Editing Creo Parametric (section)

{{Short description|CAD software}}
{{infobox software
| name = PTC Creo Parametric
| logo = PTC Creo logo.svg
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| developer = [[PTC (software company)|PTC]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1987}}
| latest release version = 11.0.3.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|01|10}}
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| genre = [[Computer-aided design|CAD]], [[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]], [[Computer-aided engineering|CAE]], [[Product lifecycle management|PLM]]
| license = [[Trialware]]
| website = {{URL|ptc.com/product/creo}}
}}

'''Creo Parametric''', formerly known, together with Creo Elements/Pro, as '''Pro/Engineer''' (commonly referred to as '''Pro E''') and '''Wildfire''', is a [[solid modeling]] or [[computer-aided design]] (CAD), [[computer-aided manufacturing]] (CAM), [[computer-aided engineering]] (CAE), and associative [[3D modeling]] application, to run on [[Microsoft Windows]].

''Creo Parametric'' should not be confused with ''Creo Elements/Direct Modeling'', formerly CoCreate ME10 (2D) and or ME30 (3D) CAD Products. The ex-CoCreate CAD Products are now owned by PTC and renamed ''Creo Elements/Direct Drafting'' and ''Creo Elements/Direct Modeling''.

''Creo Parametric'' is an application of a [[PTC Creo|suite of 10]] that provide collaborative [[solid modeling]], [[assembly modelling]], [[technical drawing|2D orthographic views]], [[finite element analysis]], [[parametric model]]ling, sub-divisional and [[non-uniform rational B-spline]] (NURBS) [[Freeform surface modelling|surface modeling]], [[technical drawing]] (drafting), and [[numerical control]] (NC) and [[Tool management|tooling]] functionality for [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical]] designers.

[[PTC Creo|Creo Parametric]] competes directly with [[CATIA]], [[SolidWorks]], [[Siemens NX|NX]]/[[Solid Edge]], [[Autodesk Inventor|Inventor]]/[[Fusion 360]], [[IRONCAD]], and [[Onshape]]. It was created by [[PTC (software company)|Parametric Technology Corporation]] (PTC) and was the first of its kind to market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptc.com/company/history-and-acquisitions.htm|title=PTC History - PTC|access-date=2009-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130061758/http://www.ptc.com/company/history-and-acquisitions.htm|archive-date=2010-01-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The software uses a specific file naming scheme, not allowing certain characters like ä, ö, é, ő, ł, Đ, ... (including spaces).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/usascii/index.html#page/fundamentals/fundamentals/fund_two_sub/About_Pro_ENGINEER_Files.html |title=Creo Parametric Help Center}}</ref>