Computer Aided Design

What is Computer Aided Design (CAD)?

Computer Aided Design has transformed how 2D drawings and 3D models are created, allowing organisations to digitally prototype real world products before production begins. With 3D CAD, designs can be simulated, refined, shared and reviewed efficiently, accelerating innovation and reducing time to market.

At PLM Central, we provide comprehensive CAD solutions built around PTC Creo, enabling engineering teams to design with precision, efficiency and confidence. We support customers with the tools, expertise and guidance they need to turn ideas into high quality, production ready designs.

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What is Digital Product Development?

Digital product development refers to managing the digital journey that leads to the creation of a physical product, from initial concept through to final design. In today’s fast paced business environment, organisations increasingly prioritise innovation, agility and flexibility across products, operations and workforce strategies.

As a result, digital product development has become essential, enabling businesses to respond effectively to evolving customer expectations, global trade uncertainty, cost pressures and labour shortages.

CAD Features

Discover Creo’s powerful toolset and see how it enables advanced design functionality across the product lifecycle. From generative design and additive manufacturing to simulation and analysis, Creo supports a wide range of 3D part and assembly capabilities. Explore how these tools help streamline design, validation and manufacturing, empowering teams to develop high quality products with greater speed, accuracy and confidence.

2D Drawings

Explore how PTC Creo’s comprehensive 2D CAD toolset—Layout, Schematics, Parametric, Illustrate, and Elements/Direct—streamlines drafting and drawing while seamlessly integrating with 3D design workflows.

3D Design

3D design relies on CAD software to model and document products, enabling designers and engineers to visualize and optimize designs prior to manufacturing.

Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing (AM) builds parts layer by layer from a digital 3D CAD model. Unlike traditional manufacturing methods, it enables complex designs while reducing material waste.

Assembly Drawings

Assembly drawings illustrate how components fit and work together, providing key details such as part numbers, dimensions, and assembly order.

Assembly Modeling

Assembly modeling involves creating and managing multiple individual parts that fit together to form a complete product or system.

CAM Software

Increase productivity through more efficient machining and optimized toolpath design across milling, tooling, sheet metal, and additive manufacturing.

Composite Part Design & Manufacturing

Creo offers market-leading accuracy in composite structure design, enabling efficient design, simulation, and manufacturing to improve performance, streamline production, and lower costs.

Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)

Applying computational tools and techniques within engineering workflows to support CAD, CAM, CAID, and simulation.

Concept Design

Leverage industrial design tools to generate and explore concepts, innovating while enhancing your products’ aesthetic quality.

CAD Simulation and Analysis

Creo simulation lets you test and validate designs virtually, cutting costs, speeding time-to-market, and empowering informed decisions to maximize product performance and reliability.

Generative Design

Empower engineers with AI-driven generative design: challenge assumptions and automatically uncover high-quality, cost-effective solutions. Accelerate time-to-market and enhance productivity by exploring innovative, manufacturable designs.

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

GD&T uses a symbolic language to annotate designs and drawings, specifying allowable deviations in feature geometry to guide tolerance analysis, inspection, and other production processes.

At PLM Central, we use PTC’s Creo Suite, an industry leading technology, to collaborate closely with businesses and deliver tailored digital product development solutions.

Creo

Creo is a powerful parametric 3D CAD system designed to help teams produce better designs faster. It’s trusted by manufacturers for its seamless integration of design, simulation, and manufacturing capabilities.

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Creo +

Creo+ combines the power and proven functionality of Creo, delivered via SaaS, with new cloud-based tools to enhance collaboration, improve accessibility for engineers, and simplify license management for CAD administrators.

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Mathcad

PTC Mathcad Prime is engineering math software that allows you to solve, analyze, document, and share your engineering calculations.

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CREO

Why Buying PTC Creo from PLM Central Ltd is a smarter investment

Advanced 3D CAD solutions for creating detailed designs, assemblies, and production-ready models with PTC Creo.

Powerful workflows designed to improve productivity, enhance innovation, and accelerate product development processes.

Locked licences provide dedicated access for a specific user or workstation.

Buying through PLM Central Ltd ensures expert support, correct licence setup, and better long-term value.

Floating License RRP £3,450/yr
Locked License RRP £2,810/yr

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CREO+

Why Buying PTC Creo+ from PLM Central Ltd Is a Smarter Investment

Cloud-enabled 3D CAD solutions for creating, developing, and collaborating on advanced product designs with PTC Creo+.

Flexible workflows designed to enhance collaboration, improve design efficiency, and accelerate product development processes.

Locked licences provide dedicated access for a specific user or workstation.

Buying through PLM Central Ltd ensures expert support, correct licence setup, and better long-term value.

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MATHCAD

Why Buying PTC Mathcad from PLM Central Ltd Is a Smarter Investment

Engineering calculation software for solving, documenting, and sharing complex calculations with PTC Mathcad.

Intuitive workflows designed to improve accuracy, streamline engineering processes, and support better technical decision-making.

Locked licences provide dedicated access for a specific user or workstation.

Buying through PLM Central Ltd ensures expert support, correct licence setup, and better long-term value.

Floating License RRP £1720/yr
Locked License RRP £580/yr

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Creo Extensions

Get even more from your design workflow with Creo’s integrated extensions. Explore the options below to add powerful capabilities, reduce development time, and achieve better results faster.

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Benefits of CAD

Faster Design

Creo helps engineers validate designs early and reduce rework, which speeds up development and shortens time to market.

Handle Large Assemblies

Creo is built to scale assemblies with tens of thousands of components load and regenerate reliably, reducing slowdowns on big projects

Build-In Simulation

Simulation tools (from real‑time checks to high‑fidelity analysis) let engineers check performance, load cases, and behaviour without leaving the CAD environment.

Generative Tools

Creo includes generative design and additive manufacturing capabilities directly in the workflow letting engineers explore optimised solutions and validate complex shapes without switching tools.

Manufacturing Ready

Core CAM and manufacturing prep tools let engineers prepare CNC paths, tooling, and manufacturing instructions right where the design lives.

Creo for Faster Innovation and Greater Design Impact

Creo delivers a highly scalable portfolio of 3D CAD product development tools designed for modern engineering workflows. Its capabilities support robust part and assembly design, enabling engineers to design, analyse and refine products efficiently. Creo also provides advanced functionality for additive manufacturing, generative design, IoT integration, model based definition and augmented reality applications.

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