ME10
ME10 , now Creo Elements / Direct Drafting, is a CAD program exclusively for two-dimensional drawings , which is mainly used in mechanical engineering and electromechanics .
The program was developed by Hewlett-Packard in Germany. In 1986 HP released the first version. Within Hewlett-Packard, the MDD (Mechanical Design Division) developed ME10. This department was spun off in 1996 and founded as CoCreate Software GmbH as a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard. In 2000, a management buyout (MBO) was initiated with the help of investment companies . This means that CoCreate is an independent company and is represented in 30 countries with 450 employees worldwide.
The program includes its own macro language . There are also various additional modules, such as the 'Parametric' module for variant construction. ME10 was designed as an open system, i.e. In other words, it was left to external companies to offer the necessary, application-specific solutions. There are such solutions. B. as standard parts libraries for mechanical engineering. A special feature of ME10 is working with a part structure (tree structure), which depicts design in mechanical engineering better than working with layers. Another specialty is working with auxiliary geometry. This also suits the mechanical engineer. This technology has meanwhile also been adopted by other CAD programs (AutoCAD).
ME10 was originally developed for the HP-UX operating system . With the success of Microsoft Windows , a version for this operating system was also offered. In the meantime, some versions have also been developed under Linux . MS Windows is now the standard platform for ME10.
In 2002, under the new CEO William M. Gascoigne, ME10 was renamed and was then called OneSpace Designer Drafting , now abbreviated to OneSpace Drafting (as opposed to the 3D product OneSpace Modeling ). ME10 is still one of the most widely used 2D CAD programs in mechanical engineering in German-speaking countries.