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Creo®: Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate,

Creo Options Modeler, Creo Layout,
Creo Direct
7.0.0.0
Directory of Online Information

• Creo Help Centers

• Creo View Adapters Software Matrix
• eSupport
• Creo 7.0 Hardware Notes
• Reference Documents
• Technical Support Search
• Update Advisor

• What’s New? Click a link below and in the table of contents, click What’s New:
○ Creo Parametric
○ Creo Simulate
○ Creo Direct

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7.0.0.0 Creo®: Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, Creo Options Modeler, Creo Layout, Creo Direct
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Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, Creo Layout, Creo
Options Modeler, Creo Direct
Creo 7.0.0.0 Is Available for Installation

Creo 7.0.0.0 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 7.0.0.0 is packaged with the PTC License Server powered by FlexNet Publisher
11.16.2.1. PTC recommends that you upgrade your PTC License Server to 11.16.2.1.
For customers requesting physical media delivery, the software and help are shipped on
one USB flash drive. For Creo 7.0 and later, DVD media is not available.
Windows Update for C Runtime Is Required for Creo 7.0.0.0
Creo 7.0.0.0 is built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (VS2019), 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. 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.
3. Open the Microsoft web page Windows 10 Universal C Runtime.
4. Install the required update.
After you complete the update, you can install these Creo 7.0.0.0 applications.

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Using PTC Installation Assistant
For a streamlined installation of Creo 7.0.0.0 applications, you can use the PTC
Installation Assistant. 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 license server as
required
• Provides a list of the available products based on the entitlement detailed in the
license file and automatically downloads and installs that software from ptc.com.
For the most up-to-date installation information, see the Creo Installation and
Administration Guide on the Reference Documents page or click File ▶ Help ▶ Reference
in the application.

Note
PTC Mathcad option is removed from the PTC Installation Assistant for Creo. You can
download the latest version of PTC Mathcad from eSupport. You must have a valid
license for PTC Mathcad. For information on installing PTC Mathcad, refer to the
PTC Mathcad Prime Installation and Administration Guide.
If you do not have a valid license for PTC Mathcad, you can download a trial version
from the Mathcad Express Free Download page, which can be converted to a full
licensed version when needed.

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
7.0.0.0 your PTC license pack must have updated licenses at version 38.0. See License
Management.
G-Post
In addition to the current solution for NC in Creo Parametric 7.0.0.0, there is also support
for G-POST V6.7 P17 from Austin N.C., Inc.

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System Requirements and Hardware Certification Information
Visit the Creo 7.0 Hardware Notes page for Creo 7.0.0.0 for current, detailed system
requirements and certified hardware configurations.
PTC Product Release that is Interoperable with Creo
7.0.0.0
Creo Expert Moldbase Creo Expert Moldbase 12.0.0.0
Creo Progressive Die Creo Progressive Die 12.0.0.0
Creo Schematics Creo Schematics 4.0
Creo View Product Family: Creo View Creo View 6.1 and later releases.
and Creo View ECAD, Creo View Note
ECAD Compare, Creo View Express,
• A seat of Creo Parametric is a prerequisite
and Creo View Adapters
for the Adapter.
• For information about the latest (6.1)
Clients and Adapters, see the Creo View
Clients and Toolkits Software Matrix and
the Creo View Adapters Software Matrix
for details.
Pro/INTRALINK Creo 7.0.0.0 is supported with Pro/
INTRALINK 11.1 M020 CPS11and later, and
Pro/INTRALINK 11.2.1.2 and later. See the
note that follows the table.
Windchill Creo 7.0.0.0 is supported with Windchill 11.1
M020 and later, and with Windchill 11.2.1.2
and later. See the note that follows.

Note
• For specific information on Windchill compatibility, refer to the Creo Data
Management Compatibility Roadmap.
• 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.

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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, Traditional Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese. A detailed list of
translated materials is available in the matrix Creo 7.0 Language Support.
OpenGL Library
Creo 7.0.0.0 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 7.0.0.0 requires graphics cards which
support OpenGL 4.3 or later. PTC recommends you consult with your hardware
manufacturer or graphics card vendor.
Upgrading Versions of Java
Java is not installed with the installation of the Creo application. You can use your
existing installation of Java. PTC recommends Java version 8 for Creo 7.0.0.0.
If Java version 8 is not installed, then a message appears during the installation. The
message notifies you that your version of JRE (Java run time environment) is out of date
and recommends installing the latest version of Java 8 to optimize performance.
Storage and Order of Customized Settings for the Creo User Interface
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

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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:
<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 6.0. 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 or you can download a Help Center for a local installation. Refer to
the Creo 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, and the Creo Community. To open a 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
Installation and Administration Guide, click File ▶ Help ▶ Reference from your application
or browse through Reference Documents.

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PTC Learning Connector

The PTC 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 PTC
Learning Connector using one or more keywords. The PTC 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

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.
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.
Creo Parametric TOOLKIT Is Updated to Support the Multibody Environment
The Creo Parametric TOOLKIT environment supports concepts for multibody part
design. In Creo Parametric 7.0.0.0 and later, you can create parts that contain one or more
geometric bodies. Bodies contain only solid geometry. Nonsolid entities, like datums,
curves, and quilts, are not contained in any body. Bodies typically contribute to the mass
properties of the model and you can perform geometric operations on the bodies, such as
splitting a body or merging with other bodies. You can also select bodies as references for
features. For more information on the multibody functionality refer to the Creo
Parametric Help. The existing Creo Parametric TOOLKIT applications continue to work

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seamlessly for legacy models and models having a single body. However, you must
upgrade Creo Parametric 7.0.0.0 to use the multibody environment. Creo Parametric
TOOLKIT is updated as follows to support the multibody environment:
• APIs are added
• Some APIs are deprecated and are superseded by new APIs
• Implementation of existing APIs is updated. No visible changes in Creo Parametric
TOOLKIT APIs
• Element trees are added to support new multibody features
• Some existing element trees are updated
• Some enumerated data types and their values are updated
• Existing structures are updated
Refer to the chapter, Migrating to the Multibody Environment, in the Creo Parametric
TOOLKIT 7.0 User’s Guide to understand the impact due to these changes and then
update your Toolkit applications as appropriate.

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