Powerful, Easy-to-Use 2D CAD

Creo Elements/Direct Drafting is a comprehensive 2D CAD system which meets the needs of both product designers and mechanical engineers.

Why start designing on paper? Go to Creo Elements/Direct Drafting and use the intuitive user interface to get started. From the first minute you can easily work on concept designs while keeping a record of your ideas, what worked and what didn’t. You can also do detailed design work, save it, and then open it in a 3D package to create an equally detailed 3D model.

Maybe you want to reuse 2D designs or work with legacy designs created in many different CAD systems. Easily done. Creo Elements/Direct Drafting gives you strong multi-CAD collaboration capabilities so working with designs you already have is a seamless process.

Perhaps you’re working with an assembly. Creo Elements/Direct Drafting has powerful assembly management capabilities, simplifying the design and modification of assemblies by way of a clear parts, assembly, and sub-assembly structure – not layers. The Parts Browser helps you visualize, manage, and design, all within the browser.

Everyone has particular needs and requirements, so we’ve made Creo Elements/Direct Drafting customizable. Fit it to your exact specifications. Creo Elements/Direct Drafting optimizes your 2D design process so you can focus on optimizing your product.

We hope you’ll be drawn to it.

Benefits of Creo Elements/Direct Drafting

• Satisfies the 2D needs of designers and mechanical engineers in the product development process
• Uses an innovative part and assembly structure that matches how engineers design and manufacture products – making 2D product development fast and easy
• Automates development processes – and since it is customizable, it can be tailored to fit your company-specific needs
• Provides an easy migration path to Creo Elements/Direct Modeling – the industry’s leading direct 3D modeling software