The LEAP PTC team recently ran a two-part webinar series outlining our top usability and productivity updates and enhancements included in Creo 12. In this article we have provided video highlights of the presentation including live demonstrations of these exciting new features in action. In the first clip below, Taju Joseph, Senior Application Engineer at LEAP explains the key new UI enhancements in Creo 12, including the new feature discovery tool which highlights all of the brand new features and options within Creo and provides you with helpful information about each, without the need to dig through the menu system to find them. Watch the clip below to learn more.
In the next clip, Taju provides a live demonstration of the features discussed above, including:
- Feature Discovery: New tools and features are highlighted in the interface, with options to learn more through tutorials and videos.
- Simplified Model Opening: Users can create simplified representations of heavy models for quicker opening without loading all components.
- Tangent Edges Control: Users can easily toggle the visibility of tangent edges on and off, improving the clarity of complex models.
- Temporary Visibility State: The ability to capture and reset temporary visibility states allows users to quickly return to previous views without complex setups.
- Enhanced Combination View: New combination views enable users to manage view orientations, simplified representations, and cross-sections effectively.
- Improved Model Tree Search: Enhanced search functionality within the model tree makes it easier to find and select components.
- Interactive Tool Tips: New tool tips provide detailed information about each feature, helping new users understand functionalities better.
- Feature Presets: Users can create and store presets for frequently used features (like holes), allowing for faster application in future designs.
- Stretch Handles for Curves: New stretch handles provide better control over curves and tangency when modifying surfaces.
- Approximate Surface Tool: This tool helps convert fragmented surfaces into smooth G2 continuous surfaces, reducing manual repair work.
- Improved Selection Methods: New selection techniques, including trace and lasso, enhance the process of selecting surfaces for modifications.
In the next section of the presentation, Taju takes a deeper dive into some of Creo’s more advanced functionality, covering enhancements to multibody, top down design and sheetmetal tools, including:
Body Management: Each body can have unique materials, appearances, and parameters, and users can split, merge, or trim bodies to create new part files.
Automated Conversion to Assembly: The process of converting multibody files into independent parts is automated, allowing users to create flat assemblies directly from multibody setups.
Update Control: Users can determine how parts stay linked to multibody parts, allowing for independent or automatic updates based on the chosen settings.
Data Exchange Improvements: Users can import STEP files as multibody parts, allowing for better management of imported models, with options to tailor how these files are treated.
Watch the clip below to learn more.
In the next live demonstration Taju walks through the process of managing multiple bodies within a single part file, as well as the automated conversion process that allow multibody files to be transformed into independent parts quickly, giving users flexibility in part naming and update controls for better project organisation. He also demonstrates the updates to Creo’s sheet metal design features including the independent mirror function, the ability to join non-intersecting walls, and management of multiple independent sheet metal bodies.
Watch the clip below to see these powerful new features in action.
Finally, Taju gives a quick overview of how to connect Creo with other PTC applications such as Mathcad and Windchill, how to access the Creo 12 installer and license server resources, as well as where to access other useful resources created by the LEAP PTC Team, available right here on our Digital Transformation Blog.
We trust you found this article informative. For more information about Creo 12, check out part two where the team take a look at key enhancements to Creo’s extended capabilities including Simulation, Model-Based Definition, Electrification and Manufacturing. Find the article here.
If you would like any assistance in updating to or getting started with Creo 12, don’t hesitate to reach out to the LEAP team.