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

January 2007

The Independent Voice of PTC Customers Worldwide™

Call for Papers Ends

Thanks to all of you who submitted papers for this year's PTC/USER World Event in Tampa, Florida. The evaluation committees will begin their work soon to select the finalists. An announcement will be made in February. For more information, please visit the 2007 Call for Papers page.

This year's event promises to be better than ever with expanded training, education and networking opportunities. Our formal conference announcement will be posted on February 12.

Survey Winner
We received over 150 responses to our World Event training survey--thank you! We also wish to congratulate Son Nguyen of Great Plains Manufacturing, winner of the Apple iPod nano drawing.

Now for the survey results: among Pro/ENGINEER® users, the most popular training topics were top-down design, mechanism design and surfacing. On the Windchill side, respondents said that learning how to use and administer Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 and how to use Windchill PDMLink were most important to them. We plan to survey Arbortext® users on their training wishes in the near future. There will be extensive training options covering all PTC product families at the World Event in Tampa. Stay tuned for more news in February.

Share Your Knowledge - Write for Profiles Magazine
In addition to the World Event, Profiles Magazine is another great venue for you to contribute to the PTC/USER body of knowledge. Published quarterly, Profiles offers timely news and views, along with valuable technical tips. You can also earn up to $500 for each published article you write. For more details on authoring an article, please visit the web site or contact Rhona Hill at rhona@profilesmagazine.com.

PTC Executives Barry Cohen, Jim Heppelmann and Dick Harrison answer questions from PTC/USER members at the World Event. [Photo: Mark Rodda]

News Briefs

Pro/INTRALINK 3.x Migration Advisor Webcast
Learn about the new capabilities in Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 that will help address your specific business needs to improve your product development process.

There are three customized webcasts available, please register today for the one developed for you.


	Events Calendar
	Get connected to your colleagues in the PTC/USER community–attend a regional user group meeting. Take advantage of presentations, training, vendor fairs and more, all available in your area! Three Rivers (Pittsburgh), April 10 You can check the website for updated meeting information at our member portal members.ptcuser.org.


	Fall 2006
	Work/Life Balance: Making the Most of Regneration Time Larry Pitts reprises his award-winning presentation from the PTC/USER World Event 2006 in this issue's cover story. Also in this issue: Adminstrator Insights ITT's Global Vault–Realizing the Value of PDS by Ron Watson, ITT		Tips and Tricks Pro/ENGINEER Wizards–DOS Batch Scripting on Steroids by Rich Becher, Carrier Corporation Exceptional Pro/INTRALINK Scripting–And How to Avoid It by Marc Mettes Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 Makes BOM Balloons in a Jiffy by Florin Neamtu, Belcan Corporation Animate Flexible Components with Regemination by Toua Vang, Guidant Corporation Past Issues profilesmagazine.com
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