PTC Creo 13 PTC Adds AI-Powered Insight into Design Environment

PTC has released Creo 13 and Creo+ 13.3, the latest versions of its on-prem and software-as-a-service Creo computer-aided design (CAD) solution. The release introduces the Creo AI Assistant and hundreds of enhancements across model-based product development, simulation-driven design, and manufacturing.

AI Meets Design Environment

The Creo AI Assistant gives engineers a resource embedded directly in their workflow. Through a chat interface in Creo, engineers can get instant guidance of best practices. Whether new to Creo or an experienced user with an unfamiliar workflow, the assistant enables a more efficient process, according to PTC.

In addition to the available Creo AI Assistant functionality, this release also previews a beta capability that reads directly from the 3D model, extracting insights intended to help engineers catch design issues early, validate compliance, and surface key design data on demand. PTC describes it as an early look at how AI will become an active part of the design process, rather than a generic tool layered on top.

"AI in the design environment is changing how engineering teams operate, helping them work faster and make decisions with greater confidence,” says Brian Thompson, general manager of Creo, PTC. “With the Creo AI Assistant, our customers are no longer limited by how much institutional knowledge any one person carries."

Powering Entire Design Process

In addition to the new AI Assistant capabilities, Creo 13 and Creo+ 13.3 deliver improvements across product design workflows:

• User Productivity: Expanded feature presets, improved surfacing, sketcher, sheet metal, welding, and multi-body design capabilities.
• Faster Assembly Management: Up to 70% faster assembly loading from Windchill over a Wide-Area Network, improving performance for remote users working with large CAD assemblies.
• Model-Based Definition: Expanded 3D PDF export and improved annotation tools to share design intent with everyone involved.
• Composite Design & Manufacturing: Reuse composite design structure and intent with copy-paste capabilities. 
• Simulation-Driven Design: Simulation coverage in assemblies and electronics scenarios enables engineers to resolve problems in the digital model.
• Generative Design: Optimization of designs in the assembly context, expanded multiphysics scenarios, and constraint cases help achieve best designs.
• Advanced Manufacturing: Expanded 5-axis toolpath options, improved toolpath setup workflows, and mold design options.
• Design for Electrification: Enhanced workflows expand harness assembly design and early cable routing.

Creo 13, Creo+ 13.3, and Creo AI Assistant were showcased at the PTC NEXT Chicago event on June 9-10 at the Swissôtel Chicago. The PTC NEXT On-Demand Experience Hub is now live, with new content added to ensure customers and partners can access the content shared during the event.

To learn more about Creo, visit www.ptc.com/en/products/creo/whats-new.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.