Composites design and manufacture
Creo 12 makes designing advanced composite parts easier and more accurate than ever. With powerful new tools, you can quickly design, simulate, and manufacture composite structures. Create solid geometry faster from composite layers, merge plies across zones for more flexible designs, and generate associative manufacturing reference models. Creo 12 offers one of the most robust and scalable composite design toolsets available today.
Model-based definition
Creo 12 supports a model-centric approach, keeping all product data clearly defined within the 3D model to ensure the right information reaches the right people at the right time. This release improves file export options, including support for 3D PDF and STEP AP242 Edition 3. GD\&T Advisor now includes support for datum reference features and intent surfaces, while annotations are easier to reuse. With these model-based tools, engineers can work more efficiently and deliver high-quality designs faster.
Simulation-driven design and generative design
Creo’s simulation-driven design enables engineers to quickly iterate and optimize early in the design process using award-winning generative design and real-time Ansys simulation tools. In Creo 12, AI-powered generative design now supports thermal optimization, along with structural and modal analysis. The latest release also includes updated Ansys solvers (25R1) with simplified, improved results for both Creo Simulation Live and Creo Ansys Simulation. These powerful tools help engineers work faster and deliver better designs with greater confidence.
Manufacturing—additive and subtractive
Creo 12 is built to support both additive and subtractive manufacturing, making it a smart choice for modern product design. Engineers can now design conformal cooling channels for injection-molded tools using additive techniques, improving performance and efficiency. Additive tools also include enhanced options for connecting and customizing lattice structures. On the subtractive side, new high-speed milling capabilities handle undercuts more effectively. With these updates, Creo 12 helps engineers create high-quality manufacturing designs faster than ever.
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