PTC/USER Monthly Newsletter: The Independent Voice of PTC Customers Worldwide®

April 2006

The Independent Voice of PTC Customers Worldwide™

Spring Profiles Available Today

Spring has sprung and the new issue of Profiles is out today. Our cover story this issue talks about strategies for modeling thousands of similar parts in Pro/ENGINEER. Scroll down to see all of the tips and news in our Spring 2006 issue.

Wildfire Migration Panel Announced for World Event
Registrations are rolling in for the PTC/USER World Event in Dallas. Just announced: we will host a special Wednesday afternoon panel discussion on migrating to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. The conference will be held June 4-7 at the beautiful new Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center on Lake Grapevine, near Dallas, Texas. Please visit our web site for the latest news and information.

Exclusive Offers for World Event Attendees
Our tradeshow at the World Event will feature over 100 exhibitors offering huge discounts available only to attendees. You could save thousands of dollars, more than enough to pay for your trip! Visit the event site for updates on these special offers. Also remember to bring business cards with you to Dallas to participate in our roving raffle occurring throughout the show floor Tuesday, June 6.

Are You a Top Gun?
PTC/USER and Sequoia Etcetera, LLC are sponsoring the first PTC/USER Top Gun contest. In mini-design competitions throughout the tradeshow floor, have fun challenging your skill in design contests such as ‘large assembly design’, ‘sheet metal design’, ‘surfacing design’ and more using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0. You could win a great prize, such as a 24” flat panel monitor.

Get Fit at the World Event
PING Golf will have a special personal custom golf club fitting available to all World Event attendees. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your golf game by purchasing clubs specially fitted just for you by the professionals at PING Golf.

Interactive Boss Letter Tool Now Available
Do you find it tough to convince your boss to let you attend the World Event? We've put together some special materials to help you get approval to come to Dallas this year. We have enhanced our "Letter to My Boss" to let you e-mail an invitation to your manager to visit a customized page featuring conference information tailored to your interests. Check out this great new tool here.

Seven new Precision Learning hands-on classes to be offered free of charge at the PTC/USER World Event in Dallas.

More Updates...

Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 Webcast Available on Demand
"Keys to Success in Planning Your Move from
Pro/INTRALINK 3.x"

In this webcast you will learn:
• How to ensure your data migration is successful
• Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 deployment process
• Steps of the migration roadmap
• Pattern for migration
• Define what matters most for your migration

PTC Awards 2006 - Vote for Your Favorites Now!
Each year, the PTC Awards competition showcases the best in Pro/ENGINEER-based design from around the world. Help us choose the winners by participating in online voting. Vote for category winners before May 12th. Vote for the overall winners from May 15 until May 22. Awards will be presented at the World Event on June 7. Vote at www.ptc.com/go/awards.


	Events Calendar
	With all of these upcoming meetings, there's sure to be one near you! Three Rivers, April 18 Indiana, April 18 Carolinas, April 20 Oregon, April 25 Badgerland (Wisconsin), April 26 Mid-Atlantic, April 27 North Texas, April 28 Hampton Roads, VA/Washington DC, May 4 Montreal, May 17 Twin Cities, May 22 You can check the website for updated meeting information at our member portal members.ptcuser.org.


	Spring 2006
	Lots of Parts In this issue's cover story, our old friend Edwin Muirhead shares his thoughts on applying the power of Pro/ENGINEER to efficiently build models for thousands of similar parts. In this issue: Cover Story: Time-Saving Techniques for Making Thousands of Parts by Edwin Muirhead, Weatherford UK PLM Pain Relief by Steve Bruneau, NetIDEAS President's Letter: Opportunity Awaits You in Dallas by Evan Caille, PTC/USER President Meet the Windchill Customer Council by Ron Watson, PTC/USER Director of Windchill Operations		Tips and Tricks In this issue, learn how to ... Reel 3D from the 50's – Presentations thatP Pop by John Driscoll Pro/TOOLKIT: Getting Along With UDFs by Vin Jovanovic, Smith International, Inc. Extending All Four Axis Lines at Once in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 by Dan Aurit, Caterpillar, Inc. Creating a Rectangular Fill Pattern for Regular Hexagonal Cutouts by Ceferino Sanchez, ASTEC Power Past Issues profilesmagazine.com
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