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August 21, 2013
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Learning Creo

  • August 21, 2013
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Being new to Creo, and knowing Solidworks and Inventor is there a good Manual or book that can get me up to speed with the basics of Creo?

    Best answer by dgschaefer

    PTC went through a rebranding and it was a bit muddy for a bit.

    Proe became Creo Parametric after Proe Wildfire 5.0 (WF5). However, PTC renamed WF5 'Creo Elements/Pro 5.0' (I call it CEP5). No change in software. It is not the same, however, as Creo 1.0 or Creo 2.0. These both came after WF5/CEP5.

    The interface changed significantly from WF5/CEP5 to Creo Parametric 1.0. I'd look for a book based on WF5/CEP5.

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    1-Visitor
    August 21, 2013

    PTC Learning Exchange is worth a look.

    24-Ruby IV
    August 21, 2013
    24-Ruby IV
    August 21, 2013

    May also help "Demos & Tech Tips" and "Creo Resources" (PTC Academic Program):

    http://www.ptc.com/products/tutorials/index.htm

    http://www.ptc.com/company/community/schools/projects.htm#creo

    1-Visitor
    August 21, 2013

    Not sure if this matters or not but we use CREO Elements/Pro, does the basics change from the different names?

    21-Topaz II
    August 21, 2013

    PTC went through a rebranding and it was a bit muddy for a bit.

    Proe became Creo Parametric after Proe Wildfire 5.0 (WF5). However, PTC renamed WF5 'Creo Elements/Pro 5.0' (I call it CEP5). No change in software. It is not the same, however, as Creo 1.0 or Creo 2.0. These both came after WF5/CEP5.

    The interface changed significantly from WF5/CEP5 to Creo Parametric 1.0. I'd look for a book based on WF5/CEP5.

    21-Topaz II
    August 21, 2013

    Mike Brattoli of Moen teaches a class at a NE Ohio community college and his book is available on Lulu. I'm not super familiar with the book, but Mike's very experienced and I'd have high expectations based on knowing him.

    In coming from SW perspective (I have no Inventor experience), here are a couple of things to keep in mind.

    SW is rather forgiving about reference selection, almost encouraging the use of the nearest or most convenient edge when sketching etc. If some thing fails, you delete and re-sketch and things tend to work, mostly. Failures when the model changes are somewhat frequent, but fairly easy to resolve.

    In Creo, on the other hand, references are far more important and more persistent. You'll note that Creo will tell you the unique ref ID for each thing you select (edge, vertex, curve, etc.) where SW always simply numbered them as you picked them. Creo rewards deliberate and thoughtful reference choices (SW does not seem to). If you delete and re-sketch, you will almost assuredly create more failures. You want to try to pick the oldest references available (for example, if you have a choice between the edge of a surface or the curve it was built from, pick the curve) try to maintain them as you correct failures. Paying attention to references in Creo will be painful at first, but in the long run you will be rewarded with far fewer failures than SW.

    When sketching, you want to constrain your sketch entities to surfaces whenever possible, not edges. Surfaces are more stable references. In SW you cannot constrain to surfaces in sketcher (and many Proe/Creo tutorials gloss over this) so this is an important nuance you would not likely have figured out on your own.

    21-Topaz II
    August 21, 2013

    Just saw you post indicating you'll be on WF5. Mike has a WF5 version of his book too.

    1-Visitor
    August 21, 2013

    So just so I understand..Wildfire 5.0 is the same as CREO Elements/Pro. But not the same as CREO 1.0 or 2.0.

    Wow, this is why I stuck with Inventor...lol..

    I have always thought that Pro-E was a great tool for complex and high precision designs, but for simple sheet metal and basic modeling / Assembly building it is a bit over complicated.

    But hey if I have the chance to learn it for free from Employer I am up for it.

    12-Amethyst
    August 22, 2013