Hardware Notes - Creo 7.

Parametric, Direct, Layout, Schematics, Options Modeler, Simulate

Last updated: July 21, 2021

• Platform Support

• System Requirements

• Graphics Information

• Certified and Supported Graphics Cards

• Supported Peripherals and Accessories

• Supported MCAD Systems

• Supported Finite Element Solvers

• Platform Support for Data Exchange

 Platform Support
Partner Operating System Operating System levels
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Edition2 Version 1909
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations 64-bit Edition2 Version 2004
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit Edition2 Version 20H2
Version 21H1
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB/LTSC 64-bit Edition2 Version 1507 RTM
Microsoft Version 1607
Version 1809
Windows Server 20191
Base OS

Windows Server 20161 Base OS

NOTES
1. Windows Server 2016 and 2019 are supported in Batch Mode only and are not supported on Creo Schematics.
2. PTC has not tested and does not support the Resilient File System (ReFS) with Creo.

System Requirements
Operating System Recommended amount
Main Memory (RAM) Windows 10 64-bit 4GB or higher
Windows Server 2016, 2019 4GB or higher
One of the following:
Internal Browser Support • Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0
• Embedded Chromium Browser
Browser Support for PTC Creo 7.0 Help PTC Creo Help supports Internet Explorer 9.0 and later, and Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1 and
Center later. The Help Center opens in your default browser.
1280 x 1024 (or higher) resolution support with 24-bit or greater color.
Monitor
High DPI and Dual Monitors Supported.
Network Microsoft TCP/IP Ethernet Network Adapter
Mouse Microsoft-approved 3-button mouse
File systems NTFS - Universal Naming Convention (UNC)1
Misc. DVD drive
For Generative Design, the following CPUs are recommended:
CPU • Intel – Haswell and newer microarchitecture (mid-2013 and newer)
• AMD – Piledriver and newer microarchitecture (mid-2012 and newer)
NOTES
1. PTC does not test any specific technologies which provide UNC support (Samba, DFS, WebDAV, NAS appliances, etc.)

Graphics Information

For 3D-hardware acceleration, an OpenGL graphics card must be used that has been tested in a PTC-certified configuration. To ensure the
compatibility of a graphics driver with Creo 7.0, a PTC certified or supported hardware configuration is recommended. Graphics cards that
support at least OpenGL 4.0 are recommended for Creo 7.0.

PTC recognizes that customers can benefit from using latest graphics driver and performance optimizations and improvements made by
PTC’s Graphics Hardware Partners. With new workstations being continuously certified by PTC, the most current graphics drivers used in the
certification process can now be re-applied to previously certified configurations, as long as the configuration belongs to the same combination
of workstation and graphics hardware families.

Certified and Supported Graphics Cards (GPUs)

PTC provides Customer Support for all certified and supported graphics cards. Graphics cards are part of a fully-certified or supported
configuration (such as a workstation model, operating system, graphics card, graphics card driver).

PTC does not certify or support graphic cards independently from the configurations in which they are certified or supported. Refer to the
official PTC Platform Support web page for specific hardware partners and available configurations.
Additional certified and supported workstation hardware information will be added to the PTC Platform Support web page as our hardware
partners complete certifications in preparation for production Creo 7.0 shipment.

Creo Simulation Live, Creo Generative Topology Optimization and Creo Render Studio have additional graphics card and related memory
requirements. Please check your hardware compatibility for these applications using the PTCHardwareCheck tool available for download at
[Link].

Workstation Vendor Certified and Supported Graphics Cards

AMD (ATI) NVIDIA INTEL
Acer No Yes No
Asus No Yes No
Boxx Yes Yes No
Dell Yes Yes No
Fujitsu Yes Yes No
HP Yes Yes Yes
Lenovo Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft No Yes Yes
Supermicro No Yes No

Supported Peripherals and Accessories

3D Controllers for Creo 7.0

Please refer to [Link] for specific driver information. Using the
latest driver provided by 3DConnexion is fully supported by PTC.

Device 3DxSoftware version Status

SpaceMouse® Enterprise 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpacePilot® Pro 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpaceMouse® Pro Wireless 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpaceMouse® Pro 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpaceMouse® Wireless 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpaceNavigator® for Notebooks 10.4.9 or later Certified

SpaceNavigator® 10.4.9 or later Certified

CadMouse 10.4.9 or later Certified

Plotters and Printers

Creo 7.0 supports HPGL, HPGL/2 and PostScript standard plotting formats. In addition, Creo 7.0 supports the Microsoft Print Manager.

Emulation

Various manufacturers produce printers and plotters that may be compatible with or emulate a device that use a format which is
supported by PTC. Most devices are not specifically tested by PTC and therefore, may not produce correct plotted output. PTC Technical
Support will attempt to provide support for any printer which is using a standard supported format, but only to the extent of verifying the
output to a previously tested and readily available printer. Any support pertaining to the correctness of emulation can only be made by the
manufacturers of the device in question, and not by PTC.

The Microsoft Printer Manager creates an emulation of what appears on the screen and attempts to print this. Since this emulation is
between the Print Manager driver and the printer/plotter driver, quality and results may vary.
Supported MCAD Systems

You can integrate several MCAD systems with Creo 7.0

Creo Elements/Direct
Platforms CATIA (English only) Unigraphics (English only)
(all languages)
64-bit Windows 10.0 18.1 n/a NX7

Supported Finite Element Solvers

You can integrate several Finite Element Solvers with Creo 7.0 for use in FEM mode. The following table lists the supported Finite Element
Solvers and platforms.

Platforms NASTRAN ANSYS

64-bit Windows 10.0 2012 18.0

Platform Support for Data Exchange

Platform

Import / Export

Windows 64-bit
Processor Format

Image Formats
BMP *.bmp – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch, export parts and
assemblies via Distributed Pro/BATCH I/E Yes

EPS *.eps – Save a Copy of parts and assemblies, export parts and assemblies via
E Yes
Distributed Pro/BATCH
GIF *.gif – import via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I Yes
HDR *.hdr – import via Image Editor I Yes
JPEG *.jpg – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch, Save a Copy of parts
I/E Yes
and assemblies, export parts, assemblies and drawings via Distributed Pro/BATCH
PDF *.pdf – Save a Copy of parts, assemblies and drawings, export parts and assemblies via
E Yes
Distributed Pro/BATCH
Picture *.pic – Save a Copy of parts, assemblies and drawings E Yes
PNG *.png – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
PTC Bumpmap *.tx1 – Edit via Image Editor I/E Yes
PTC Color Texture *.tx4 – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
PTC Decal *.tx3 – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
PTC Image *.imf – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
RGB *.rgb – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
RLA *.rla - Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
Session Texture *.mem – Import via Image Editor I Yes
Shaded Image *.shd – Edit via Image Editor, Save a Copy of parts and assemblies I/E Yes
SHIMA-SEIKI *.pic – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
TGA *.tga – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch I/E Yes
TIFF *.tif – Edit via Image Editor, used in style feature as trace sketch, Save a Copy of parts,
I/E Yes
assemblies and drawings, export parts and assemblies via Distributed Pro/BATCH
2D Formats
Adobe Illustrator *.ai I Yes
CGM *.cgm I/E Yes
DWG *.dwg I/E Yes
DXF *.dxf I/E Yes
IGES *.igs I/E Yes
Medusa s.* – Format generated by UNIX on export
*.she – Format generated by Windows on export I/E Yes
*.asc – (import)
PDF *.pdf – Direct drawing export E Yes
Creo View *.ed (structure) & *.plt (drawing)
*.edz (compressed structure and drawings)
E Yes
*.pvs (structure) & *.plt (drawing)
*.pvz (packaged structure and drawings)
STEP *.stp – (import/export)
I/E Yes
*.step – (import)
Stheno *.tsh I/E Yes
3D Formats
ACIS *.acs I/E Yes
Autodesk Inventor *.iam, *.ipt I Yes
CATIA V4 *.model – (import/export)
*.exp, *.session – (import) I/E No
Requires PTC Creo CATIA V4 Collaboration Extension license for export and update
CATIA V5 *.CATPart
*.CATProduct
I/E Yes
*.cgr - Facet Only
Requires PTC Creo CATIA V5 Collaboration Extension license for export and update
DWG *.dwg – import with embedded ACIS, export facet geometry I/E Yes
DXF *.dxf – import with embedded ACIS, export facet geometry I/E Yes
Granite *.g I/E Yes
JT *.jt
I/E Yes
Requires Interface for JT license
IBL *.ibl I Yes
ICEM *.icm I Yes
IGES *.igs – (import/export)
I/E Yes
*.iges – (import)
Neutral *.neu I/E Yes
Optegra visualize *.gbf Facet Only E Yes
Parasolid 3D *.xmt, *.xmt_txt, *.x_t, *.xmt_neu, *.x_n *.xmt_bin, *.x_b – (import)
I/E Yes
*.x_t – (export)
PDF *.pdf – Direct model export E Yes
Points *.pts I Yes
Creo View *.ed (structure) & *.ol (models)
*.edz (compressed structure and models)
I/E Yes
*.pvs (structure) & *.ol (models)
*.pvz (packaged structure and models)
Render *.slp – Facet Only E Yes
Rhino *.3dm I Yes
SolidEdge *.par, *.asm. I Yes
SolidWorks *.sldprt, *.sldasm. I/E Yes
STEP *.stp – (import/export) I/E Yes
 *.step – (import)
STL *.stl – Facet Only I/E Yes
U3D *.u3d E Yes
Unigraphics *.prt (UG format)
I/E Yes
Requires PTC Creo UG/NX Collaboration Extension license for export and update
VDA *.vda I/E Yes
VRML *.wrl – Facet Only I/E Yes
Wavefront *.obj I Yes
ECAD Formats
Allegro *.mdb – For board outline files
*.mdc – For component placement files I/E Yes
*.mdf – For footprint files, such as the ones in component outline libraries
DAZIX *.edn – Neutral file of the board outline and component placement. Dazix refers to this
as a core file. I/E Yes
*.edp – Profile file that contains component outlines. Dazix refers to this as a library file
EDMD *.idx I/E Yes
IDF *.emn – (import/export)
I/E Yes
*.emp – library file (import)
Neutral *.nwf I/E Yes
Creo Schematics *.xml I Yes
Visula *.evs I/E Yes
NOTES
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) may provide additional format support but is dependent on operating system, installed
software components, and third-party support for OLE.