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Creo®: Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate,

Creo Options Modeler, Creo Layout,
Creo Direct
4.0 M020
Directory of Online Information

What’s New? Click a link below and in the table of contents, click
What’s New.
Creo Parametric
Creo Simulate
Creo Direct
Platform Support http://support.ptc.com/view?im_dbkey=171726
Help and Reference Documents http://support.ptc.com/apps/help_center/help/
for Creo 4.
Creo Resource Centers Creo Parametric
Creo Direct
Creo Layout
Creo Options Modeler
Creo Simulate
Creo Parametric 30–Day Trial
Creo 4.0 Academic

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Update Advisor https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/update_advisor/
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Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, Creo Layout, Creo
Options Modeler, Creo Direct
Creo 4.0 M020 Is Available for Installation

Creo 4.0 is a scalable suite of interoperable, right-sized design applications for users
across the enterprise to more easily participate in and contribute to the product design
process. With these applications, companies can bring better products to market faster by
improving processes such as concept design, detailed design, and verification and
validation.
Installation
Creo 4.0 is packaged with a PTC License Server powered by FlexNet Publisher 11.14.0.
To run Creo 4.0 you must upgrade the PTC license server to 11.14.0. If you are already
running a license server for Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire® 3.0 or later, Creo Elements/
Direct 5.0 or later, PTC Mathcad® 14.0, PTC Arbortext® Isodraw® 7.0, or PTC
Arbortext Editor 6.0, you must upgrade the PTC License Server to 11.14.0.
For additional information on FlextNet Publisher, see Support document CS259661.
For information regarding FlexNet Publisher issues in Creo Parametric 4.0 M010 that are
resolved in Creo Parametric 4.0 M020, see Support document CS259663.
Windows Update for C Runtime Is Required for Creo 4.0 M010 and Later
Creo 4.0 M010 and later is built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015), which is a
compiler change. The machine on which you are running Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate,
Creo Options Modeler, Creo Layout, or Creo Direct must have the Windows update for C
Runtime installed. This also applies to Creo Schematics. When installing these Creo
applications, the installer detects if the correct Windows update for C Runtime is
installed. This applies both to a local installation and when installing from a network.
If you do not have the required Windows update, the steps below describe what occurs
and what action you need to take:
1. The message The Windows update for Universal C Runtime is required in order for the
installation to continue. appears during installation and you are redirected to a
Microsoft web page.
2. There is an automatic exit from the installer.

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3. Open the Microsoft web page Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows.
4. Install the required update.
After you complete the update, you can install these Creo 4.0 M010 and later,
applications.
Using PTC Installation Assistant
For a streamlined installation of Creo 4.0 applications, you can use the PTC Installation
Assistant on your DVD-ROM. Open the installer, enter your Sales Order Number, and the
Assistant begins the automatic installation:
• Acquires the license file from PTC
• Determines whether the license is floating or fixed and installs the licenses server as
required
• Provides a list of the available products based on the entitlement detailed in the
licenses file and automatically downloads and installs that software from ptc.com.
For the most up-to-date installation information, see the Creo 4.0 Installation and
Administration Guide on the Reference Documents page or click File ▶ Help ▶ Reference
in the application.
Licensing Alternatives for Existing Customers
Existing customers can alternatively use the online licensing tools to request an updated
license pack via e-mail for installation on an existing PTC License Server. To run Creo
4.0 your PTC license pack must have updated licenses at version 35.0. See the licensing
area at http://www.ptc.com/support/index.htm.
G-Post and ModuleWorks

• In addition to its current solutions for NC in Creo 4.0, PTC is also including support
for G-Post V6.6 P14 from Austin N.C., Inc.
• Vericut functionality from CGTech is removed and replaced with material removal
technology from ModuleWorks.

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Operating System Support
Operating System Version
Microsoft Windows 7 Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7
Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise. 64–
bit Editions Service Pack 1, Internet
Explorer 11.0.
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro. 64–bit
Editions, Internet Explorer 11.0.
Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Edition,
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit Edition,
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition,
Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB 64-bit
Edition, Base OS, Internet Explorer 11.0

System Requirements and Hardware Certification Information

Visit the Platform Support page for Creo 4.0 for current, detailed system requirements and
certified hardware configurations: http://support.ptc.com/partners/hardware/current/
support.htm.
PTC Product Interoperability with Creo 4.0
Creo Advanced Framework Creo Advanced Framework 4.0 F000
Creo Expert Moldbase Available with
Creo Expert Moldbase 10 F000
Creo Progressive Die Available with Creo Progressive Die 10
F000
Creo Mold Analysis Available with Creo Mold Analysis 4.0
F000
Creo Schematics Available with Creo Schematics 1.0, 2.0,
3.0, and 4.0.
Creo View and Creo View ECAD, Creo Available with Creo View and Creo View
View ECAD Compare ECAD 4.0.
Creo View ECAD Compare
Creo View Express Interoperable
Creo View Adapters Use Creo View 4.0 Adapter for Creo
Parametric to generate viewables.

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PTC Product Interoperability with Creo 4.0
• To install the Creo Parametric adapter
run proe2pv_config.exe. You
must set the environment variable IA_
CREOPMA3_OPTION during the
installation and configuration in order
to generate compatible viewables.
• A seat of Creo Parametric is a
prerequisite for the Adapter.
Pro/INTRALINK Interoperability planned for PTC Pro/
INTRALINK 10.2 M030 CPS 21 and 11.0
M020. See the Note below.
Windchill PDMLink and Windchill Interoperability planned Windchill
ProjectLink PDMLink and Windchill ProjectLink 10.2
M030 CPS 21 and 11.0 M020, See the
Note below.

Note
• For specific information on Windchill compatibility, refer to the Creo Data
Management Compatibility Roadmap on the PTC Web site.
• Before upgrading from one major release to another of Creo, transfer files from
your workspaces to avoid the loss of any local changes during the process.

Asian and European Languages

Depending on the Creo application, the user interface and documentation are translated to
varying degrees into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified
Chinese, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese. In Creo 4.0 M020, the user interface is also
translated into Brazilian Portuguese. The translation of documentation into Brazilian
Portuguese is planned for a future release. A detailed list of translated materials is
available in the matrix Creo 4.0 Language Support.

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OpenGL Library
Creo 4.0 uses advanced OpenGL 4.3 capabilities that improve the overall display and
graphics performance of Creo. To take advantage of this enhancement and for overall
improved display and graphics performance, Creo 4.0 requires graphics cards which
support OpenGL 4.3 or later. PTC recommends you consult with your hardware
manufacturer or graphics card vendor.
Storage and Order of Customized Settings for the Creo User Interface
The Creo user interface customization capabilities are significantly enhanced in Creo 4.0.
You can customize various aspects of the user interface for your Creo application,
including those in the list below:
• Ribbon
• Quick Access Toolbar
• Shortcut Menus
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Graphics Toolbar
• Window layout
In all applications, unless the environmental variable, PTC_WF_ROOT is set,
customization settings for the user interface are automatically stored in the profile
directory of the user’s operating system in one of the locations listed below:
• When not connected to Windchill PDMLink, the file is created in %APPDATA%\
PTC\ProENGINEER\Wildfire\.wf\.Settings\creo_
customization.ui
• When connected to Windchill PDMLink, the file is created in the %PTC_WF_
ROOT%\.Settings folder.
When the Creo application starts, customization settings are applied from the following
locations in this order:
• Application load point directory:

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 <creo_loadpoint>\F000\Common Files \text\creo_<app>_admin_
customization.ui\
• User’s profile directory
• Application startup directory, if the configuration option load_ui_
customization_run_dir is set to yes.
Refer to Support article CS37185 for details.
Recommendation for Configuration Files and Working Directories
When your Creo application starts, stored configuration options from the config.pro
file or the config.sup file, or from both files, are applied from the same locations and
in the same order as they were in Creo 3.0. It is recommended to use separate
configuration files and working directories for each Creo application.
Creo Help Center—Help, What’s New, Tutorials, Reference Documents
There is a separate Help Center for each of the Creo applications. Help Centers are
available on ptc.com at http://support.ptc.com/apps/help_center/help/or you can download
a Help Center for a local installation. Refer to the Creo 4.0 Installation and
Administration Guide. The Help Center provides access to the Help, including What’s
New for your application and to other resources such as free tutorials, Reference
Documents, the Creo Community, and PTC Customer Support. To open the Help Center,
click in your application. Alternatively, you can learn about user interface items with
context-sensitive Help using the F1 key. To access reference information such as the Creo
4.0 Installation and Administration Guide click File ▶ Help ▶ Reference from your
application or browse through Reference Documents.
Creo Resource Centers—Web Tools and Tutorials
Web-based tools and tutorials can assist you with learning to use this release. Each Creo
application has its own resource center which is available from the Creo browser or on the
internet. The Creo Resource Centers are accessible from the Creo browser, or on the
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PTC University Learning Connector

The Learning Connector for Creo, available by clicking in Creo Parametric, Creo
Direct, Creo Layout, Creo Options Modeler, or Creo Simulate, provides context-sensitive
recommendations for topics, articles, and videos as you work. You can search the
Learning Connector using one or more keywords. The Learning Connector provides
results from the following sources:
• PTC University Precision LMS—eLearning topics and videos
• Support Knowledge Base—Knowledge-based articles
• Help Center—Help topics and links to other materials
By default, the Learning Connector is active. To disable the Learning Connector set the
configuration option enable_learning_connector to no.
Information Related to Windchill

Resolved Issue: Windchill Limitation for Creo Unite Technology with Creo Elements/Direct
The issue described below and in Support article CS268441 is resolved:
When working in a Creo Unite scenario, you should not use the Model Manager Extractor
and Windchill Bulk Migrator to migrate Creo Elements/Direct Modeling data from the
Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager, to Windchill. You cannot directly open and insert
a Creo Elements/Direct Modeling part or assembly from Windchill in Creo Parametric
when using Creo Unite technology. See Support article CS248441 for details.
Chromium Embedded Browser
When using Chromium as the embedded browser in Creo to interact with Windchill, you
cannot view the 3D Creo View based thumbnails on the details page of the Creo models.
Chrome and Chromium based browsers do not support plug-ins, which is the technology
currently used to display the 3D Creo View based thumbnails in Creo. See Support article
CS197208 for details.
Creo View and Windchill Publishing of Non-Native 3D CAD Models Checked into Windchill Is
Supported
In Creo Parametric 4.0 you can natively open CATIA V5, NX, SOLIDWORKS and Creo
Elements/Direct Modeling 3D parts and assemblies from the file system and save and
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The Creo View Adapter for Creo Parametric also provides the ability to publish CATIA
V5, NX, SOLIDWORKS, and Creo Elements/Direct Modeling 3D parts and assemblies
checked into Windchill to the Creo View format. This capability is supported for
Windchill 11.0 M020 and later, using the Creo View 4.0 or later, Adapter for Creo
Parametric.
Single Sign On (SSO) Authentication
The embedded browser for Creo supports authentication to a Windchill server that is
configured for SAML 2.0 single sign-on (SSO) authentication. If you previously
authenticated with a standalone web browser, you will see an additional login request
from the embedded browser for Creo.
Geometric Tolerances (GTOLS) and 3D Printing Tray Assembly Are Supported in Windchill
Additional GTOL parameters are supported in Windchill 11.0 M020 and later. Compound
and multilevel GTOLS cannot be used to make compound and multilevel control
characteristics.
Product–Specific Information

What’s New
Information about what’s new in Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, and Creo Direct is
available in the Creo Help Center. See What’s New in the table of contents. The
enhancements listed below are added since the release of Creo Parametric 4.0 F000. To
quickly access a topic listed below, perform a search in the Help using the topic title.
• Added in Creo 4.0 M020
What’s New Topic Title Brief Description
Design and Improve Smart Connected Use Creo Product Insight Extension to
Products with Creo Product Insight design smart connected products and
Extension better understand how your products are
being used and perform, by replacing
assumptions with facts.
Handling of Parameters Is Improved It is easier to work with parameters in
assemblies.
Highlighting Nonassociative Annotations Highlight nonassociative annotations in
from Creo Elements/Direct the drawing.
Step AP–242 Support – Core Semantic There is support for core semantic
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 What’s New Topic Title Brief Description
(PMI) when exporting to Step
Improvements to Clearance and Creepage There are improvements in Clearance and
Analysis (CCX) Creepage Analysis such as parallel
clearance computation and a better failure
display path.
Improvements to Creo Harness There are additional enhancements such
Manufacturing as increased customization of tables and
an option to reuse the same drawing for
updates.
• Added in Creo 4.0 M010
What’s New Topic Title Brief Description
Publishing an Augmented Reality (AR) Quickly publish an AR experience of
Experience from Creo Parametric your design directly from Creo
Parametric and visualize it through
ThingWorx View.
Clearance and Creepage Analysis (CCX) There is a new solution for clearance and
creepage analysis providing advantages
such as automatically excluding hidden
components in an assembly from the
clearance and creepage analysis.
It Is Easier to Work with Shrinkwrap When working in Piping with a design
Features in Piping assembly that contains shrinkwrap
features, selection and performance is
improved in Creo 2.0 M240 and later,
Creo 3.0 M120 and later, and Creo 4.0
M010 and later.
Flexible Modeling in Sheetmetal Design It is possible to recognize rounds as
Recognizes Rounds as Bends bends of created forms.

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Issue Resolved in Creo 4.0 M020: ASSIGNED_THICKNESS Parameter in Cabling
In Cabling, the bundle parameter ASSIGNED_THICKNESS was ignored resulting in
empty bundles appearing very thin. This issue is resolved in Creo Parametric 4.0 M020.
Cabling uses the bundle parameter ASSIGNED_THICKNESS to control the thickness of
the bundle and overrides the diameter that is computed from the contents of the bundle.
For newly created bundles this issue is resolved. For designs saved in Creo 3.0, drawings
and models are updated on retrieval and bundle thickness appears according to the
ASSIGNED_THICKNESS parameter.
Performing an Automatic Search in Additive Manufacturing
When performing an automatic search, only printers registered through the GrabCAD
print application are discoverable by Stratasys 3D printers.
Issue Resolved in Creo 4.0 M010: Creo ModelCHECK in Creo Unite Scenario
The issue described in the next paragraph is resolved in Creo Parametric 4.0 M010 and
later.
In Creo 4.0 F000, Creo Elements/Direct .sdac and .sdpc files are not applicable to
Creo ModelCHECK in Creo Unite scenarios. It is not possible to check these files by
opening them in Creo Parametric. See Support article CS248781 for details.
Creo Parametric TOOLKIT and Creo Parametric Object TOOLKIT
You can extend the use of Creo Parametric with Creo Parametric TOOLKIT and Creo
Object TOOLKIT C++. From Creo 4.0, you can also extend the use of Creo Direct using
the Creo Object TOOLKIT C++.
• Creo 4.0 F000—The default development environment for building applications with
Creo 4.0 F000 is Visual Studio 2012. To prepare for Visual Studio 2015, you can
download the compiled Visual Studio 2015 Toolkit libraries from the software
download page on ptc.com. Applications created using these libraries are supported
with Creo 4.0 F000 and later.
• Creo 4.0 M010 and later—The default development environment for building
applications with Creo 4.0 M010 and later is Visual Studio 2015. Applications created
using these libraries are supported with Creo 4.0 F000 and later.
New workflows supporting Model-Based Engineering (MBE) are introduced into Creo
4.0. As part of the development efforts, PTC introduces a complete set of new APIs for
MBE and has deprecated old APIs. PTC strongly recommends you review the published
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the Java Object Toolkit (JOTK) libraries to help reduce the image size and to avoid
installing redundant files used by both JOTK and Jlink. To use Jlink, select JOTK from
the Creo Parametric Application Features list. You do not need a special license or
runtime license to develop with Jlink.

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