• Creo+ Release Notes
  • Early Visibility Build
  • November 2024
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Creo+: Auto Assignment of Licenses to New Users
        • Creo+: Support for Service Principals
        • Creo+: Support for the Learning Connector
      • Real-Time Collaboration
        • Branch-Specific Lock Support
        • Enhancement: Improved Workflow for Comparing Changes
        • Enhancement: Improved Inactivity Notification and Manual Reconnection in Collaboration Sessions
      • Creo Toolkit
        • Creo+ Toolkit Help Centers
      • Assembly Design
        • Performance Report Usability Improvements
        • Reference Part Information in Data Sharing Features
      • Composite Design
        • Dynamic Draping Parameters
        • Exporting Units with HDF5
      • Data Exchange
        • Importing a STEP Assembly into a Creo Multibody Part
      • Fundamentals
        • Control the Appearance of Hidden Objects in the Model Tree
        • Enhanced Quilt Label and Visibility Control for Quilts in Model Tree
        • Selected Surface Regions are Upgraded to Surfaces
        • Improved Selection for All Curves in Feature
      • Generative Design
        • Expanded Analysis Support for a Hybrid Body
      • Manufacturing
        • Lattice Export Enhancement: Trim Simplified Beams at the Boundary
        • Support for Approximating Round Edges in Auto Deburring HSM Sequences
        • MAX_CORNER_RADIUS Parameter in Geodesic HSM Sequences
        • HSM Rough and HSM Rest Rough Enhancements
        • TIP_ROTATION_ANGLE Parameter in Back Boring and Back Countersinking Sequences
      • Model-Based Definition
        • Intent Chain Compatibility with Semantic Definition in Annotation Features
        • Support Propagation of Datum Targets with Data Sharing Features
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Improved Workflow for Creating a Pattern Feature for Situations When its Size Dimension is Not Available
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Automatically Adjust Precision in the Edit Dimension UI
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Constrain a Shaft or Simple Hole with Profile and Position (ISO GPS)
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: New Option to Manage Visibility for Flat-to-Screen Notes
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Depth Reference is not Required if General Profile Tolerance is Defined
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Improved Support for Drafted Parts for ASME Models
      • Part Modeling
        • Enclosure Volume: Optimization Constraints
        • Offset Surface: Rolling Ball Enhanced Exclude Surface Handling
      • Sheetmetal
        • Bend Parameters from Material
        • Support for Keep Body Option in a Boolean Merge
      • Simulation
        • Creo Simulation Live: Automatic Contacts
        • Creo Ansys Simulation: Global Results
      • Surfacing
        • Warp: Nudge Points in Sculpt
        • Style Surfaces: Stretch Connection Tangency
        • Freestyle: Local Modifications in Resolution Mode
        • Freestyle: Improved Planar Alignment of Resolution Levels
        • Preserve Planar Symmetry on Reconstruction
    • Fixed Issues
  • Aug 2024
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Configurations are Saved and Retrieved from the Creo+ Portal
        • Creo+ Session Monitor Tool
      • Real-Time Collaboration
        • Automatic Upgrade of Legacy Creo Parametric Data
        • Improved Branch Navigation
        • Improved Communication on the Server Connectivity Errors
        • New Notification to Synchronize Changes from Other Users
      • Assembly Design
        • Multibody: Shrinkwrap – Control Inclusion of Construction Bodies
      • Composite Design
        • Merging Plies from Zones
        • Transition Plies with Multiple Chains
        • Transition Plies Drag Handle
        • Support for Analysis and Inspect Geometry Tools
        • Copy Geometry from Another Composite Feature
        • Delete a Layup Feature
        • Indication of Material Thickness Type in the Flat Pattern Preview
      • Data Exchange
        • Support for Exporting Drawing Tables as Blocks
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Hatch Designer in Drawing Mode
        • Support for Parameter Callouts in Additional Text of Geometric Tolerances
      • ECAD
        • Automatically Set BOARD_SIDE Parameter Values for Components
        • Import User-Defined Attributes
        • Filter Component Outlines by Height
      • Fundamentals
        • Enhancement: Highlight New
        • New Display Option in the In-Graphics Toolbar
        • Enhancement: Modernized Contextual Commands for the Layer Tree
        • Enhancement: Preserving the Surface Selection Method
      • Generative Design
        • Area and Volume Measurement of a Hybrid Body
      • Manufacturing
        • Additive Manufacturing: Adding Localized Seed Points in Stochastic Voronoi Lattice
      • Model-Based Definition
        • Support for Parameter Callouts in Additional Text of Geometric Tolerances
      • Part Modeling
        • Offset Surface: Rolling Ball Automatic Special Handling
        • Extend: Redistributed Control Points of an Extrapolated Surface
        • Enclosure Volume: Additional Parameters
        • Enclosure Volume: Move to Footer
      • Sheetmetal
        • Unbend Swept Flanges After Split
      • Simulation
        • Dynamic Streamlines in Creo Flow Analysis
      • Surfacing
        • Warp: Improved to Preserve Surface Appearance
        • Warp: Preserve Tangency Connections between Surfaces More Easily
        • Style Loft Surfaces: Improved to Avoid Inflections
        • Freestyle: Zoom to Selected
    • Fixed Issues
  • May 2024
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Engineering Notebook Support with Creo+
        • Creo+ Launcher Improvements
        • Metered Network Support for PTC Control Center
      • Real-Time Collaboration
        • Improved Feedback for Longer Operations in a Real-Time Collaboration Session
        • Performance and Usability Improvements to Real-Time Collaboration
        • Real-Time Collaboration Now Supports Running Mechanisms
        • Improved Handling of Restored Changes in Real-Time Collaboration
        • Improved Conflict Resolution for Real-Time Collaboration
        • Localization Support for Collaboration History
      • Creo Installation
        • Update Creo to support Java 17​
      • Assembly Design
        • Flip Tangent Constraint
        • Multibody Support in Shrinkwrap Feature
        • Performance Reporting
      • Cabling and Routed System
        • Remove Locations Overhaul
        • Harness Settings
        • Insert a Custom Component
        • Improved Selection Visibility
        • Tangency for Locations Placed on a Coordinate System
        • Cabling Tree Enhancements
      • Composite Design
        • Zone Based Design
        • Zone Based Plies and Cores
        • Zone Stacks
        • Plies From Zones
        • Draping Algorithm Enhancements
        • Draping with Uncured Thickness
        • Flat Ply Preview in a Separate Window
        • Viewing Draping Simulation Results
        • Extend Ply—By Value
        • Extend Ply—By Reference
        • Extend Ply—By Contour
        • Core Sample
        • Laser Projection File Support
        • Removing Initial Limitations of the Ply Definition and Solidification
        • Highlight and Select from Laminate Section
        • Laminate Section at Part Level
        • Material Parameters in a Laminate Tree Column
        • Laminate Information from a Composite Feature
        • Support for Offset Feature
        • Transition Plies Enhancements
        • Select Related Support in Composites
        • Remove Ply Enhancement
      • Creo Harness Manufacturing
        • 3D Edit Retention
        • Productivity Enhancements in HMX
      • Creo Toolkit
        • Improvements to the Creo+ Toolkit Help
        • Ability to Generate Check-In Comments Using the Toolkit API
      • Data Exchange
        • Density Transfer from Creo Elements/Direct to Creo Parametric
        • Treating out-of-date Creo Unite models as Missing Components
      • Data Management
        • Commonspace Folder Directly Links to the Primary Active Workspace Context
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Enhancement: Change the Default Value of the Configuration Option create_drawing_dims_only to yes
      • ECAD
        • ECAD Context Data Explorer Enhancements
      • Fundamentals
        • Changed Default Values of Configuration Options to Improve the Display Quality
        • Search Functionality in Creo Options User Interface
        • Enhancement: Message Time Stamp in the Status Bar
        • Improved Rename Workflow in the Model Trees
        • Improved Expand and Collapse Workflows for all Navigation Trees
        • Improved Sorting in the File Open Dialog Box
        • Enhanced Surface Selection Capability
        • Enhancement: Separate Mapkeys Configuration
        • New Display Setting in the In-Graphics-Toolbar
        • Enhanced Reporting of Missing References in Creo
        • Enhancement: Real Number to String in Relations
        • Enhancement: Model Units as Parameters
        • Enhancements to the Family Table
      • Generative Design
        • Support for Bearing Loads in Generative Design
        • Support for Minimum Feature Size in Generative Design
        • Support for Planar Symmetry During the Reconstruction
      • Manufacturing
        • Lattice Export
        • Lattice Connect Feature
        • Lattice: Simplified Beam Lattices Adjust along the Warp Feature
        • Lattice: Pore Size as a Metric that Drives Lattice Construction
        • Lattice: Randomization Setting for Stochastic Lattice
        • HSM 4-Axis Rotary Machining
        • Multiple Mill Volume Support for HSM Rough and HSM Rest Rough Toolpaths
        • Tool Holder Degouge for HSM Toolpaths and Solid Tools
        • Box Selection Support for Auto Deburring Sequences
        • Tangential Arc Support for Entry and Exit Motions in Trajectory Milling
        • New Option for Trajectory Curves That Are Not Coincident with Normal Surfaces
        • Support for Trimming or Extending the Retract Movements to a User-Defined Plane
        • Engraving Toolpath Enhancements
        • Modernized 4-Axis Area Turning User Interface
        • Show or Hide Manufacturing Geometry
        • Separate CUTCOM Strategies at the Work Center Level
        • New Option for Skipping CL Lines Unrelated to the Toolpath Motion
        • GAUGE_Y_LENGTH Parameter Support for the Tool Definition
        • New Precision Option for the Stock Model
        • Enhanced Process Documentation
      • Model Analysis
        • Modelcheck Support for Multibody in Sheetmetal
        • Enhancement: Highlight Errors in the Model Tree
        • Enhancement: Introducing Visual Indicators to the Summary Table
        • New Flag for Indicating Passed Checks
        • New Condition to Check Since Last Saved Date
        • New Check for Validating View Scale
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Add Notes to Stackup
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Improvements to the Stackup Report Generator
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Nominal Value Defaults to the Measured Gap Between the Selected Components
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Support for Drafted Features of Size
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Support for Unequally Disposed Profile Tolerances
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: New XML Options File for Managing Application Settings
      • Model-Based Definition
        • Enhancement: Layer States Availability for Default All Combination State
        • Improved Selection of Cylindrical Surfaces for MBD Annotations
        • Semantic Query Tools Now Supports Inheritance Models
        • Create Tables in Model-Based Definition
        • Tables in Model-Based Definition as Security Markings
        • Contextual Formatting Options for Tables
        • User Interface Elements for Table Interaction
        • Text Editing Modes for Tables
        • Leverage Reference Formatting of Text Styles for Tables in MBD
        • Semantic Query Definition for Tables
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Combined Simplified Hole Callouts for ISO Models
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Slab and Slot Features for Disjoined Coplanar Surfaces with Opposing Planes
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: Support of ISO 22081 for General Tolerances
        • GD&T Advisor Enhancement: New Contextual Commands for Improved Productivity
      • Part Modeling
        • Extend: New Extrapolate Option
        • Improved Feature Dimension Handles
        • Assign Commands to Quick Access Toolbar from within Command Search
        • Enhancement: Control Reference Type in Seed and Boundary Surface Selection
        • Feature’s Diagnostics Reporting
        • Offset: Rolling Ball Enhanced
        • Pattern: Enhanced Point Pattern Flexibility and Performance
        • Enhanced Remove Body Feature
        • Control Selection Priority for Quilts
        • Enhancement: Streamlined Placement of Legacy UDFs (User-Defined Features)
        • Improved System Feedback for Composite Curve Selection
        • Enhancement: Fast Bounding Box Calculation
        • Project Sketched Points
        • Control Locks Display in Sketcher
        • Offset Supports Edge Chain References in Sketcher
        • Trim Self-Intersecting Composite Curves in Sketcher 
        • Control Automatic Scaling of Palette Shapes in Sketcher​
      • Sheetmetal
        • Sheetmetal Multibody Overview
        • Basic Multibody Part Creation and Workflow
        • Boolean and Body Operations in Multibody Sheetmetal
        • Multibody Sheetmetal Convert Workflow and Using Sheet Metal Parameters and Preferences
        • Master Model Methodology in Sheetmetal
        • Model Check Support for Multibody in Sheetmetal
        • Configuration Option to Control Appearance of Flat Pattern Commands
        • Unbending and Creating Flat Patterns
      • Simulation
        • Conjugate Heat Transfer Studies in Creo Simulation Live
        • Transient Structural Studies in Creo Ansys Simulation
        • Creo Simulation Live and Creo Ansys Simulation—Upgraded to Ansys 23R2 Solver
        • Expanded Results for Creo Simulation Live
      • Surfacing
        • Curve Edit: In View Point Move
        • Curve from Surface: Improved Quality
        • Style: Improve Curve Quality with Natural Tangency
        • Style: Isoline Reference Datum Point
        • Style: Low Degree Curves
        • Style: Tooltips on Curve Tangents
        • Style and Warp: Updated Draggers
        • Warp: Improved Dimensions Handling
        • Warp: Improved Performance with Multithreading
        • Style: Surface Connections Table
        • Freestyle: Bevel Command
        • Freestyle: Mesh Cut Command
        • Freestyle: Enhanced Resolution Level Usability
        • Freestyle: Connect Pattern and Join Pattern Commands
        • Freestyle: Rotational Pattern as a Reference Pattern
      • Welding
        • Welding: Joint Members
        • Welding: Spot Weld Enhancements
        • Welding: Weld and Joint Tree
        • Welding: xMCF Export
    • Fixed Issues
  • January 2024
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Increased License Time-out
        • Performance and Usability Improvements in Real-Time Collaboration
        • Enhanced Troubleshooting for Real-Time Collaboration
      • Creo Harness Manufacturing
        • 3D Edit Retention
        • Productivity Enhancements in HMX
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Blanking of Exterior Cell Borders in Drawing Tables
        • Fixed Scale and Color Support for PAT Hatch Patterns
        • New ISO Standard-Compliant Symbols
        • New ISO 21920:2021 Surface Finish Symbol
      • Model-Based Definition
        • Fixed Scale and Color Support for PAT Hatch Patterns
        • New ISO Standard-Compliant Symbols
        • New ISO 21920:2021 Surface Finish Symbol
      • Part Modeling
        • Enhancement: Streamlined Placement of Legacy UDFs (User-Defined Features)
    • Fixed Issues
  • November 2023
    • Creo+ Portal
      • Default Profile for an Organization
      • Creo Telemetry is Available
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Creo Simulate Application is Available
        • Creo+ Explore License
        • Real-Time Collaboration with Creo+
        • Expert Mold Base Design Integration with Creo+
      • Composite Design
        • Composite Design Tutorial
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Configuration Option to Control the Display of System Hatch Patterns in the Hatch Gallery
      • Part Modeling
        • Configuration Option to Control the Loading of .hol Files
    • Fixed Issues
  • August 2023
    • PTC Control Center
      • Enhancements to the PTC Control Center
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Composite Design
        • Composite Design and Manufacturing
        • Composite Material Definition
        • Manual Ply
        • Core Ply
        • Laminate Section, Drop-off, and Color Mapping
        • Transition Plies
        • Splice Plies
        • Draping Simulation
        • Export Flat Pattern
        • Ply-based Mass Properties
        • Solidify Plies
        • Export Analysis Model
        • Ply Book
        • Integrated Composite Analysis
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Configuration Option to Specify the Type of Hatches to Be Converted to PAT
      • Part Modeling
        • Offset Enhancement—New Rolling Ball Option
    • Fixed Issues
  • May 2023
    • Features and Enhancements
      • Creo+
        • Introducing Creo+
        • Real-Time Collaboration with Creo+
      • Analysis
        • Visual Field Reflection Analysis
      • Cabling and Routed System
        • Dedicated Cabling Tree
        • Split Harness Command
        • Merge Harness Command
        • Reference Designations Propagation to Feature Names
        • Improved Refit Reference Designators and Reorder Reference Designators Commands
        • Productivity and Usability Enhancements in Cabling
      • Data Exchange
        • Improved STEP AP242 Support for References Included in Dimension Annotations
      • Detailed Drawings
        • Improved Performance During a Drawing Retrieval
      • ECAD
        • Paste Masks Support
        • ECAD Holes Parameters
      • Fundamentals
        • Enhancements to the Quilt/Body Evolution Tree
        • Enhancements to the File Open User Interface
        • General Enhancements in the User Interface for Navigation Trees
        • Improved Workflow for Reorder and Restructure Operations
        • New Capabilities for Non-Consumed Bodies and Quilts
      • Generative Design
        • Rotational Symmetry Constraint
        • Measuring the Distance Between the Geometry and Hybrid Body
        • Support for Remote Force Loads in Generative Design
        • Support for Mass Idealizations in Generative Design
      • Manikin
        • Manikin Individual Snapshots
        • Manikin Placement Connections
        • Manikin Measuring Joint Angles
        • Manikin Precise Dragging
        • Manikin Reach Envelopes
        • Manikin Reaching to Planar References
        • Manikin Library as Inseparable Assemblies
      • Manufacturing
        • Auxetic Lattice—Two New Cell Types
        • Rhombic, Rhombic with Diamond Structure, and Elongated Dodecahedron—New Beam-based Lattice Cell Types
        • IWP—New Formula-Driven Lattice Cell Type
        • Formula-Driven Lattice with Varied Wall Thickness based on Simulation Results
        • Support of Barrel Tools for Two New Finishing Commands: Wall and Floor 5 Axis Finish
        • Mill Volume for HSM Rough and Rest Rough Sequences
        • New CL Player for Synchronized NC Steps
        • Modernized CL Player for Synchronize Command
        • Streamlined Holemaking Process
        • Streamlined Manual Cycle
        • Ability to Define a Tool Offset for the Tool Adapter
        • CUTCOM Support at Each Slice in Area Turning
        • CLEAR_DIST Parameter Support in Area Turning
        • TURN_FOLLOW_TPROF_DIR Parameter Support in Area Turning and Groove Turning
        • USER_OUTPUT_POINT Parameter Support in Area Turning and Profile Turning
        • PPRINT Support for Tool Parameters
      • Model Analysis
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Overhaul of the New Stackup Dialog Box
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Improved Visualization of Models During a Stackup Creation
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Link and Unlink a Component Name in the Stackup Table
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Analysis Results Plot Includes All Quality Metrics
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Include Material Modifiers Effects in the Stackup Table
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Allow Selection of an Alternate Annotation Plane
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Support for Export of Stackup Data to the CETOL (.cxm) Format
        • EZ Tolerance Analysis Enhancement: Automatic Creation of a Part-Level Dimension Loop
      • Model-Based Definition
        • Relating Symbols and Surface Finish Annotations to other Annotations in Model-Based Definition
        • GD&T Advisor User Interface Enhancements
        • Improvements to the General Profile Tolerance
        • GD&T Advisor Compliance to Detailing Standards: Support for Straightness and Line Profile in ISO GPS Models
        • GD&T Advisor Compliance to Detailing Standards: Control Over the Tolerance Zone Shape Modifier
        • GD&T Advisor Compliance to Detailing Standards: Removal of the Drill Size from Threaded Holes
        • Support of Additional Feature Types for On-demand Dimension Creation
        • GD&T Advisor Improved Productivity and Usability: Support for Object-Action Workflow for Creating Tolerance Features
        • GD&T Advisor Improved Productivity and Usability: Highlight Non-size Dimensions with Unspecified Tolerances
        • GD&T Advisor Improved Productivity and Usability: Automatic Expansion of the Targets Tab
        • GD&T Advisor Improved Productivity and Usability: Automatic Matching of Dimensions to the New Scheme
        • GD&T Advisor Improved Productivity and Usability: Set a Datum Feature from the Contextual Menu
        • Configuration Option to Specify a Custom Path for the GD&T Advisor Options File
      • Part Modeling
        • Dimension Pattern—More Flexibility for Pattern of Pattern
        • Reference Pattern—Improved Indexing
        • Pattern Instance Parameters
        • Hole Feature—Standard Parameters and Hole Note for Simple Holes
        • Divide Surface and Unify Surfaces Enhancements
        • New Closed Loop Curve Feature
        • Multibody: Combined Split/Trim Body Tool
        • Multibody: Appearance and Reference Propagation for Boolean Operations
        • Multibody: Appearance Propagation for Split/Trim Body
        • Multibody: New Flip Option for Split by Volume
        • Broadened Support for Modernized Project and Offset Tools in Sketcher
        • Improved Centerline Behavior in Sketcher
      • Simulation
        • Creo Simulation Live—New Result Types
        • Creo Simulation Live Supports Contact Simulation
        • Creo Simulation Live and Creo Ansys Simulation—Upgraded to Ansys 22R2 Solver
        • Creo Ansys Simulation and Creo Simulation Live—New Contact Detection
        • Creo Live Simulation—UI Changes
        • Creo Ansys Simulation—Added Non Linear Contacts
        • Creo Ansys Simulation—Support for Combined Structure and Thermal Studies
        • Creo Ansys Simulation—Non Linear Materials
        • Creo Flow Analysis—Results Improvements
        • Creo Simulate—Support for Multibodies
        • Creo Ansys Simulation—Export to Mechanical Command Available
      • Surfacing
        • Improved Projection of High Order B-Splines in Style Drop Curve
        • Box Selection to Select Mesh Points in Style Surface Edit
        • Box Selection to Select Points in Style Curve Edit
        • Smooth Curve Connection with G3 Acceleration for Mirrored Curves
        • Style Curve on Surface (COS)—Additional Intersection Types to Snap Soft Points
        • Warp Stretch Tool—Define Length by Selecting a Reference
        • Warp Spine Tool—Define Spine by Selecting a Target Curve
        • Rotational Symmetry in Freestyle
        • Locking Mesh Elements in Freestyle