Straight Talk from 3D CAD Users

Hear what designers are saying about Creo™ Elements/Pro™

Customer Story

Formerly Pro/ENGINEER ®

“I believe the single most important strength of Creo

Elements/Pro is PTC’s continued effort to advance the world
of 3D CAD in terms of usability and functionality.”
Rex Snider works as CAD Applications Administrator for TTI Floor Care
North America, the maker of the Hoover, Dirt Devil, and Royal vacuum
cleaners. In his more than 35 years of professional experience, he has used
various CAD systems, including AutoCAD ®, Unigraphics ®, SolidWorks ®,
and CATIA ®.

Mr. Snider started working with Creo Elements/Pro about 20 years ago – Rex R. Snider
CAD Applications Administrator
first as an end user, then as CAD administrator, which has been his role
TTI Floor Care North America
for over 15 years now. “Through my many years of working with Creo Glenwillow, Ohio
Elements/Pro as an end user and administrator, and also having had the
chance to work with other 3D CAD products as well, I find navigating Creo
Elements/Pro easy and logical,” he says.

Why Creo Elements/Pro is so effective

“Thinking back these many years, it is difficult to remember how long it took
me to learn Creo Elements/Pro. I sort of recall a 3- to 4-month learning
curve for novices of years past. Of late, I note a much shorter learning curve
in new users, with levels of ability to a production level in less than 2 months.

This is important for companies nowadays, since there is a big drive for
cutting costs in the industry. For us at TTI, the recent improvements to Creo
Elements/Pro’s ModelCHECK™ (design validation tool) and Creo Elements/ TTI Floor Care North America uses Creo
Pro Mechanica® (structural and thermal simulation) have given us the ability Elements/Pro to produce accurate, functional,
to evaluate geometry more effectively, with the end result of reducing cost buildable and controllable product data.
while maintaining quality.

What I value highly in this context is the stability of PTC in the world market.
Based on that, I feel confident that PTC and its suite of 3D CAD products will
be around for a long time and, in that time, will continue to improve.”

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TTI is the owner of the Hoover, Dirt Devil, and
5775B–TTI Floor Care North America–CS–EN–1110
Royal vacuum cleaner brands.

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