About Maintaining Design Intents Across CAD Systems
You can open non-Creo models without creating separate Creo models and maintain the following design intent between Creo and other CAD systems:
• Include the non-Creo models in Creo assemblies to complete assembly structures.
• Retain the names of the non-Creo source CAD models to preserve the identity of the models in Creo.
• Represent with near accuracy the model structures and configurations of the non-Creo data in Creo to preserve the data and structural integrity of the non-Creo models.
• Continue to use the source CAD systems as the design tools of the non-Creo models.
• Modify the non-Creo models in their source CAD systems.
• Always access up-to-date non-Creo data.
• Use as is non-Creo models that are designed in other CAD systems with the following purpose:
◦ As reference for use in downstream applications.
◦ Apply Creo functionality such as the addition of annotation features in Creo Parametric or load features in Creo Simulate for use in Creo applications.
◦ Utilize the non-Creo data for the creation of downstream deliverables.
• Utilize data that is created in multiple CAD systems in assembly designs using Creo functionality with some limitations.
• Work in an environment where you do not have to monitor, manage, and synchronize changes between the non-Creo source CAD models and the Creo models.