PTC has launched Creo Elements/Direct 19.0, enhancing productivity and multi-CAD interoperability with improved modeling, drafting, and data management capabilities. Key features include direct import support for SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor, optimized workflows, new concept design tools, and improved sheet metal functionalities. This version aims to facilitate collaboration among teams using various CAD tools while improving design efficiency and usability.

1. PTC Introduces PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 with Improved
Productivity and Multi-CAD Interoperability
Supporting a focus on high value product development activities by making everyday design
tasks easier and enabling more efficient collaboration
NEEDHAM, MA – June 16, 2014 – PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) today announced the availability of PTC Creo®
Elements/Direct® 19.0 software. This latest version of the company’s direct modeling software delivers
productivity enhancements in the core areas of modeling, drafting and data management. These
enhancements are complemented by greater interoperability with PTC Creo 3.0 and other non-PTC CAD
systems, via PTC’s Unite™ technology.
“With PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0, we have introduced new multi-CAD import functionality to
support collaboration, a key aspect of the modern product development process,” said Martin
Neumüller, Director of Product Management, PTC. “PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 also introduces new
and enhanced capabilities and streamlined workflows to improve ease of use and productivity.”
“The new import capabilities in PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 will allow us to collaborate more
effectively with companies using different CAD tools,” said Nobuaki Sugimoto, mechanical designer,
Icom, Inc.
Specific enhancements introduced with this release include:
Enhanced multi-CAD collaboration
 Support for direct import of SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor data enables teams to quickly
and easily incorporate design information without the need for additional software. Upward
compatibility with PTC Creo is also significantly enhanced.
Optimized design workflows
 Higher productivity is enabled through optimized design workflows for a variety of regularly
used features. In addition, the introduction of template-based drawing creation significantly
reduces redundant effort by enabling the re-use of existing drawings as a starting point.
New concept design capabilities
 Concept design is made easier with the introduction of new 2D and 3D tools including support
for the use of 2D images in concept development, a palette of pre-defined 2D shapes and new
curve creation commands.

2. New sheet metal capabilities
 New capabilities in the sheet metal module allow the creation of fully valid, un-foldable sheet
metal parts that represent a transition between two parallel profiles.
Scalable data management
 Through core infrastructural improvements, PTC Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager delivers
greater scalability for large deployments.
Additional Resources:
 What's New in PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 (website)
 Top 10 Reasons to Upgrade to PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0
 PTC Creo Elements/Direct Modeling Version Comparison
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service advantage.
PTC's technology solutions help customers transform the way they create, operate and service
products for a smart, connected, world. Founded in 1985, PTC employs approximately 6,000
professionals serving more than 28,000 businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed
manufacturing industries worldwide. Get more information at PTC.com
PTC, Creo, Elements/Direct, Unite and the PTC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
PTC Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries.
Contacts
PTC
Julie Blake
781-370-5435
jublake@ptc.com
WeberShandwick for PTC
Anand Savani
617.520.7290
asavani@webershandwick.com