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New Release: Directly Open SolidWorks, CATIA, and NX in PTC Creo

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As a product designer, you most likely spend a great deal of time trying to get files from disparate 3D CAD software systems to play nicely together. Using the CAD system’s “import” function, you bring in the non-native designs and ultimately create two different files that need to be managed separately.

The good news is that PTC Creo is making that work a thing of the past. With the M020 release of PTC Creo 3.0, opening those “other” files becomes much more straightforward. Here’s what you should know about PTC’s solution for multi-CAD.

Don’t File Import; File Open!

With the new File Open function in this release, you easily open and manage files from CATIA, Siemens NX and SolidWorks.

It’s all part of PTC Creo 3.0’s Unite technology, which is designed to make it easier to work in a multi-CAD environment. While other CAD systems allow you to import files created with other CAD systems, only Unite technology’s File Open capabilities give you the ability to work with that data without any conversion effort. So you can now incorporate CATIA, Siemens NX, and SolidWorks data directly into your designs without creating additional business objects or having to repair imported geometry.

Watch this quick video to learn more about PTC Creo with Unite technology:

Unite to Collaborate or Consolidate

PTC Product Manager Marc Schuetz says that Unite technology works well whether companies want to collaborate or consolidate.

Tired of trying to maintain multiple CAD systems? You can turn design files into PTC Creo data when needed. “Consolidation brings all of your formats into just one format and just one CAD system (PTC Creo),” he says. “We include data converters for CAD systems and we give them away for free.”

Plus, users convert only the parts and parent assemblies needed, as opposed to an entire assembly. This dramatically cuts the time and effort spent on data migration.

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 Trying to maintain versatility with your own customers? Consolidation isn’t for everyone, and Unite technology supports those who need to work with multiple systems. Schuetz says PTC is committed to making sure you can work seamlessly across CAD platforms, too.

“The need to collaborate effectively is essential to productivity, competitiveness, and profitability for many manufacturers,” says Schuetz. “Unite technology provides efficient cross-platform collaboration, unique to PTC Creo 3.0.”

Early Adopters Speak Up

PACCAR is a global technology leader that specializes in designing, manufacturing, and supporting high-quality premium trucks. The company is no stranger working with multiple CAD software platforms and the issues that arise from them.

That’s why the PACCAR is one of the first to roll out the new Unite technology. Walter Brewer, a training manager and PTC Windchill development engineer at PACCAR, says  “[Unite technology] is actually something we’ve been talking with PTC for a while; I think it will solve a lot of problems.”

At Boston Engineering, Will Ober says Unite technology will ease the headaches associated with working in multi-CAD environments.

Ober, a mechanical engineer, says “Boston Engineering is mostly a services firm and we have to use the software that the client uses—every desk is using a different type of modeling software. PTC Creo 3.0 will allow us to move to just one CAD platform and that saves a lot of time, training, and cost.”

Learn more about PTC Creo 3.0’s Unite technology.



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