Datakit announces the support of Creo Parametric 4.0

Datakit announces the support of Creo Parametric 4.0 by its CAD data exchange tools, with many technical improvements,

Datakit announces the support of the Creo Parametric brand new version 4.0, along with technical improvements to its technology. Datakit software are now able to read files from Pro/ENGINEER 2000i to Creo 4.0, to convert them in many 2D and 3D formats.

Formats supported by CrossManager: the Datakit CAD files converter. CrossManager can translate Creo 4.0 files (.prt, .asm, .xpr, .xas, .drw) in more than twenty formats.

The support of new versions is an important part of Datakit developer’s work, but their mission is not limited to that. The team is also constantly working on improving the quality of its Creo reader, and on supporting new types of data.

In the last few years, Datakit’s Creo reader has become able to read new data: -        

• ModelDiplays (predefined views managing an entity filtering, an orientation and an eventual cutting plane) are now supported. 
• Hole, Pattern and Pipe features are recovered, in parts as well as in assemblies. They are accompanied by semantical data, allowing to get technical information, such as, for instance, tolerances and profile of a hole. 
• Connectors are retained. They link an entity with its geometry. This allow, for instance, to highlight an entity when selecting the associated PMI. 
• PMI (Product Manufacturing Information), which were already supported in previous versions, have been improved in order to manage new ones. (FD&T, GD&T, 3D annotations, dimensions, surface finish…)

Creo file converted in 3DPDF with CrossManager. Selecting a “hole” feature highlights the hole in the geometry. Semantical information of the hole are displayed. ModelDisplays of the original file are available. Model courtesy of NIST

• CAD software end users benefit from it by keeping a maximum amount of data in their conversion process. CrossManager and CrossCad/Plg software allow them indeed to convert Creo files in other formats. New data supported are thus retained when converting. For instance, a user converting a Creo file to 3DPDF for viewing purposes will get a 3DPDF file with the model geometry, its PMI, its ModelDisplays…
• Software vendors benefit from it by getting the ability to support more and more data in their application. Indeed, CrossCad/Ware, Datakit’s API, allows them to access data contained in Creo files. All data collected by CrossCad/Ware can be integrated in their own software. ISVs can thus extract geometry, or more specific data using the provided functions, and then process it to deliver it to their users. Datakit’s API, is already used by many software vendors, coming from various area (visualization, simulation, metrology, dental, CAD, CAM, CAE, CAQ, BIM, EDA, PLM, ERP…)