PTC/USER Monthly Newsletter: October 2005

October 2005

The Independent Voice of PTC Customers Worldwide™

New Board Member Joins PTC/USER

We wish to extend a warm welcome to newly elected board member Frank Strieffler of Lockheed Martin. Frank has been a long-time supporter of PTC/USER and will intially serve as a Director-at-Large. Frank joins Jane Demmer and Jeff Zemsky as new board members for the 2005-2006 term.

For more information about the PTC/USER Board of Directors, please visit our member portal.

2006 Call for Papers Coming Soon
Would you like to receive recognition for your knowledge and insights on PTC software? Enter our 2006 Call for Papers and you may be selected to present at the PTC/USER World Event in Dallas next June.

The Call for Papers will begin in November. We are looking for suggested topics for 2006 as well as people to help evaluate papers to be selected for presentation. If you have an idea for a presentation topic, send an e-mail to agendatopic@ptcuser.org. If you would like to volunteer to help select presentations, send an e-mail to agendavolunteer@ptcuser.org.

PTC/USER Member Portal Developments
Jeff Zemsky will be assuming the administrative duties for PTC/USER internet services, including the exploder and member portal. You can contact Jeff at jeff@ptcuser.org for assistance. Rick Snider will no longer provide support on PTC/USER internet services.

Over the past year, the Board has been investigating ways to enhance the internet infrastructure. In Profiles, Evan Caille reviews the history of the exploder and other services, and how PTC/USER is approaching the challenges of serving our community's needs.

European October,
October is the time when the PTC/USER World Event travels to Europe. Three events scheduled for Paris, Friedrichshafen, and Copenhagen offer unparalleled opportunities for our European members to participate in PTC/USER activities. These events include virtually all of the education and networking available at the World Event held in the USA. If you've never attended a World Event, we hope you'll take advantage of these conferences.

Learn how Moen translates exceptional designs into finished products in the new issue of Profiles Magazine.

Pro/INTRALINK Hands-On Workshops

Pro/ENGINEER CAD and System Administrators are invited to a one day workshop on Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 featuring a hands-on tutorial.
Learn about Pro/INTRALINK 8.0 and how it will improve your team's productivity, learn tips and techniques to help plan for your data migration and receive Hands-On experience with the new user interface. Register today for a city near you.

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	Events Calendar
	With all of these upcoming meetings, there's sure to be one near you! Three Rivers (Pittsburgh), October 11 Western Australia, October 12 Central Texas, October 13 East Tennessee, October 14 Indiana (IPUG), October 18 World Event-France, Paris, October 20 World Event-Germany, Friedrichshafen, October 23-25 World Event-Nordic, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 27-28 Montreal, October 27 Northern Ohio (NOPUG), October 27 Central Florida, November 10 You can check the website for updated meeting information at our member portal members.ptcuser.org.


	New Fall Issue
	Designing with Style Translating the aesthetic sense of a design into the mechanical reality of the product is often more art than science. In our cover story by Mike Brattoli, find out how Moen employs ISDX to help mechanical engineers move from hand sketches to stylish products. What's in this issue: Designing with Style–Turning Sketches into Successes by Michael A. Brattoli, Moen Incorporated All About Arbortext An Interview with Jim Heppelmann Being Innovative by Evan Caille, PTC/USER President A Student's Eye View of the PTC/USER World Event by James Lynch, University of Ireland Reevaluating the PTC/USER Member Portal by Evan Caille, PTC/USER President		Tips and Tricks In this issue, learn how to use mapkeys to recreate pre-Wildfire functionality for increased productivity. Also, discover how to accurately build involute curve profiles for gear and spline design. We also cover automatic creation of digital watermarks for documents, and visualizing component density in an electronics package. I Want My MOM Back! by Pete Pickett, Mercury Marine Creating Gears and Splines by Dan Marsalek, Marine Mechanical Corporation Visualizing the Air Space of a Complex PSU by Ceferino Sanchez, ASTEC Power Digital Watermarks for Today's Engineer by John Tucker, Raytheon Vision Systems Past Issues profilesmagazine.com
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Profiles Magazine is published by PTC/USER.

PTC/USER, Inc. is an independent, not-for-profit corporation organized by volunteers for the benefit of the worldwide community of PTC customers.

Our mission:

• To provide education and communication services for our members

• To act as a unified voice representing the membership to Parametric Technology Corporation

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