When importing a file, a new business object is created in the new native file format. There’s a key difference between importing a file versus opening it. There’s no need to convert or translate these files. At least for shops smart enough to consolidate on Creo.Ĭreo 3.0 can directly open data from most common CAD systems including Autodesk, CATIA, Siemens NX, SolidEdge, and SolidWorks. With the introduction of Creo 3.0 and Unite technology, PTC ended the agony of operating in a multi-CAD environment.

Hardware costs when workstations are devoted to supporting “foreign” CAD systems.ĬAD file translations and multi-CAD environments are a black hole of money and time.

Productivity: Translating or converting files take significant time, results in multiple files and potential versioning errors, and generally slows everything down.

Training: How many times have you heard someone grumble: “ $%&!!! How do you manipulate this in CATIA again?”.

And it’s painful to pay for a seat when you barely use it. Every additional CAD platform you have to support means additional costs:

Which is why our customers have always been so frustrated that the realities of the workplace dictate the need to invest in a multi-CAD environment-even if they are committed to a primarily PTC workplace.Ĭustomers, suppliers, and partners inevitably choose different CAD platforms and thus even the most dedicated PTC design shop has a extraneous license or two dedicated to importing files from Solidworks, AutoCAD, and/or CATIA. Every advanced CAD systems, including Creo, requires a significant investment in licensing fees, training, and workflow.

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