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(OP)
I've been a Unigraphics/NX user for many years and I'm currently having to transition to using Creo. I've been on Creo a few weeks and I'm still having a hard time getting up to speed. It seems to be harder to unlearn what I know from NX than it would be to learn Creo first. My work won't offer a training class. Would anyone recommend any resources or training classes? What about some online classes? Any help would be appreciated.

RE: Creo Training

Check out YouTube for training videos.
I was 13 years on Unigraphics before switching to Pro/E in 2001. Still used NX until 2010.
It does require a different approach to your modeling techniques.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: Creo Training

(OP)
I've been on UG since 1994, so its become second nature to me. Many things in Creo are so backwards and tedious.

I took a quick look at the links posted and looks like plenty to keep me busy. Thanks.

RE: Creo Training

Buy books from CADQuest. They are carefully written, have excellent exercises, and are comprehensive. You can refer to the sections as you need them or run through the whole book as a tutorial. I recommend the latter approach - while you may spend some time on sections you won't use much, it doesn't take all that long and the overall picture at the end is worth it.

RE: Creo Training

Probably no more so than companies are moving away from Creo or CATIA.
The larger companies that want everything integrated from design, analysis and manufacturing with a PDM system will stay with their CAD Choice: CATIA, NX or Creo.
The smaller shops and contract houses will find it easier to use Solidworks, unless they have a contract requirement to deliver native files to their customers. If they only have to deliver drawings or finished parts they will go with a lower priced solution.

I worked for one place where we did designs on one system, then converted them to the customers native system before sending them the files.

"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."

Ben Loosli

RE: Creo Training

mwessel-
You have my sympathies, I've been using Creo for 4 weeks, since I started my job, and I can not master it.
In the meantime, my employer doesn't want to pay for training and they are getting concerned because I'm not producing. To make matters worst I'm the only ME here with one seat of CAD, so I can't turn to anyone to ask simple questions. I actually did one of the tutorials and stopped it because I wasn't getting the same end results.
So I spend 1/3 of my day trying to come up to speed, 1/3 watching YouTube videos and 1/3 gripping on my inability to master Creo.

With Inventor, Solid works and Solid edge I picked up these packages in 1 week or less. SW I was designing parts in one day. The only time I needed training was with Solid Designer in 1997 and surprise surprise I found out PTC bought them recently and rebranded it Creo.
I talked to a couple of people who are Creo guru's and they all said training is a must have and it'll take you 4-6 months to be really good at..



regards
crank-pot..

RE: Creo Training

FYI, PTC has free videos on their website to do many operations.

Just look up PTC university.

RE: Creo Training

Thanks for the tips, but I switched our CAD from Creo to Solidworks, the main reason being was work productivity. As the only user at my company, Creo has such a steep learning curve and so un-intuitive to use (esp the drafting module) that the work was piling higher and higher to the point that management was noticing and they were questioning.

RE: Creo Training

i think that some companies (that are not required to use it as suppliers) are moving away from catia v5 to other solutions, since v5 is not getting updated with new functionality anymore and v6 requires a substantional investment into infrastructure (or forces you to use its own plm instead of what you already have).

all the new development is with v6 (which looks good with the new modern UI), while v5 is staying behind, while creo and nx are being actively developed and improved.

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