Creo

Creo is a family or suite of design software supporting product design for discrete manufacturers and is developed by PTC. The suite consists of apps, each delivering a distinct set of capabilities for a user role within product development.

Creo runs on Microsoft Windows and provides apps for 2D design, 3D CAD parametric feature solid modeling, 3D direct modeling, Finite Element Analysis and simulation, schematic design, technical illustrations, and viewing and visualization.

The Creo suite of apps replace and supersede PTC’s products formerly known as Pro/ENGINEER, CoCreate, andProductView.

PTC began developing Creo in 2009, and announced^[1] it using the code name Project Lightning at PlanetPTC Live, in Las Vegas, in June 2010. In October 2010, PTC unveiled^[2] the product name for Project Lightning to be Creo. PTC released^[3]Creo 1.0 in June 2011.