Try new materials, lighting, and backgrounds from one clean AFX view.
Upload a clean PNG, JPEG, or WebP captured from Creo AFX. RENDERCAD works from the image while the editable assembly stays in Creo.
Creo Advanced Framework (AFX) builds profile-based structures from a curve skeleton. It supports steel, T-slotted aluminum, and custom profiles, with dedicated tools for connections and documentation.
AFX is built for structures whose main members follow a curve skeleton. That makes it a practical fit for machine bases, guards, access platforms, conveyor frames, steel supports, and aluminum extrusion systems. Profiles can be placed and adjusted around that layout, then finished with the connections the design needs. Because those members remain Creo components, drawings can show their connection geometry, while BOM and optimized cut-list workflows use component parameters and profile lengths.
Choose a view around the point you want to communicate. A wide angle can show the frame's proportions and its relationship to equipment. A closer angle is better for a joint, bracket, plate, fastening pattern, or change in profile. Leave enough surrounding structure in frame so the detail has context.
Once the frame is ready, use the captured view to explore how it could look in a proposal, review, or product document. RENDERCAD can change the visual treatment of the flat image. The editable geometry and production information stay in Creo.
Open the version of the framework you want to present. Regenerate it, check the active representation, and resolve any relevant project warnings before making the capture.
Set a shaded angle that shows the shape clearly. Hide selection highlights, menus, datums, and skeleton curves unless they help explain the design. Keep important edges, openings, connections, and nearby members visible.
Save a JPEG from Creo or take a clean PNG capture. WebP is also accepted by RENDERCAD. Upload that one image and describe the material, lighting, setting, or area you want to emphasize.
Review the result beside the source image at the same angle. Look for changed member count, section shape, connections, holes, brackets, gaps, or silhouette. If the design needs to change, make that change in Creo and prepare a fresh image from the updated frame. Keep the accepted capture with its source view so later reviewers can compare them directly.
This motion sample starts from an Onshape image, not an AFX project. It demonstrates motion styling from a still rather than framework behavior.
Brush over the member, connection, equipment, or background you want to address. The mark selects image pixels rather than objects in the Creo assembly.
Pick an image model that suits the presentation, then keep the original beside the result. Check the frame's shape and visible connections before sharing the image.
| Feature | RENDERCAD | Creo Advanced Framework (AFX) |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Generative image models | Creo Parametric framework design driven by a curve skeleton, profiles, joints, and reusable components |
| Output | Images plus optional generated video | Editable framework assemblies, component and assembly drawings, weld-group drawings, and BOMs |
| Resolution | Pro 1K/4K; Classic varies by provider | Native CAD geometry and drawings, not a fixed raster resolution |
| Image Speed | About 60 seconds for most images | Not an AFX metric; rendering is a separate Creo capability |
| Video generation time | Generated image-to-video; completion time varies | Not an AFX metric; model animation is a separate Creo capability |
| Scene Set Up | Flat image plus prompt | Curve skeleton with profiles, joints, connector or equipment elements, patterns, weld groups, and representations |
| Input | One PNG, JPEG, or WebP image | Creo assembly with a created or imported curve skeleton, plus profile and component libraries |
| Hardware | Cloud processing | Creo or Creo+ on PTC-supported Windows systems |
| Install | Web app | Included with Creo; use the Framework tab in Assembly mode |
| Cost | From $9/mo | Included in current Creo design packages |
The source project keeps its editable geometry, connections, parameters, drawings, and BOM information. RENDERCAD receives only the flattened picture you choose to upload.
Frame the complete structure or the connection under discussion, remove unrelated screen clutter, and preserve the nearby geometry that gives the image scale and context.
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Submit the saved image through the browser, or use the desktop app to capture the visible region. Only the image is uploaded; the Creo project stays separate.
Get StartedPreparing a Creo Advanced Framework view and checking the result
It is made for profile-based assemblies such as steel frames, T-slotted aluminum structures, and custom-profile projects. A Creo curve skeleton supplies the main lines for their structural members.
Its curves represent the major members. Profiles follow that layout while their section, size, material, position, and connections remain editable parts of the source project.
No. AFX focuses on profile-based frames. Creo Advanced Assembly, often shortened to AAX, supports broader top-down assembly design and managed sharing of design information.
Show the complete structure when proportion, access, or equipment context matters. Move closer when the conversation is about one profile transition, bracket, joint, or hole pattern.
Yes. Choose a representation that keeps the members and connection details needed for the discussion, and confirm that anything missing from the view was intentionally omitted.
Upload one PNG, JPEG, or WebP image of the chosen view. It is a flattened picture, so the assembly, curve skeleton, and project parameters are not sent.
No. It starts from the uploaded image and creates a new presentation image. It cannot open the assembly, follow skeleton curves, replace profiles, or rebuild connections.
Set the result beside the original at the same angle. Compare member count, profile sections, connections, and silhouette, then return to Creo for any engineering decision.