3D Design
Optimize Your Product with 3D Design Software
3D product design is the creation of a product in a virtual environment such the product has three dimensions (height, width, depth). The result is a digital prototype of your product, one you can explore in detail. Without digital prototyping, you’d need to use more budget-vaporizing physical prototypes, watch time slip away, and get to market later with a product that might not be optimized. 3D design makes your life as a product designer easier and faster, giving you more time and energy to devote to optimizing your product.
Designers usually take one of two approaches to 3D design and solid modeling: direct or parametric modeling. Direct modeling means you can push and pull directly on geometry. Use it for speed and quick changes. Parametric modeling means that the software maintains consistent relationships between components, so a change to one component is a change to all.
Creo Parametricis the industry’s leading CAD application for 3D product design. And with augmented reality in each seat of Creo, everyone can easily visualize your designs. We know as well as you do that that no 3D design software can make you innovative, but we think you’ll agree that using the right tool for the job can be enormously powerful.
Creo Parametric's 3D Design Capabilities
Parts and Assembly Modeling
- Create precise geometry regardless of a model’s complexity
Augmented Reality (AR)
- Allow every stakeholder to see your CAD model at scale superimposed on the physical world
Automatic 2D Drawing Creation and Update
- A few clicks at any time and your documentation is done
Assembly Management & Performance Tools
- Load your assemblies quickly and start work
Direct Modeling
- Use this flexible, lightweight design strategy when you need speed
Sheetmetal Design
- Comprehensive environment for working with sheetmetal
Mechanism Design
- Investigate a model’s kinematic behavior, check for interference or range of other motion issues
Plastic Part Design
- Capabilities specifically for design with plastic
Design Reuse and Automation
- Family tables
Structural Framework and Weld Design
- Framework design is now easier, faster, and cheaper
Rendering and Animation
- Easily generate realistic images
Parametric & Freestyle Surfacing
- Intuitive tools to create the surface quality you need
Ergonomics/Human Factors
- Test your product’s comfort levels
Hardware Libraries
- Standardize fasteners and let the software assemble them for you
Design Optimization
- Simulate,test and explore alternatives to optimize your design
3D Printing
- Go from concept to printer in one software environment