PTC Launches Creo 12 CAD Software

PTC has released the version 12 of its Creo computer-aided design (CAD) solution. According to the company, Creo 12 includes hundreds of enhancements to its design, simulation, and manufacturing capabilities, enabling teams to "work smarter, get more done, and collaborate more effectively."

New features of Creo 12 include:

• Improved Usability & Productivity: Creo 12 delivers user-requested features like feature presets, assemblies driven from multi-body parts, and powerful updates to sheet metal design and the advanced surfacing module.
• Advanced Composites Design & Manufacturing: New and improved tools help accelerate composites development without compromising quality, enabling market-leading precision and performance in designing and producing composite structures.
• Enhanced AI-Driven Generative Design: Thermal physics have now been added to AI-driven generative design capabilities in Creo. Automatic contact creation in Ansys real-time simulation allows teams to iterate and optimize designs even faster.
• Design for Electrification: Creo 12 brings Creo’s strength in assembly design to cable harnesses, simplifying collaboration and reducing the complexity of harness assemblies.

Creo 12 also introduces new links between Creo models and engineering material data in PTC’s Windchill product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. This supports sustainability initiatives by enabling better visibility into material choices and their associated environmental impacts, including carbon footprint.

The latest version of Creo+, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) version of Creo that offers cloud-enabled collaboration and entitlement tools, is also now available.

For more on Creo 12, read this blog from Brian Thompson, PTC’s General Manager of Creo: Creo 12 Helps Deliver Your Best Designs in Less Time. 

PTC will demonstrate Creo 12 at the International Paris Air Show from June 16 to 22, 2025.

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