PTC Creo

I'm a PTC Creo 9 user since 2008 (it was called Wildfire, back then). In my experience, it's hard to use, doesn't remember most of the settings (i.e. if I need to save something on a specific folder, everytime I'll have to give file type, complete folder etc...), doesn't have autosave, doesn't show a clear message when it has problem saving, doesn't show a message about files not saved if it's replacing a file (i.e. if you change an attribute, it will replace the file that you have on screen and if you didn't saved it before you basically lose the work), it's slow and hard to draw in 2D. In my experience, sometimes it feels connections between *.drw files and files that doesn't exist anymore and can't be removed, sometimes it gives errors so generic that you don't even know where to start. It doesn't have multiprocessor ability (it has just regeneration multiprocessor). I feel it's like a CAD locked in the nineties and proud of it. It's not user-friendly. In my opinion, it's a CAD that doesn't help you, YOU have to remember a lot of things to avoid problems and do a lot of things again and again to work with it. I feel it's basically working against you.

PRO TIP: If it starts regenerating and it's taking some time, don't click continuously mouse buttons or keys, or it will crash.

• In my opinion, it make it easy to waste time

AutoCAD LT

We use PTC Creo in our organization for Product Design and development purposes. We use PTC Creo for 2D drawing creation to 3D, various value addition, value engineering activities, reverse engineering & so on. PTC Creo helped us in the development of lead time reduction.

• Solid design
• Drafting using 3D

• Lead-time reduction
• Profit increase

• The model organization
• Part references that are used to create new parts from existing ones.
• The ability to share floating module licenses between users who aren't on the software at the same time.

• Our design time is greatly reduced by using PTC Creo.
• Our model/drawing organization is much better with PTC Creo.
• The revision history save us lots of when comparing old/new designs.

SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Fusion 360

AutoCAD, Autodesk Fusion 360, PTC Windchill

• Fast and easy FEA simulation, including many nonlinear capabilities
• Associative geometry where the finite elements map directly to the geometry. The simulation model does not usually require remeshing when geometry changes, and if it does, the remapping is automatic.
• Design sensitivity and optimization capabilities--that is the ability to quickly sweep geometric features through to learn its effects on stiffness or stress, for example.

• Having PTC Creo as our primary tool positions us as forward thinking and creative in the eyes of our clients.
• PTC Creo constantly evolves in the ability to increase our productivity; new capabilities and features are added, which reduce our level of effort for some tasks.

CATIA, Siemens NX and Simcenter Femap

CATIA, Simcenter Femap

We use PTC Creo to develop Agricultural Machinery products from concept to prototype using Part, Assembly, and Drawing Modules. PTC Creo helps to make imagination into virtual reality and the final prototype

• In the Analysis tab- Measure which contains Distance, Length, Angle, Diameter, Area, Volume, etc,. Which helps a lot while reviewing
• Global Interference- Pair Clearance
• Sheet metal module

• It reduces the time for development of prototypes
• Most likely we can provide the dimensions in the sketch which we need to give in drawing which reduces drawing development time also
• With 3D annotate we review easily

AutoCAD LT, Teamcenter