A full comparison is available at Pro/DESKTOP Express FAQ's. It is a reduced version of Pro/DESKTOP which normally sells for around US$995 plus US$500 for maintenance.Īmong the major difference between pro/DESKTOP Express and Pro/DESKTOP are the lack of photorealistic rendering, VBA, and Parasolid import/export. Pro/DESKTOP Express is a parametric solid modeling program. PTC, the company known best for its Pro/ENGINEER software, is now offering its Pro/DESKTOP Express 2001 software for free, downloadable (34MB) from its website.