In one minute or less: Mike Campbell answers Creo product questions (part 3)

By Geoff Hedges | Published: January 18, 2011

Over the past few months we’ve collected many of the questions asked most about Creo. We then asked our executives for straightforward answers, giving them just a minute to reply. Here’s what Mike Campbell, Divisional Vice President of Creo Product Development, said:

Q. Will the Creo Common Data Format be Open?
“By and large, yes.”


Q. Will there be a Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 6.0 release?
”No.  Wildfire support customers will be upgraded to Creo 1.0”


Q. What are the key technology breakthroughs in Creo?
“AnyRole apps, AnyMode modeling, AnyData adoption, AnyBOM assemblies.”


Q. Will there be Creo apps for manufacturing engineers?
“Yes, several of them.”


Q. Will my Creo Elements data be fully usable in Creo?
“Yes. Some sooner than others.”


Q. How will the Creo apps evolve over time? And how do you protect my investment?
“It’s complicated, but we have a plan.”