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• Creo Help Center

• Creo View 5.1 Adapters Software Matrices
• eSupport
• Creo 5.0 Hardware Notes
• Reference Documents
• Technical Support Search
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Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, Creo Layout, Creo
Options Modeler, Creo Direct
Creo 5.0.3.0 Is Available for Installation

Creo 5.0.3.0 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 5.0.3.0 is packaged with a PTC License Server powered by FlexNet Publisher
11.14.1.2. To run Creo 5.0.3.0 you must upgrade the PTC license server to 11.14.1.2.
For additional information on FlexNet Publisher, see Support document CS259661.
Windows Update for C Runtime Is Required for Creo 5.0.3.0
Creo 5.0.3.0 is built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (VS2015), 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 Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows.
4. Install the required update.
After you complete the update, you can install these Creo 5.0.3.0 applications.

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Using PTC Installation Assistant
For a streamlined installation of Creo 5.0.3.0 applications, you can use the PTC
Installation Assistant on your DVD-ROM. 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.
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
5.0.3.0 your PTC license pack must have updated licenses at version 36.0. See License
Management.
G-Post
In addition to the current solution for NC in Creo Parametric 5.0.3.0, there is also support
for G-POST V6.7 P17 from Austin N.C., Inc.
Operating System Support
Operating System Version
Microsoft Windows 7 Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7
Ultimate, and Windows 7 Enterprise. 64–
bit Editions Service Pack 1, Internet
Explorer 11.0.
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Pro. 64–bit
Editions, Internet Explorer 11.0.

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Operating System Version
Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Edition,
Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit Edition,
Windows 10 Anniversary Edition,
Windows 10 Fall Creators, Windows 10
Enterprise 2015 LTSB 64-bit Edition, Base
OS, Internet Explorer 11.0, Windows 10
Spring Creators
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 64-bit Edition, 2016 64-bit
Edition
Note
Microsoft Windows Server platforms
are supported in batch mode only and
are not supported with Creo
Schematics.

System Requirements and Hardware Certification Information

Visit the Creo 5.0 Hardware Notes page for Creo 5.0.3.0 for current, detailed system
requirements and certified hardware configurations.
PTC Product Interoperability with Creo 5.0.3.0
Creo Expert Moldbase Available with
Creo Expert Moldbase 11.0.0.0
Creo Progressive Die Available with Creo Progressive Die
11.0.0.0
Creo Schematics Available with Creo Schematics 1.0, 2.0,
3.0, and 4.0
Creo View Product Family: Creo View and Available with Creo View 5.0 and later
Creo View ECAD, Creo View ECAD releases.
Compare, Creo View Express , and Creo
View Adapters

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PTC Product Interoperability with Creo 5.0.3.0

Note
• A seat of Creo Parametric is a
prerequisite for the Adapter.
• For information about the latest (5.1)
Clients and Adapters, see the Creo
View Clients and Toolkits Software
Matrix and the Creo View Adapters
Software Matrix for details.
Pro/INTRALINK Creo 5.0.3.0 is supported with Pro/
INTRALINK 11.0 M030 CPS07 and later,
and Pro/INTRALINK 11.1 M010 and later.
See the note below
Windchill PDMLink and Windchill Creo 5.0.3.0 is supported with Windchill
ProjectLink PDMLink and Windchill ProjectLink 11.0
M030 CPS07 and later and with Windchill
PDMLink and Windchill ProjectLink 11.1
M010 and later. See the note below.

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.

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 5.0 Language Support.

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OpenGL Library
Creo 5.0.3.0 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 5.0.3.0 requires graphics cards which
support OpenGL 4.3 or later. PTC recommends you consult with your hardware
manufacturer or graphics card vendor.
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
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.

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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 4.0. 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.
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.

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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.
Geometric Tolerances (GTOLS) and 3D Printing Tray Assembly Are Supported in Windchill
Additional GTOL parameters are supported in Windchill 11.0 M020 and later. Compound
and multilevel GTOLS cannot be used to make compound and multilevel control
characteristics.
Recreating Corrupt Wrapper Files
Wrapper files can become corrupt when retrieving non-Creo part and assembly models
checked in to the Windchill workspace. This can occur if model regeneration fails or the
geometry of the retrieved model is incomplete. See Support article CS292025.
Creo Parametric TOOLKIT and Creo Parametric Object TOOLKIT
You can extend the use of Creo Parametric with Creo Parametric TOOLKIT and Creo
Object TOOLKIT C++. From Creo 5.0.3.0, you can also extend the use of Creo Direct
using the Creo Object TOOLKIT C++.
The default development environment for building applications with Creo 4.0 M010 and
later is Visual Studio 2015. Applications created using these libraries are supported with
Creo 4.0 F000 and later.
Workflows for Model-Based Engineering (MBE) are supported. PTC strongly
recommends you review the published Toolkit user guides for a complete list of new and
deprecated APIs. Jlink is merged with the Java Object Toolkit (JOTK) libraries to help
reduce the image size and to avoid installing redundant files used by both JOTK and
Jlink. To use Jlink, select JOTK from the Creo Parametric Application Features list. You
do not need a special license or runtime license to develop with Jlink.

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Changes Since Release of Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0 (First Customer Shipment)
Information about what’s new in Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, and Creo Direct is
available in the Creo Help Center. See What’s New in the table of contents. This section
provides an overview of functionality added since the release of Creo 5.0.0.0.
Added in Creo Parametric 5.0.3.0
What’s New Topic Title Brief Description
Sneak Peek for Creo Simulation Live Is A Sneak Peek version of Creo Simulation
Available in Creo 5.0.3.0 Live is available for evaluation. Use Creo
Simulation Live to view real-time
simulation results in the modeling
environment on your designs, as you
model.
You can try out Creo Simulation Live for
20 days by clicking Live Simulation and
then clicking Simulation Live Trial.
ThingMark Support for Augmented Reality Placing ThingMarks is similar to placing
(AR) in Creo 5.0.3.0 spatial targets. Modify the width of the
ThingMark in Creo Parametric to match the
width of the printed ThingMark. The AR
model is then projected in relation to the
physical ThingMark.

Added in Creo Parametric 5.0.2.0

What’s New Topic Title
Additional Values for Symbol Font in
Detailed Drawings and Model-Based
Definition
Enhancements to Creo Flow Analysis in
Brief Description
The detail option, symbol_font, sets
the font type that is available in the
symbols gallery, to use for annotations in
Creo Parametric. For Creo Parametric
5.0.2.0 and later, two values are added:
stroked_asme, and stroked_iso.
These additional values represent the True
Type ASME and ISO fonts in a native Creo
font.
You can switch between displaying CAD

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Creo 5.0.2.0
Enhancements to Creo Product Insight
Extension in Creo Parametric 5.0.2.0
Enhanced Definition for Datum Point
Feature
Conversion Tool for Legacy Set Datum
Annotations in Model-Based Definition
Annotation Placement in Detailed
Drawings
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geometry and Simulation geometry as
described below:
• Control the global display of the grid,
surface, and outlines.
• Switch the domain type between fluid
and solid.
• Take advantage of workflow
improvements.
• In the integration between Creo Product
Insight and ThingWorx, you can select
sensor data ranges from a preview
graph.
• The standard integration mashup
between Creo and ThingWorx, that is
used to get data from ThingWorx into
Creo Product Insight, is customizable.
• The extension for the analysis
dashboard helps you to quickly see
analysis data in a graphical format.
• Creo Product Insight can access larger
sensor data files from ThingWorx.
A new constraint option is added to the
Datum Point feature to project a Datum
Point onto a planer surface, datum plane, or
line.
There is a tool to convert legacy set datum
annotations.
You can drag the annotation beyond the
surface boundary in drawings, providing
more flexibility.
Configuration Option for Augmented
Reality (AR)
Configuration Option for the Hole Feature
Added in Creo Parametric 5.0.1.0
What’s New Topic Title
Enhancements to Creo Product Insight
Extension Added in Creo Parametric
5.0.1.0
The Production Version of Creo Topology
Optimization Is Available in Creo 5.0.1.0
You can use the new configuration option,
publish_personal_ar, to prevent the
publishing of AR experiences to the
Personal Experience Service.
You can use the new configuration option,
drilled_hole_tip_angle, to control
the default value for the angle of the drill
point in the Hole feature.
Brief Description
• Interaction with Mechanism table
motors is supported.
• The sensor type, virtual, is added.
Virtual sensors only report analysis
results, similar to calculated sensors.
• You can start an analysis from
ThingWorx and run Creo as a service
without any graphical interaction.
In Creo 5.0.1.0, the production version of
Creo Topology Optimization is available.
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