you increase steel design productivity, especially in the shipbuilding, steel buildings, and offshore industries.

Creo, PTC's design software, enables companies to unlock potential within their organizations Creo, PTC's new family of design software, is built to solve chronic problems that have long plagued companies that use CAD software. Creo will deliver four breakthrough technologies that address the lingering challenges of usability, interoperability, technology lock-in and assembly management. By addressing the big unsolved problems in design software, Creo enables companies to unlock potential within their organizations by unleashing creativity, facilitating teamwork, increasing efficiency and ultimately realizing value.

Direct CAD & PDM software Creo Elements/Direct - formerly CoCreate - is a complete design environment, offering 3D CAD and 2D CAD, CAE and integrated product data management (PDM). A broad set of add-on design modules brings additional product development capabilities to Creo Elements/Direct CAD and PDM products. Creo Elements/Direct provides speed, flexibility, and responsiveness-to-change for customers facing short design cycles, one-off product designs, or companies demanding a lightweight design process. This direct approach to 3D CAD software design delivers faster design cycles and flexibility to the 3D design. By investing in Creo Elements/Direct today, you can immediately realize the proven performance benefits of PTC's industry leading direct modeling technology, with the confidence in knowing that your investments will be fully compatible with Creo, the design software solution set to deliver break-through productivity gains. What's more, all current CoCreate 2D and 3D data are also fully compatible with the Creo product family.

Open and controlled access to the extended team Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct 2D Access is a CAD viewer that offers rich 2D CAD visualization to improve your company's product development process. With Creo Elements/Direct 2D Access, you can extend the use of 2D design data across the entire organization and supply chain so team members can easily share design data in native and neutral 2D CAD formats.

Ready-to-use CAD software components Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct 2D Library, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, is an extensive library of over 500,000 ANSI, DIN and ISO 2D CAD design components, such as bolts, washers, nuts and miscellaneous hardware. Creo Elements/Direct 2D Library simplifies the entire product assembly and bill-of-materials (BOM) process, so you can avoid re-creating standard components. When used with Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager software, you can effectively manage every component in every product assembly.

Open and controlled access to the extended team Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access is a CAD viewer that offers rich 2D and 3D CAD visualization to improve your company's product development process. With Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, you can extend the use of 2D and 3D CAD design data across the entire organization and supply chain so team members can easily share both 2D and 3D design data in neutral and native 3D CAD formats.

More 3D power with five-in-one capability Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Advanced Design is a comprehensive set of five integrated Creo Elements/Direct Modeling modules that work together to digitally resolve potential manufacturing issues and extend the use of 3D CAD data beyond product design. An essential module for any size design team, you can establish physical and mechanical relationships within assemblies, add parametric features to parts, design plastic parts faster, protect intellectual property, and communicate with coordinate measuring systems.

Gain Early Insight into Product Performance Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Intense competition is forcing manufacturers to 'get it right the first time', which means you need to gain a solid understanding of product performance early in the development cycle. Creo Elements/Direct Advanced Mechanica enables simulation experts to fully evaluate and optimize their designs on the desktop, so you can improve product quality while reducingâ??or even eliminating--the cost of physical prototyping. With this complete set of advanced analysis capabilities, you can immediately bolster your verification and validation processes.

Leverage design data from development for manufacturing Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct BOM Editor, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager, helps lean manufacturing companies leverage engineering bills-of-materials (BOMs) as the starting point for manufacturing BOMs. Developed for product managers and document control, Creo Elements/Direct BOM Editor creates, manages, modifies, and exports BOM reports for your 3D product development process.

Design and manufacturing for electromechanical systems Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Cabling, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, unites electrical and mechanical disciplines to automate the design and manufacture of routed wiring and cable harnesses. With Creo Elements/Direct Cabling, you can create cables, harnesses, and bill of materials documentation, including drawings for electrical cables, harness routes, and nail boards.

Replicate and synchronize product design data across multiple databases Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Database Replication is a product data management solution that provides distributed design teams local access to the latest product design data quickly and easily. Creo Elements/Direct Database Replication provides each team with instant and local access to all design data, while maintaining accurate revision and state control.

2D CAD for the mechanical design process Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Drafting is a complete 2D CAD system built on a part and assembly structure that is tuned to the specific needs of mechanical engineers and designers. Specialized features, in Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, such as assembly management and parametrics expand beyond the full set of standard 2D design capabilities to provide a complete 2D CAD platform, perfect for the product development process.

The essential companion for 2D product design Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Drafting, is specialized for highly iterative, "work-in-progress" design environments. Its tight integration ensures that automated product data management comes naturally to the design process spanning from sandbox concepts to released product designs. As the essential companion to 2D product design, Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager orchestrates development efforts and organizes 2D CAD data and associated files within a central database.

Run design, analysis and simulation in parallel Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis--an integrated 3D CAD-CAM software module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, is a powerful FEA tool for quickly analyzing real-world design conditions, so you can deliver higher quality products at lower cost. With the simulation and digital prototyping capabilities of this design analysis module, you can validate your product design to meet your customer's physical demands during new product development.

Downstream support for enterprise resource planning Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Integration for SAP ERP seamlessly manages product design data between Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, and SAP ERP. You can publish derivative design data to SAP ERP at well-defined process stages and manage the SAP business process environment directly from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. Creo Elements/Direct Integration for SAP ERP supports common SAP data including documents, material master, material BOM, and engineering change management.

Publish and share 3D PDF documents Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Adobe 3D PDF makes it easy to share 3D design data published from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. You can collaborate more effectively with suppliers, partners, and customers using documents that anyone can open, view, and print. Everyone can share and view design data using the Adobe Reader â?? a free, downloadable 3D PDF viewer.

Work faster, free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for CATIA V4 is 3D CAD-CAM software that increases the quality of design data translated through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. When converting data from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the native CATIA V4 format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats like STEP and IGES. This interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process, which is valuable for companies that work with multi-CAD design teams both internally and externally.

Work free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for Creo Elements/Pro increases the quality of translated design data through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. Converted from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the translated Creo Elements/Pro format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats (like STEP and IGES). This interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process for companies who deal with multi-CAD design teams - internally and externally.

Work free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for I-deas increases the quality of translated design data through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. Converted from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the translated I-deas format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats (like STEP and IGES). This interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process for companies who deal with multi-CAD design teams - internally and externally.

Work free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for Inventor increases the quality of translated design data through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. Converted from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the translated Inventor format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats (like STEP and IGES). This interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process for companies who deal with multi-CAD design teams - internally and externally.

Publish and share XVL documents Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Lattice XVL is a highly compressed viewable format that makes it easy to share 3D CAD design data published from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling. This solution lets you collaborate more effectively with suppliers, partners and customers using 3D CAD software documents that anyone can open, view and print. Everyone can share and view 3D models using the Lattice XVL Player â?? a free, downloadable 3D viewer available as a plug-in for Windows Internet Explorer, and other Web browsers.

Work free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for NX is 3D CAD CAM software that increases the quality of translated 3D design data through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. When converting data from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access design software, the quality you get from the native NX Parasolid format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats like STEP and IGES. This interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process, which is highly valuable for companies that work with multi-CAD design teams both internally and externally.

Work free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for Solid Edge increases the quality of translated design data through industry-leading, multi-CAD data exchange technology. Converted from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the native Solid Edge Parasolid format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats (like STEP and IGES). This interface supports bi-directional data exchange for companies who work with multi-CAD design teams - internally and externallyâ??using a variety of 3D CAD/CAM software packages, including Catia and Autodesk Inventor.

Work faster, free of interoperability limitations Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Interface for SolidWorks is 3D CAD software that increases the quality of translated design data through industry-leading multi-CAD data exchange technology. When converting 3D CAD data from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling or Creo Elements/Direct 3D Access, the quality you get from the native SolidWorks Parasolid format goes well beyond what is possible with neutral 3D CAD data formats like STEP and IGES. This CAD software interface supports a bi-directional data exchange process, which is highly valuable for companies that work with multi-CAD design teams both internally and externally.

The essential companion for 3D product design Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, is specialized for highly iterative, "work-in-progress" design environments. Its tight integration ensures that automated product data management comes naturally to the design process spanning from sandbox concepts to released product designs. As the essential companion to 3D product design, Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager orchestrates development efforts and organizes 3D and 2D CAD data and associated files within a central database.

Lightweight, flexible and direct Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, the world's #1 direct 3D CAD software system, is a complete environment for 3D product design with a broad set of integrated design modules that add extra capabilities to meet your specialized needs. The direct approach inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling makes creating and modifying 3D designs fast, easy and flexible. Creo Elements/Direct Modeling is packed with an extensive list of features to deliver the speed, flexibility and responsiveness to change that's demanded by leaders in the high-tech electronics and machinery industries.

Industry-proven solution for designing plastic injection molds Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Mold Base, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, helps with the tedious task of creating mold plates and components. Creo Elements/Direct Mold Base reduces the effort of designing plastic injection molds with its highly interactive and intelligent tooling. When mold designers use this productivity add-on, they have access to leading-edge Computer Aided Mold Design software based on industry-proven technology.

Reliably access remote product design data across multiple sites Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Multi-Site, an add-on software module for Creo Elements/Direct Modeling and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager, is a proven and reliable product data management solution that gives distributed design teams access to the latest product design data, automatically and transparently. Easy to maintain, Creo Elements/Direct Multi-Site eliminates unnecessary product development data duplication, and instantly searches remote product design data on demand, speeding up the process of new product development.

173,000 ready-to-use 3D CAD components Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Part Library--an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, features an extensive library of over 173,000 ANSI, DIN, ISO and JIS components, such as bolts, washers, nuts, and miscellaneous hardware. In addition to reusing these 3D design components from the library, you can also automate your product design process with time-saving machining commands. When used with Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, you can effectively manage every component in every product assembly.

Design ready-to-manufacture sheet metal parts Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Sheet Metal, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, satisfies the needs of even the most demanding sheet metal designers. Companies can build design and manufacturing advice into Creo Elements/Direct Sheet Metal to simulate design and manufacturing behaviors, making it the ideal productivity add-on for companies designing complex or high volumes of precision sheet metal models and 3D digital prototypes.

Add more style to products Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Surfacing, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, is perfect for companies and industrial designers who want to create appealing and ergonomic products. Creo Elements/Direct Surfacing provides powerful and robust surfacing capabilities so you can create stylized surfaces and design freeform shapes. The combination of freeform surfacing and solid modeling in one environment offers unlimited flexibility to use a mix of core surfacing and 3D functionality to produce innovative product designs.

Continuous design, verification, and productivity Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Creo Elements/Direct Task Agent, an integrated module inside Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager and Creo Elements/Direct Drawing Manager, automates repetitive tasks in the product development process. As a productivity add-on, Creo Elements/Direct Task Agent saves time by scheduling background processes to automate 3D clash analyses from Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, publish product designs to 3D viewing formats, convert 3D and 2D design data to standard CAD neutral formats or native 3D CAD formats, and print multiple drawings at once.

Integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE Solutions for Any Size Design Challenge Customer requirements may change and time pressures may continue to mount, but your product design needs remain the same. Regardless of your project's scope, you need a powerful, easy-to-use, affordable solution. Creo Elements/Pro - formerly Pro/ENGINEER - is the standard in 3D product design, featuring state-of-the-art productivity tools that promote best practices in design while ensuring compliance with your industry and company standards. Integrated, parametric, 3D CAD/CAM/CAE solutions allow you to design faster than ever, while maximizing innovation and quality to ultimately create exceptional products. By investing in Creo Elements/Pro today, you can immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solution, while having the freedom to move to Creo, the design software solution set to deliver break-through productivity gains. You'll also have the confidence of knowing that your current Creo Elements/Pro data will be fully compatible with Creo.

Advanced assembly design and management Creo Elements/Pro (formerly Pro/ENGINEER) allows you to immediately realize the proven performance of PTC's industry-leading design solutions today while putting you on the path to achieve break-through productivity gains with Creo. Innovative product design often involves creating and managing an array of components and sub-assemblies. Creo Elements/Pro Advanced Assembly enhances the productivity of distributed teams with capabilities for design criteria management, top-down assembly design, and assembly process planning. Benefits include: more flexible designs, improved technical documentation, and accurate fabrication instructions.