Simulation Comparison Between PTC/Creo and Professional CAE Software

Abstract

CAE is an indispensable tool for mechanical design engineers, and is widely used in product development process. This paper discuss the differences and linkages of the two most commonly used mechanism simulation and strength calculation in the design process. For the same model respectively, simulations using PTC/Creo Vs. Ansys and PTC/Creo Vs. MSC Adams are conducted. The results show that PTC/Creo software is simple to use, easy to modify and accurate enough upon the simulation. However, it is a bit rougher and shallower than the professional CAE software .So, for mechanical design engineers, PTC/Creo simulation tools should be preferred, and the profound analysis should be the duty of professional CAE engineers.