![]() ![]() Like this, Creo Parametric natively supports 4K monitors and Windows DPI scaling. Graphic quality, too, is at the highest level. We have a modern ribbon interface at our disposal that follows very strongly the philosophy of Microsoft Office. Creo is intuitive to use today without sacrificing functionality, robustness and performance. Since Pro/E Wildfire was renamed Creo Parametric in 2011, PTC has worked massively on the overhaul of the user interface and usability. PTC’s Creo Parametric is already available as version 7. Well, now the question is where do we stand today and how do I respond to my customers’ questions and the horror stories mentioned at the beginning? PTC Creo Parametric vs SolidWorks – Today ![]() True, but before I joined PDSVISION I worked in construction for about 10 years, 5 of which I worked in several companies with SolidWorks in various thematic areas such as plastic, sheet metal or rotary parts. If you’ve read up until here, I can understand if you say “Ok, but he works for a PTC partner”. I think every SolidWorks user knows what is meant here. Additionally, there are performance and stability problems to this day, since from the beginning the focus was on simple operation and not on performance as in Pro/ENGINEER. For a start, usability was bought by trading depth of functions like you would find in a high-end system. ![]() The “ease of use” is still the defining factor for SOLIDWORKS today. In the early years, Hirschtick recruited several PTC employees, which ultimately laid the foundation for the eternal rivalry Pro/E / Creo vs. Its founder, Jon Hirschtick, wanted to develop a simple, Windows-based CAD that would also be cheap to purchase. SolidWorksġ993 was the year of SolidWorks’s foundation as a company. From this period of about 20 years originates the legendary reputation that Pro/E is difficult to use and learn. This early, the focus on usability and user-friendliness of Pro/Engineer was only partially important. Over time and in countless benchmarks Pro/E, temporarily called Wildfire, proved how good the function and the speed of the program is. Known then as Pro/ENGINEER and born into a world where the UNIX workstations of SUN, Apollo and however they were all called, with their computing power, graphics performance and storage space, were absolutely ridiculous.įor PTC, the main focus was always the performance and depth of the functions as it was built from the top down. Pro/ENGINEER (now Creo Parametric) has been around since 1987 and was first introduced to the public in Detroit. Back then, he had the first ideas for a parametric and feature-based CAD software. We will take a closer look at the eternal rivals PTC Creo Parametric and SolidWorks of Dassault in 3 main points. In this blog post I would like to explain to you where these “stories” come from and where we stand today. PTC Creo Parametric vs SolidWorks – History ![]() These opinions are clearly shaped by the rivalry between Creo, formerly Pro/ENGINEER (Pro/E) and SolidWorks. Many of these engineers have been involved in construction since the 2D era of the CAD world and know 3D CAD systems from the early days. Now, of course, the question is where these stories and opinions come from, especially if they are users of a non-parametric CAD system? Most of the time, these points of view come from very experienced and veteran designers and that is no coincidence. The classic is, however, that a parametric CAD would not work for our products. This CAD System is a direct modeler that has been under PTC’s roof for several years. Often, customers will tell old horror stories like how a parametric CAD is not able to function or, particularly for Creo Parametric, that it’s too complex and too difficult to use, especially if you are a user of PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling, formerly known as CoCreate. In conversation with customers you often come across other CAD systems, of course. As a senior consultant for PDSVISION I spend a lot of time with customers in the field. ![]()
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