As part of the design process, mechanical designers route cables and pipes within their 3D assembly using schematic designs as maps. Creo Schematics automates this step, extracting the schematic information and electronically driving the routed systems within any 3D MCAD system that accepts XML data. Creo Schematics is specifically optimized to utilize all the rich capabilities in cable and pipe routing within Creo. This compatibility not only speeds the 3D design by removing the tedious, manual process of interpreting 2D schematic diagrams, but it also virtually eliminates errors by ensuring adherence to the logic defined in the schematics.