<s>
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Direct	I-Algorithm
Drafting	I-Algorithm
now	O
owned	O
by	O
PTC	O
,	O
and	O
formerly	O
called	O
ME10	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
CAD	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
exclusively	O
for	O
2D	O
drawings	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
mechanical	O
engineering	O
and	O
electrical	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
MDD	O
(	O
Mechanical	O
Design	O
Division	O
)	O
continued	O
the	O
ME10	B-Algorithm
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
product	O
designed	O
using	O
ME10	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
original	O
HP	O
DeskJet	O
printer	O
at	O
the	O
HP	O
Vancouver	O
Division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Direct	I-Algorithm
Drafting	I-Algorithm
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Hewlett-Packard	B-Device
98xx	I-Device
workstation	I-Device
family	I-Device
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
Series	O
200	O
)	O
on	O
their	O
proprietary	O
Pascal	O
based	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
/	O
development	O
environment	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
move	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
to	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
HP-UX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
a	O
version	O
was	O
offered	O
for	O
this	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
versions	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
MS-Windows	B-Application
is	O
the	O
standard	O
platform	O
for	O
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Direct	I-Algorithm
Drafting	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Direct	I-Algorithm
Drafting	I-Algorithm
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
3D	O
product	O
Creo	O
Elements/Direct	O
Modeling	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Direct	I-Algorithm
Drafting	I-Algorithm
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
2D	O
CAD	B-Application
programs	I-Application
for	O
mechanical	O
engineering	O
in	O
Germany	O
,	O
behind	O
the	O
leader	O
AutoCAD	O
.	O
</s>
