Compare Pro/DESKTOP with Pro/ENGINEER

Features	Pro/DESKTOP	Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition		Pro/ENGINEER Schools Advanced Edition
Installation/License	300 seats - perpetual license standalone install	300 seats Perpetual License Standalone install and Network license server		35 seats - Perpetual Network license server dynamic licenses
Cost	No cost to school Fully sponsored by PTC Access through training with D&T Association Trainer	No cost to school. Includes FREE student home use. Fully sponsored by PTC Access through training with D&T Association Trainer		PTC subsidised £425 (+VAT) 35 seat perpetual license,. Includes 300 seat Schools Edition and PTC maintenance & support in year 1 Currently only available from PTC. Training with Schools Edition recommended.
Parametric Sketching	Yes	Plus Automatic dimensioning, references		Plus Advanced Assembly modelling skeleton models, copy geometry features, top-down design
3D sketch based features	Extrude, project revolve, sweep along path and helix, loft	Sweep, blend, swept blend, boundary blend, helical sweep, variable section sweep,		Plus Interactive Surface Design Extension ISDX Build free-form geometry at any point in the design, using as many or as few constraints as desired, for maximum design flexibility
3D direct features	Hole, round, chamfer, shell, draft. Deform, remove, transform, offset, replace faces. Mirror, scale, trim solids. Thicken quilt.	WARP Revolutionary Warp technology Dynamically scale, stretch, bend and twist models. Plus datum points, datum axes Surfacing Easily model curved surfaces and organic shapes.		Interactive Surface Design Build free-form surface geometry at any point in the design.
Assembly	Mate, align, center axes, offset	Plus, top-down design, mechanical connections, assembly animation, exploded views, family tables, layers, material properties		Yes
Mechanism Design	No	Yes - simulate the motion of mechanisms, loci, interference and clashes.		Yes
Mechanism Dynamics	No	No		Simulate reactions and accelerations and the mass of moving components
Behavioural modelling/ Design optimisation	Solver	Behavioural Modelling Adapt a design according to complex relationships. Design Animation Assemble/disassemble and animate products in the modelling environment		As schools
Palette	Yes	Yes (2D shapes)		Yes (2D shapes)
Sheet metal + NC	No	Sheet materials from shelled solids or built up from walls. Toggle to flat pattern (net).		Plus - Create, verify, and post-process tool paths for turret punch presses and contouring laser/flame machines
Production Drawing	Yes	Detail Documentation and 2D Draughting. Create detailed 2D drawings and associative Bill Of Materials (BOM)		As schools
Photo-realistic rendering	Basic	Advanced Rendering Extensions - Real-Time and Advanced Photo rendering Create accurate, photorealistic images of products, quickly ARX		As schools
Finite Element Analysis	No	No		Mechanica, Structural and thermal simulations test models to help discover design flaws
Cabling/piping	No	No		Cabling Design - Virtual prototyping and automated routing of cables and pipes
Manufacture - CNC/RP	STL only	STL and Expert machinist - NC programming capabilities for direct cutting and shaping (2.5D only)		Production Manufacturing Provides robust NC programming capabilities, including: 2.5- to 3-axis Milling, 2- to 4-axis turning, and 2- to 4-axis wire EDM, with the ability to post-process a program to the manufacturing equipment Tool Design, Automated parting surface creation and automated splitting make it easy to create complex tooling quickly