Users can connect to the Materialise online library of print drivers and profiles. The goal of the extension is to let users to print production-grade parts directly from Creo. Creo Additive Manufacturing Plus Extension was created in part with Materialise to extend 3D print capabilities to metal parts technology. “The secret sauce in Creo is the ability to reconstruct the topology optimization as a CAD model inside the CAD environment.”Īnother feature of Creo 5.0 is the ability to use additive and subtractive print technology without the need for multiple pieces of software. “Topology optimization has been around, but one of the significant challenges with any topology optimization is that the end result is a bunch of data – it’s not CAD data,” said Sagar. Topology optimization is a new addition to Creo. The goal is to help users save time and accelerate innovation by enabling creation of optimized and efficient parts.

The Creo Topology Optimization Extension is designed to automatically create optimized designs based on a defined set of objectives and constraints, unfettered by existing designs and conventional thought processes. It’s also an element of where the market and industry are going.”

A lot of customers have requested design function for additive capabilities. “We also focused on additive manufacturing. From a user standpoint, we made significant productivity and usability enhancements to improve workflows,” Paul Sagar, VP of product management for CAD at PTC, told Design News. Many of the moves to improve Creo came directly from customer requests. Here’s a screen shot of a 3D drill with volume helical sweep to calculate accurate geometry for a grinding wheel scenario. Creo 5.0 adds a number of functions, including topology optimization, which suggests improved design possibilities to objects additive and subtractive print integration, which allows users to prepare for printing functions without leaving Creo flow analysis, which gives the user a quick look into analysis while inside Creo and a number of production enhancements created to speed the design process. PTC has announced the release of an upgrade to its Creo CAD design package.

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