concept
Automate
Generate assemblies, skeleton copies, and 3D deliverables from design data instead of placing every component by hand.
Automate puts Creo to work on the repetitive build — from design data to models and deliverables — so engineers are not creating every feature or placing every component by hand.
Use Automate when standards exist, but engineers still spend too much time assembling models, copying geometry, and exporting documentation by hand.
What it includes
AutoAssemble — build assembly model trees from an input file (spreadsheet, JSON, or schematic), place parts and connectors in bulk, and generate assembly BOMs.
Geometry Copier — copy published interfaces into skeletons as independent references so large-assembly practice is generated rather than rebuilt by hand.
Auto Export — publish 3D derivatives and selected reports from the current model in one shot, including batch and Windchill workers.
Automate generates work from data you already have. Creating a blank model from a template (Model Builder) is Standardize. Geometry Publisher declares reusable interfaces; Geometry Copier consumes them. How Creo launches is Synchronize.
Module automation (for example piping or cabling auto-routing) is licensed with that module. Producing the route from design data is Automate; improving the path against cost or quality is a later capability.
In this section
In this section
- Settings for Automate — Organization settings that control CadActive Automate in Creo and the web app.
- Automate Command Line — Import DXF profiles, export 3D formats, run Auto Export, or rename models from the Creo command line.
- Geometry Copier — Copy published interfaces from equipment into a Creo skeleton as independent references.
- AutoAssemble — Place components into a Creo assembly from a spreadsheet, JSON, or schematic file instead of assembling every model by hand.
- Auto Export — Publish selected 3D files and CadActive reports from the current Creo model in one shot.