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DanAdler13-Aquamarine
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September 30, 2022
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Plans for Creo Elements/Direct

  • September 30, 2022
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Are any Creo Elements/Direct users out there familiar with PTC's long term plans for the software?

 

Today I learned that CSI is discontinuing its line of Model Manager add-on products. We have been using their AnyDocs add-on for years. This, plus the fact that PTC has been developing Creo for awhile now, has me concerned that Creo Elements/Direct will not be supported for much longer.

 

My biggest concern is not having to find a new CAD software, its the potential of losing our Model Manager database full of attributes, links, etc. 

 

Does anyone have any experience with migrating a Manager Server to another database solution? If so, how successful was it? Also, what other CAD and database solutions are worth looking at?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

-Dan

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
September 30, 2022

PTC does have an article on migration to Windchill PDMLink.

Article - CS244974 - Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager Extractor Guide (ptc.com)

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DanAdler13-AquamarineAuthor
13-Aquamarine
September 30, 2022

Thanks Ben.

 

Anyone out there using Windchill with Creo Elements/Direct modeling? What has your experience been?

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ThomasKirkman16-Pearl
16-Pearl
October 3, 2022

Creo Elements/Direct Modeling has been around for years.  Military Contractors use it quite a bit.  It would be foolish for PTC to get rid of it, so of course being PTC....

 

I have been using it since it was call SolidDesigner, just shortly after is was called ME30.

 

I think if the decided to unload it, they would sell it. Hopefully someone like CADM will step up.

 

Regards

 

Tom

 

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