FILE FORMATS
The Creo Reader provides full access to the assembly, B-rep, and view & PMI data stored within a particular Creo file. A file does not need to have a particular extension to be read correctly by HOOPS Exchange however the file extensions of Creo files that you can expect to be loaded by HOOPS Exchange are:
Our readers are updated to the latest released version within 90 days of the release of the authoring software. You can see the exact version supported in the current release here.
Incremental load is supported by our Creo reader. Datum planes and construction geometry are also supported and accessed through the assembly tree.
Family tables are not supported, however, HOOPS Exchange is able to handle them subject to the following conditions:
Because HOOPS Exchange can represent the model more accurately with XPR files, we recommend you generate them every time you handle family tables.
HOOPS Exchange cannot use family tables to modify the shape of a model.
HOOPS Exchange extracts the exact B-rep definition from the model. The list of surface types provided is:
The list of available curve types is:
The visualization data for this format is generated by the HOOPS Exchange tessellation engine.
There are two types of views supported in Creo:
Both view types are fully supported by HOOPS Exchange.
HOOPS Exchange provides access to all PMI data available in Creo file. This list includes: