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Straight Talk from George Donagher – Mechanical Engineer at Bord Na Móna

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:59:35 +0000

“Comparing Pro/ENGINEER to other 3D CAD Tools? The difference is like night and day.” George Donagher of Bord Na Móna PLC – the leading Irish producer of peat processing equipment, has more than 10 years of engineering experience. Having worked with other 3D CAD tools such as Autodesk® Mechanical Desktop earlier [...]

Beijing Institute of Technology advances Green Vehicle Design with PTC Pro/ENGINEER

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:12:01 +0000

Innovative Design Supports Development of Energy Saving, Zero Emission Electric Powered Buses PTC announced that Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) has achieved great success using PTC Pro/ENGINEER for the design and research of 50 electric-powered buses, which were used for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. BIT’s Electric Vehicle National Engineering Laboratory used Pro/ENGINEER for the [...]

Virtual Prototyping Case Study: GRE, South Africa

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:05:55 +0000

Global Railway Engineering from South Africa have made the move from 2D to 3D with Pro/ENGINEER and, by leveraging many of the product‘s simulation and analysis capabilities, they succeeded in establishing a virtual prototyping workflow that helped them to save time and money. Have a look at this Virtual Prototyping Case Study!

Hear What 3D CAD Designers Are Saying About Pro/ENGINEER

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:12:11 +0000

“Even complex designs – such as intricate turbo gears – become child’s play with the tools from Pro/ENGINEER.” Dr. Ing. Heinrich J. Prümper has worked with Pro/ENGINEER for more than 10 years. Throughout his lengthy professional career, he has used various CAD systems, but for the challenges he has to face on a daily basis in [...]

I Am a [Pro] ENGINEER featuring Andy Ahlberg, Lead Mold Designer

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:51:58 +0000

At one time only familiar with 2D CAD, Lead Mold Designer Andy Ahlberg started using Pro/ENGINEER 3D CAD solutions years ago and never looked back. In this short customer video testimonial, Andy explains why he chooses Pro/ENGINEER to design medical devices that save human lives every day.

“We use Pro/ENGINEER for everything related to our designs…”

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:12:55 +0000

“…from early concepts through calculating, production tooling, drawings – even for advertising material. The software is extremely robust, so we never have to worry about crashes.” With more than 20 years of professional experience, in which he has tried many CAD software packages, such as AutoCAD®, Inventor®, Vellum® and Alibre Design®, Håkan Kjellgren has developed [...]

PTC Ranked Top Performer In Aberdeen PLM AXIS Report

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:05:00 +0000

Market Readiness and Value Delivered to Customers Drive Industry Leadership PTC confirmed that it has been ranked top performer within the PLM industry in the recent "Product Lifecycle Management (PLM ) Solutions AXIS for Hardgoods Manufacturers, Q2, 2009 " report by leading technology research and consulting firm, the Aberdeen Group. The Aberdeen AXIS is an objective, [...]

Learn to Manage Your Critical Engineering Calculations With These Upcoming Webcasts

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:41:00 +0000

Our customers reveal that they have significantly improved their design process by utilising Mathcad as their key tool to capture and document their engineering calculations and analysis work. Learn how you can do the same by signing up for our upcoming technical webinars and taking advantage of our time-limited offers! – Sign Up Now Transitioning from Traditional [...]

Impressive Renderings Created With Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Read this entry to see more impressive renderings! In the first graphics here you can see a SRAM XO Short Cage created using the new Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 Software. SRAM XO Short Cage from a different perspective: The following pictures show two views of a crankshaft designed with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0: Would you [...]

Honeycomb Solutions in partnership with Microsoft

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Honeycomb Solutions are featured in Microsoft’s Prime Partner Guide . In this Partner Directory you can find an extensive range of Microsoft partners from all over the world that can help you with your enterprise technology needs. For more information about Honeycomb Solutions check the online Prime Partner Guide of Microsoft.

Design Partners – What Our Customers Think of Pro/ENGINEER

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0000

“The fully customisable interface of Pro/ENGINEER – with its map keys and GUI laid out the way I want it – makes navigation a breeze.” James Lynch works as an Engineering Manager for Design Partners, a design consultancy firm in Bray, Ireland. After learning Pro/ENGINEER during a semester studying at the University of Limerick, he [...]

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 Preview

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Short overview of some of the highlights of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 as shown by Brian Shepherd at PTC/USER 2009, in Orlando, FL.

PTC Named “Ducati Official Supplier”

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Distinction Recognises Contribution Of Leading PLM Technology Provider To World Renowned Motorbikes, Celebrates 10-Year Partnership Between The Two Companies PTC announced today that Ducati Motor Company has named PTC as "Official Supplier" 2009. The prestigious title, reserved for a selected group of top quality service and product suppliers, recognises PTC’s contribution to the development of Ducati [...]

“Pro/ENGINEER is so easy to learn…”

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:00 +0000

“…no wonder it is so popular with American students and teachers.” Each year, the NESEA – the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association – conducts the Junior Solar Sprint Program, where middle-school students from the north-eastern part of the United States design and build a model solar car for competition. On their website, www.nesea.org, the organisers of [...]

Overview/First Look: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Read a very interesting and informative commentary by Jeff Rowe, Contributing Editor of MCADCafe.com, on Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 : MCADCafe Weekly : Overview/First Look: Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 - “PTC announced Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0, the next major release of its integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software and a key component of the PTC Product Development System (PDS). Pro/ENGINEER, the [...]

Social Product Development – The Evolution of Product Development

admin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Social computing is changing communications today. And, it’s about to change how the world develops products tomorrow. Curious? Have a look at the PTC Social Product Development page.

Reengineer Your ECAD-MCAD Design Process

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:35:53 +0000

Be Inspired

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:36:00 +0000

In this animation, an engineer finds inspiration in his daily life to improve his product, collaborates with his community to enrich his ideas, and helps his company to succeed in bringing a winning product to market. Be Inspired.

Buehler Motor Standardises on PTC Product Development System to support Globalisation Strategy

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:34:00 +0000

SMB Manufacturer of Mechatronic Drive Solutions Deploys Pro/ENGINEER and Windchill to Improve Collaboration and Reduce Costs PTC today announced that Buehler Motor GmbH, based in Nuernberg, Germany, has decided to standardise on the PTC® Product Development System (PDS) as its enterprise PLM solution to improve global collaboration and reduce development costs. Buehler [...]

3D MCAD Benchmark Study

admin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:32:00 +0000

Are you considering introducing a 3D CAD tool to improve your product design work? Make sure you read this Benchmark Study and gain insight into the performance of Pro/ENGINEER, Inventor and SolidWorks in three different cases.

Successful Work with Pro/ENGINEER – A User Explains

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Fabrizio Calandro is a Mechanical Draftsman working for CROWN Closures Italy S.r.l – Divisione C.o.E. He has been working with Pro/ENGINEER for eight years. Prior to Pro/ENGINEER, he was able to experience other 3D packages, such as Mastercam and SolidEdge, but he says that “Pro/ENGINEER has proved to be more powerful and stable than its [...]

Watch the Santa Cruz Movie

admin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Santa Cruz Bikes relies on Pro/ENGINEER for product development Santa Cruz riders continue to bag all the titles they chase, and Santa Cruz engineers – folks who are serious about building truly great bicycles – rely on Pro/ENGINEER for product development. See a great success story!

PTC Delivers Enterprise PLM Solution to Force Protection Inc. for Faster Product Innovation

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:27:00 +0000

PTC® Enterprise PLM Solutions to Facilitate Alignment with United States Army and its Suppliers in Ballistic Vehicle Space PTC announced that Force Protection, Inc., a leading American designer, developer and manufacturer of ballistic and blast-protected vehicles used to support the armed forces, has standardised on PTC Windchill® as its platform for product development content and process [...]

FIRST Webinar Series – Getting the most out of your PTC products!

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:25:00 +0000

What PTC products are available to teams and how to get started? This webinar will cover the related products available to your FIRST team and how to get started. This webinar will help you get the most out of your PTC products. 7 Aug 2009, 17:00 – 18:00 GMT (+0000 GMT) Register Now! In response to the growing demand [...]

PTC Announces Engagement with Nokia

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:21:00 +0000

PTC announced its engagement with Nokia, the world’s number one manufacturer of mobile devices by market share and a leader in the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia has engaged with PTC to develop a Windchill-based functionality extension on top of Nokia’s existing PLM platform. At the same time, Nokia continues to work with its [...]

Don’t Let a Single Idea Go to Waste

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:20:00 +0000

This article was published in the German daily business and financial newspaper "The Financial Times" on 13 May 2009 Be it microphones or motors: Thanks to new software, experts from sales and marketing or suppliers engage directly into design processes. Customers also shall provide impulses soon. As for the second quarter 2009, software vendor, [...]

Why Being a [Pro] ENGINEER Rocks

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 14:19:00 +0000

Straight Talk from CAD Designers Hear what designers are saying about Pro/Engineer® “Pro/ENGINEER is so capable and flexible these days. It does much more than cut design time – it enables us to design quickly, interface with suppliers and customers, and share design intent efficiently.” So reports Commercial Engineer, Ivan Robinson, of Thermex Ltd., one of [...]

The Expansion of 3D into the Small to Midsize Market

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:18:39 +0000

Larsen & Toubro Business Unit Leverages PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER® To Expand Global Footprint

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:20:00 +0000

PTC announced that LTM, a Larsen & Toubro business unit that manufactures equipment for the tire industry , has successfully leveraged Pro/ENGINEER® to expand its global business. By providing LTM with a winning CAD platform that reduces design cycle time and enhances product innovation, PTC has enabled LTM to effectively compete in a rapidly growing [...]

New Software To Prevent Airbus From Breakdowns

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:14:00 +0000

This article has been published in Germany’s No. 1 of business/financial dailies ‘Handelsblatt’ Markus Fasse, Munich/ 8 May 2009 This story still causes high emotions: As engineers of aircraft builder Airbus were working with different software programs during the development of the mega plane A380, the cabling of the engines failed in manufacturing. This disaster as per [...]

Case Study – Firth Rixson Forges Ahead By Adopting Pro/ENGINEER® and Windchill® PDMLink® Solutions

admin — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:10:00 +0000

3D CAD and PDM Tools Speed Time-to-Manufacture and Enable Enterprise-Wide Collaboration Firth Rixson Limited, Sheffield, England With an unwavering commitment to quality and innovation, Firth Rixson has become a leader in the forging industry, providing manufacturers with rings, forgings and metal products. Today, Firth Rixson serves as a “one-stop [...]

A Mechanical Engineer’s Experience with Pro/ENGINEER

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:06:00 +0000

“I do a lot of sheet metal design in my job and really appreciate the user-friendliness and ease-of-use of the sheet metal functionality in Pro/ENGINEER.” Thomas Alder works as mechanical engineer for nowak engineering GmbH in Spreitenbach, Switzerland. Having graduated from engineering school in 2005, he belongs to the younger generation of Pro/ENGINEER users. When he [...]

Improve Business Performance by Optimising Product Development

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:13:03 +0000

Inditex Selects PTC Windchill For Interior Design

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:03:00 +0000

PTC announced that Spanish Inditex Group, a global player in the fashion industry with well-known brands like Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti or Bershka, has deployed the PTC PLM solution Windchill in its store and furnishing design department based in Arteixo, Spain. Windchill will manage all information related to the building equipment, interior design [...]

How Design Reuse promotes efficiency in Product Development

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:26:08 +0000

Voice of the User – FRONIUS International GmbH

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:58:00 +0000

“The scalability of Pro/ENGINEER enables us to use a single system for all of our processes, which greatly simplifies administration and maintenance.” Thomas Bichler works as a CAD administrator in the construction area of the research and development department at FRONIUS International GmbH, a leading manufacturer of welding technology, solar electronics, and battery charging technology. [...]

Successful collaboration of Bartek Design Ltd. and Honeycomb Solutions

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Pro/ENGINEER halves the time to produce mould base drawings Bartek Design Ltd. is a design and technical program management consultancy, based in Ireland and Germany, with a worldwide client basis. The majority of its work with Pro/ENGINEER is injection moulds & automation machine design. When doing on-site contracts it often has to update and modify existing [...]

Straight Talk from 3D CAD Users

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:52:00 +0000

Hear what designers are saying about Pro/ENGINEER® “The ease of creating and visualising complex shaped parts with Pro/ENGINEER has proven to reduce errors.” Paul Heatherington is Lead Designer at Burnside Autocyl (Tullow) Ltd., a manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders in Tullow, County Carlow, Ireland. The company implemented Pro/ENGINEER when making the [...]

Why Microsoft moved to Pro/E Wildfire 4.0

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +0000

I picked up on this news through Franco’s Novedge Pulse news aggregation thing-a-me-bob, but it made for interesting reading so I thought I’d share it. PTC just announced (although its not dated) details that Microsoft has moved up to the Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 release – while at first you think, "hmmmm," you soon remember that [...]

PTC Windchill ProductPoint Launch Event

admin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:41:00 +0000

Shrink the cost and time in getting your products to market, reduce rework, and reduce your search & approval time – Increase Engineering Value Added Work. The PTC Windchill ProductPoint™ Launch Event at the Warwick Manufacturing Group International Center, 7th May 2009 is around the corner – you are invited to attend! Windchill ProductPoint is a [...]

Pro/ENGINEER CAD/CAM/CAE Demonstrations: Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:44:00 +0000

08 September 2009, 11:00 – 12:30 US/Eastern (-0400 GMT) In this Webcast you will learn how Pro/ENGINEER is: Simple: simple to learn and use. Powerful: all of the power that Pro/ENGINEER has historically been recognised for is still present and indeed has been augmented. Connected: connected to the web, connected to email, connected to suppliers catalogues, [...]

Customer Success Story – CA Group

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:38:00 +0000

CA Group Turns to Pro/ENGINEER® to Design Iconic New Retail Building – PTC’s 3D CAD Software Handles Large, Complex Assemblies with Ease The CA Group, formed in the UK in the mid-1980s, has grown to become a premier contractor, supplier and manufacturer of industrial and commercial metal [...]

Simplifying the Technical Illustration Process Using Today’s Powerful Publishing Tools

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:33:00 +0000

Tips & tricks on creating high-quality illustrations using photo tracing by Bert Witsmeer, B/E Aerospace This article will be published in the Communicator magazine “As a technical illustrator at the world’s leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products, I’ve spent untold months—even years—creating technical illustrations for a host of complex products. And while there have been [...]

Article “What Defines a Workstation” on the Pro/E Community

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:28:00 +0000

By Rod Strand, Value CAD Marketing Manager, HP Traditional PC and High-performance Workstation Comparison Let’s take a look feature by feature and see how the two compare. To avoid confusion, let’s define both. I’ve heard some people say their workstation is their office space and not the box they [...]

Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Company Uses FEA to Design Fast Bikes Faster

admin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:23:00 +0000

By Joe Graney, Engineering Director, Santa Cruz Bicycles Santa Cruz Bicycles makes best-in-class, fully suspended mountain bikes. Located in Santa Cruz, CA, the company was started to make suspension bicycles more efficient to ride uphill and faster downhill without sacrificing durability. Now we are using FEA to analyse stresses and design bike frames that won’t break [...]

Chalco Shandong Adopts PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® To Accelerate Design And Production Of Solid-Liquid Separation Equipment

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:10:35 +0000

Design efficiencies improved by 200% compared to previous 2D CAD software PTC® (Nasdaq: PMTC), today announced that Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (CHALCO) Shandong Branch has adopted PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® to speed up design and production of its solid-liquid separation equipment. Pro/ENGINEER, PTC’s integrated 3D parametric CAD/CAM/CAE software, allows engineers and designers to intuitively model detailed and [...]

Hamilton Sundstrand Selects PTC to Improve Compliance with s1000d standards

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Arbortext® Enables Hamilton Sundstrand to Automate the Development Process of S1000D Compliant Technical Manuals PTC announced that Hamilton Sundstrand headquartered in Windsor Locks, CT, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, has selected Arbortext to help ensure its technical publications are compliant with S1000D standards. Arbortext® for S1000D is PTC’s product information delivery solution used for structured [...]

Vaillant Group Deploys PTC® Product Development System To Drive Innovation And Streamline Global Collaboration

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:20:00 +0000

Designs CO2-Reduced, Energy Efficient and Environmentally-friendly Heating Systems PTC announced that Vaillant Group, a leading internationally operating heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology concern headquartered in Germany, has successfully implemented Windchill® as its global platform for product development content and process management. The implementation of Windchill creates a single, integral platform for global collaboration among the R&D [...]

Richard Childress Racing Team Uses PTC® Software to Speed Development of Nascar’s Sprint Cup Series Winning Car

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:19:00 +0000

PTC Pro/ENGINEER® Helps RCR Claim Victory at NASCAR Budweiser Shootout PTC today announced that Richard Childress Racing (RCR), whose cars are designed and developed using PTC’s industry-leading Pro/ENGINEER parametric MCAD/CAM/CAE software, has claimed victory at the Budweiser Shootout, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series exhibition event which took place Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Daytona International Speedway in [...]

Schindler Group Increases Efficiency Of Global Collaboration by 300% with PTC® Product Development System

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:15:00 +0000

Leading Supplier of Elevators and Escalators Streamlines Global Product Development with Windchill® PTC today stated that the Schindler Group, the largest supplier of escalators and the second largest manufacturer of elevators worldwide, improved its product development efficiency by 300 percent after implementing the PTC® Product Development System (PDS). A long-standing customer of Pro/ENGINEER®, PTC’s 3D parametric [...]