<s>
Creo	B-Application
Parametric	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
,	O
as	O
Pro/Engineer	B-Algorithm
and	O
Wildfire	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
solid	O
modeling	O
or	O
CAD	B-Application
,	O
CAM	O
,	O
CAE	O
,	O
and	O
associative	O
3D	O
modeling	O
application	O
,	O
running	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Parametric	O
should	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
Creo	B-Application
Elements/Direct	O
Modeling	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
CoCreate	O
ME10	O
(	O
2D	O
)	O
and	O
or	O
ME30	O
(	O
3D	O
)	O
CAD	B-Application
Products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ex-CoCreate	O
CAD	B-Application
Products	O
are	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
PTC	O
and	O
offered	O
as	O
"	O
Creo	B-Application
Elements/Direct	O
Drafting	B-Application
"	O
and	O
Creo	B-Application
Elements/Direct	O
Modling	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Parametric	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
of	O
a	O
suite	B-Application
of	I-Application
10	I-Application
that	O
provide	O
collaborative	O
solid	O
modeling	O
,	O
assembly	B-Algorithm
modeling	I-Algorithm
,	O
2D	B-Application
orthographic	I-Application
views	I-Application
,	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
,	O
parametric	O
modeling	O
,	O
sub-divisional	O
and	O
NURBS	B-Algorithm
surface	I-Algorithm
modeling	O
,	O
Drafting	B-Application
,	O
and	O
NC	O
and	O
tooling	O
functionality	O
for	O
mechanical	O
designers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
compete	O
directly	O
with	O
CATIA	B-Algorithm
,	O
SolidWorks	B-Application
,	O
NX/Solid	O
Edge	O
,	O
Inventor/Fusion	O
360	O
,	O
IRONCAD	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
Onshape	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
(	O
formerly	O
Pro/Engineer	B-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
PTC	O
's	O
parametric	O
,	O
integrated	O
3D	O
CAD/CAM/CAE	O
solution	O
,	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
manufacturers	O
for	O
mechanical	O
engineering	O
,	O
design	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pro/Engineer	B-Algorithm
was	O
the	O
industry	O
's	O
first	O
rule-based	O
constraint	O
(	O
sometimes	O
called	O
"	O
parametric	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
variational	O
"	O
)	O
3D	O
CAD	B-Application
modeling	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
provides	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
design	O
,	O
analysis	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
capabilities	O
on	O
one	O
,	O
integral	O
,	O
scalable	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
complete	O
3D	O
digital	O
model	O
of	O
manufactured	O
goods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
models	O
consist	O
of	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
solid	O
model	O
data	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
downstream	O
in	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
,	O
rapid	B-Device
prototyping	I-Device
,	O
tooling	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
CNC	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
data	O
are	O
associative	O
and	O
interchangeable	O
between	O
the	O
CAD	B-Application
,	O
CAE	O
and	O
CAM	O
modules	O
without	O
conversion	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
product	O
and	O
its	O
entire	O
bill	O
of	O
materials	O
(	O
BOM	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
modeled	O
accurately	O
with	O
fully	O
associative	O
engineering	B-Architecture
drawings	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
revision	O
control	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
associativity	O
functionality	O
in	O
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
design	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
during	O
the	O
product	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
automatically	O
update	O
the	O
end	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
within	O
the	O
CAID/CAD/CAM/CAE	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
is	O
a	O
parametric	O
,	O
feature-based	O
modeling	O
architecture	O
incorporated	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
database	O
philosophy	O
with	O
rule-based	O
design	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
data	O
is	O
then	O
documented	O
in	O
a	O
standard	O
2D	O
production	O
drawing	O
or	O
the	O
3D	O
drawing	O
standard	O
ASME	B-Application
Y14.41-2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
offers	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
tools	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
generation	O
of	O
a	O
complete	O
digital	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
being	O
designed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
Elements	O
has	O
numerous	O
analysis	O
tools	O
available	O
and	O
covers	O
thermal	O
,	O
static	O
,	O
dynamic	O
and	O
fatigue	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
along	O
with	O
other	O
tools	O
all	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
optimization	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
at	O
a	O
geometry	O
level	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
optimum	O
design	O
dimensions	O
and	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
finite	B-Application
element	I-Application
analysis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creo	B-Application
has	O
a	O
good	O
surface	O
modeling	O
capabilities	O
also	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UNIX	B-Application
version	O
was	O
discontinued	O
after	O
4.0	O
,	O
except	O
x86-64	B-Device
UNIX	B-Application
on	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
changed	O
to	O
Creo	B-Application
1.0	O
after	O
Pro/Engineer	B-Algorithm
Wildfire	I-Algorithm
5.0	O
(	O
rebranded	O
PTC	B-Algorithm
Creo	I-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
)	O
,	O
took	O
place	O
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
which	O
coincided	O
with	O
PTC	O
’s	O
announcement	O
of	O
Creo	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
design	B-Application
software	I-Application
application	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
