
In its current form, the Creo suite consists of the following apps - PTC Creo Parametric, PTC Creo Direct, PTC Creo Layout, PTC Creo Options Modeler, Render Studio, and Simulate.

Between its original release and now, this tool went through five major upgrades which all contributed to the rising popularity and feature extensions of this CAD suite. Originally released in 2011 by developers at PTC as the continuation of their previous product line, the app became one of the leaders in the area of CAD design, and one of the strongest competitors to the suites such as CATIA, Siemens NX/Solidedge, and SolidWorks.


The sketch inside the feature vs external sketch is a good example - back in the old days that was the only way to do it, so most PTC users would never think to make a sketch first and then revolve. And, because the new UI was written on top of the old kernel, its kludgy and cumbersome, especially if you are used to other packages. Over the years, PTC has updated the UI to make it more like other packages, only to piss off existing users.

After 4 years of SW, i switched back to Pro/E (Creo by then) and spent another 2 years bitching about Creo.Ĭreo is a very old software package - I'm sure its kernel outdates most other packages. When I switched from Pro/E to solidworks, i spent 2 years bitching i couldn't do some things in SW that were easy in Pro/E.
