Creo Parametric 11.0.5 edge rendering corruption on Apple M4 Pro

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by CarlH8, Jul 23, 2026 at 1:20 PM.

  1. CarlH8

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    Hi,
    I'm running Creo Parametric 11.0.5.0 Education on Windows 11 ARM in Parallels Desktop 26.4.0 on a Mac mini M4 Pro (macOS 26.5.1)
    VM configuration:
    • 12 vCPUs
    • 24 GB RAM
    Creo runs well overall after adding the following two lines at the beginning of parametric.psf
    Code:
    ENV=PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=AMD64
    ENV=PRO_MACHINE_TYPE=x86e_win64
    but "Shaded with Edges" causes severe graphical corruption. Black lines are drawn between unrelated vertices, while Shaded mode works correctly.
    During the first second while the model is loading, the edges are displayed correctly. The corruption only appears once loading has finished.
    Larger assemblies also quickly crash the entire program with EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION and a log-Traceback file.
    This did not happen while running Creo 11.0.5.0 on a MacBook Air M1, but bigger assemblies were anyways practically speaking unusable and the application itself very slow.
    According to Creo the Mac mini/VM is using:
    • OpenGL Renderer: Parallels using Apple M4 Pro (Compat)
    • OpenGL Version: 4.1 Metal
    Has anyone seen this issue or found a workaround?
     

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