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

March 2006

The Independent Voice of PTC Customers Worldwide™

More World Event News

Since the launch of the World Event web site, we've continued to add new information about the conference. You can see the entire event agenda, including the schedule for nearly all of our 140+ technical presentations. You can view the complete agenda, or just view the specific Pro/ENGINEER, Windchill or Arbortext listing. You can also learn about the many exhibitors planning to be in attendance. In addition, we've added video clips featuring PTC/USER members and PTC executives talking about the value of participating in the conference.

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.

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 Precision Learning™ Hands-On Classes to Debut in Dallas
We are pleased to announce that PTC will be offering seven brand new Precision Learning hands-on courses for the World Event. We have tripled the number of classrooms from 2005. The topics are:

• Using Mechanism Dynamics with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

• Creating 3D Drawings with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

• Introduction to Pro/INTRALINK 8.0

• Windchill PDMLink 8.0 Classification-Based Searching

• Importing with Arbortext Import/Export

• Using Arbortext Styler

• Exporting with Arbortext Import/Export

You can signup for these courses when you arrive in Dallas in June.

Some of the keynote and executive speakers you'll meet at the
PTC/USER World Event 2006.

PTC News

PTC Loyal Customer Rewards Offers
Now through March 20, 2006 we'd like to offer our valued active maintenance customers 50% off list price for three fully integrated Pro/ENGINEER extended applications - Routed Systems Designer, Cabling Design, and Piping Design. Call 1.888.782.3776 or visit ptc.com/go/proerewards for more information.

Learn, Install and Migrate - Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 Advisor


	Events Calendar
	With all of these upcoming meetings, there's sure to be one near you! St. Louis, March 21 North Texas, March 25 Three Rivers, April 18 Indiana, April 18 Carolinas, April 20 Oregon, April 25 Badgerland (Wisconsin), April 26 Hampton Roads, VA/Washington DC, May 4 PTC/USER World Event-Germany, October 29 You can check the website for updated meeting information at our member portal members.ptcuser.org.


	Winter 2006
	Rendering with Realism In this issue's cover story, Jason Clark looks at alternative tools for high-quality rendering of your Pro/ENGINEER models. Also, we discuss the latest news from the PTC/USER Board meeting with PTC executives. Also in this issue: Rendering with Realism by Jason Clark, Jase Design CADTRAIN Goes to PTC University with Dennis Stajic & Matt Cohen, PTC President's Letter: Setting the Standard by Evan Caille, PTC/USER President PTC Executive Meeting: Progress Continues Prove Your Mettle in the 2006 PTC Awards Competition with Alex Lorman, British School of Washington		Tips and Tricks In this issue, learn how to ... Generating a 3D PCB in Pro/ENGINEER by Keith Richman, Simplified Solutions Inc. Creating Flexible Components in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire by Michael Mongilio, Swales Aerospace Planning Your Upgrade from Pro/INTRALINK 3.x to 8.0 by Scott Carmichael, NxRev, Inc. Logging System for Developing in Windchill 8.0 by Dmitry Tkach, isLaNd Inc. Past Issues profilesmagazine.com
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