PTC/USER Monthly Newsletter: July 2005

July 2005

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This year's PTC/USER World Event in Orlando was a big meeting for many reasons. First of all, it drew the most attendees in five years: 1504. It was held at the world's biggest Marriott hotel property. More importantly though, there were big announcements from PTC: the release of Pro/INTRALINK 8.0, Wildfire 3.0 quality initiatives, two new acquisitions and more. You can read all about this year's event in the cover story of the July issue of Profiles Magazine on the web.

Important Update on Pro/INTRALINK Migration Options
PTC has just announced changes to their Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 migration offerings. Read the article on Pro/INTRALINK and look for the link to Jim Heppelmann's blog article.

John Deere Wins PTC Awards 2005
Congratulations to the folks at John Deere for winning the overall award in this year's PTC Awards competition. Their entry, the 328 Skid Steer Loader, was chosen from one of the most competitive fields in contest history. This represents the third time John Deere has taken top honors in PTC Awards.

You can see the Skid Steer Loader along with all category winners at the awards web site. You can also download a cool screensaver featuring images of the winning entries.

Files Now Available for Download
New and revised presentations from the World Event are now available for download at the member portal, members.ptcuser.org. Once you login, you can click on "document library" and open the "Conferences" folder. Inside, you'll see a folder containing all of the available files from the World Event 2005.

Mark Your Calendar
Our World Event 2006 will be held June 4-7 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, on beautiful Lake Grapevine near Dallas, Texas. The sister property to the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, this resort is brand-new and will offer a great backdrop for our meetings next year. Please mark your calendar now and make plans to attend.

PTC Chief Product Officer Jim Heppelmann addresses a standing-room only crowd in Orlando.

Boost Your Skill Level

Free Wildfire 2.0 Primer
CADTRAIN is offering a free, four-hour introduction to Wildfire 2.0. This interactive primer is available to all PTC/USER members. Visit www.cadtrain.com/pages/
free_primer.html to launch your free session.

Answers to Your Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 Questions
Upgrade your Pro/ENGINEER experience—and your productivity—with the Pro/INTRALINK Advisor Site. On the Pro/INTRALINK Advisor Site, you 'll gain access to essential Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 documentation, training, and support, and get answers from PTC experts and your peers on the Advisor forums.

Jumpstart your productivity today!

Technical MCAD Webcasts - New Topics Added for the Manufacturing Engineer
Learn how to better leverage your Pro/ENGINEER design model to create manufacturing deliverables, increase tool design efficiency and create milling toolpaths.Each Webcast features a live question & answer session with a PTC technical expert.

Check out the latest schedule and list of topics.


	Events Calendar
	With all of these upcoming meetings, there's sure to be one near you! Southwest Michigan, July 13 Tulsa, July 21 Central Kansas, July 28 Northern Ohio, July 28 Badgerland (Wisconsin), August 15 New England, August 31 World Event-France, Paris, October 20 World Event-Germany, Friedrichshafen, October 23-25 World Event-Nordic, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27-28 You can check the website for updated meeting information at our member portal members.ptcuser.org.


	Summer 2005
	On the Prowl Our cover story this month will review the PTC/USER World Event in Orlando. We also have an interview with Brian Shepherd, PTC Senior Vice President of Technical Marketing, to discuss the impact of the release of Pro/INTRALINK 8.0. What's in this issue: PTC/USER 2005 - Better than Ever by Rick Snider, Executive Director Pro/INTRALINK Meets Windchill in Release 8.0 An Interview with Brian Shepherd Keeping the Connection by Evan Caille, PTC/USER President [Editor's Note: Due to unforseeable circumstances, we were unable to include our planned story on the Predator aircraft. We hope to have this available for our October issue.]		Tips and Tricks Creating a Cylindrical Cam Using Mechanism Design Extension by Dana Coombs, SYNTHES CMF Pro/ENGINEER Professionals: Test Your Expertise by John Driscoll Quickly Replacing Components that Assemble Many Times by Elkin Jhirad, HP Indigo Division Reflections on Pro/INTRALINK Scripting by Marc Mettes Dimension Justification Made Easy by Weligton Nascimento, Caterpillar Brazil Ltda. Using Axis Pattern in Wildfire 2.0 by Florin Neamtu, Belcan Corporation Past Issues profilesmagazine.com
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