We have just returned from PTC Live 2012 TechForum at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon. With an exciting agenda, including keynotes from the likes of Bang & Olufsen and Aston Martin Racing, it proved to be an informative day that brought together the leading industry experts and users.
We were fascinated to hear about the latest product lifecycle management tools now available from PTC, including the new developments in Windchill. We were also impressed with the improvements made to Creo as part of the latest product release. PTC demonstrated how PLM and 3D CAD will continue to provide a competitive advantage for users, by enhancing their design work and productivity.
PTC on Product Lifecycle Management Tools: “We firmly believe that PLM’s time has come”
The morning primarily focused on PTC’s product lifecycle management (PLM) solution: Windchill. Developments in Windchill mean that PLM is no longer just a big business solution. SMEs can now access these techniques to enhance their productivity.
The keynote speech from Jorn Hansen of Bang & Olufsen showed the benefits of Windchill in practice, revealing how these product lifecycle management tools have been used by Bang & Olufsen to make fundamental improvements to their business and overall product innovation.
With the release of Windchill 10, PLM has come of age. It is a more beautiful product, with an easier to use interface. It provides a single, definitive source of truth, for a clearer understanding of all development stages. On top of this, Windchill 10 can be accessed on iPads and iPhones for easier and more convenient information retrieval.
Creo: A new generation design solution
Afternoon sessions, which focused on Creo, demonstrated how far design tools have come. Creo provides users with the right tool, for the right task, at the right time. Instead of trying to use a one-size fits all product, users have tailored apps that are made for a specific purpose. Plus, with common data models, there is no risk of data loss when moving between different Creo apps.
As the live Creo Direct demo proved, this interoperability is intuitive and simple to use. Design work, created within the app, was quickly transfered to Creo Parametric, with all data available to use instantly.
PTC continue to deliver solutions
The overwhelming outcome from PTC Live 2012 TechForum was PTC’s clear focus on creating and delivering the necessary design and product lifecycle management tools to enable effective product development, proving why companies should be implementing PTC solutions as part of their business.
Find out the advantages you can gain from PTC solutions by contacting Concurrent Engineering today. Concurrent Engineering is a preferred supplier of PTC.
Windchill came of ages with Windchill 10- a more beautiful version that earlier releases, which allows users to get more value from their use of Windchill. This includes the integration with iPad and iPhone. This means that users can get up-to-date product information, regarless of location.
Particular headline highlights, straight from the PTCLive TechForum 2012, include:
- Do more- Across the entire product development process, use Windchill to enhance your procedures and improve your collaborative abilities.
- Know More- Learn more at an earlier stage of the product development process. Be confident in the quality and reliability of your products
- Get more- Faster and cleaner interface means that engineers can get more from Windchill. It is easier to do the tasks you do more often. Less cluttered and easier to access the relevant information
To find out more about Windchill 10 and how this updated PLM system can optimise your product development, contact us today.
PTC LIve event is back at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon and is kicked off by Kevin Asridge, UK regional director, PTC.
Kevin explained in his opening remarks: "The theme emerging is that businesses are willing to invest and even though budgets are tight, there is a willingness to grow, invest and improve competitiveness. We have focused on a value centric engagement at PTC.
"It (PLM) doesn't have to be a big company solution and is now accessible to SMEs."
He continued: "The techniques are available to everyone."
Talk to us today or contact us for more information. Concurrent is a PTC preferred partner for PLM.
PTC Live is the UK user event, held 16 May 2012.
Over the next ten years there are going to be some tough challenges for manufacturing companies to address. To remain competitive they will have to understand the trends most likely to influence manufacturing, so they can prepare as best as possible for these changes.
A recent report by Deloitte and the World Economic Forum outlined the likely factors that will shape the environment manufacturers operate in. It makes for interesting reading and suggests that integration and infrastructure will be key. We'd love to hear from you if you agree, disagree or see things differently.
1. Increased focus on infrastructure
A clear focus on infrastructure will be necessary, for both emerging nations and developed nations. The former require sustained infrastructure investment to take advantage of globalised manufacturing. The latter will need to maintain their position by investing in PLM and other manufacturing infrastructures to remain competitive. Economic challenges and the continuing debt crisis mean that public-private partnerships are likely to be necessary to provide the funding.
2. More competition for foreign direct investment
Nations will become increasingly competitive, when trying to secure foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is a way to increase both manufacturing and research levels, which is why it appeals to nations. For companies, the challenge will come in distinguishing between increase numbers of potential opportunities to realise which will be the most beneficial.
3. Increased demand for materials
With demand for rare earth element dramatically increasing, there will be a fundamental shift in the way materials are handled and leveraged. Initially, it seems probable that nations and companies will react by stockpiling supply. But, eventually, developments will be made through use of alternative elements, increased efficiency and advances in materials science.
4. Emphasis on efficiency and energy strategy
As both world population and industrialisation continue to grow, there will be an inevitable increased demand for energy supplies. It is estimated that by 2035, international consumption will more than double. This will be matched by growing environmental and sustainability concerns. Companies will have to look for ways to improve their energy efficiency.
5. Accelerated innovation will be vital to success
Companies that are innovative, and can implement these developments quickly, will be more competitive. The ability to implement innovations will help companies and countries to remain ahead of their competition. Essential to this will be to have the necessary skills in the workforce to support innovations.
6. Highly skilled workforce continues to be key
It is essential to address skills shortages. Without talented, well-trained employees, companies will not be able to grow. Companies and countries that are able to attract the most skilled workforce will be the most competitive. Arguably, this will become the most pressing concern for manufacturing.
7. More collaboration between policy makers and manufacturers
To address the main trends that will influence manufacturing, there will have to be growing collaboration. This will be necessary to ensure the structures are in place to provide the support necessary to meet the challenges and trends of the next ten years.
In my blog on 4th April 2012, I discussed the Free Tutorials available on the PTC Website through the Learning Connector, which provides quick demonstrations of PTC products, along with some tips and techniques.
However, completing instructor led training with us at Concurrent Engineering is the most effective way to maximise the return on investment from your software. By learning PTC technology from our certified instructors, you get the ideal blend of class lectures, personal demonstrations, assessments, and post-class teaching tools.
The Result: Getting higher ROI from your training, and maximum productivity for both you and your team!
Why choose Concurrent Engineering for your Training needs?
We understand the software, build our curriculum to capture the design intent, and have a host of offerings to truly customise a training and adoption programme to meet a customers needs.
Along with our instructor led classes, we can provide access to eLearning libraries, where you can go in and view the web based training content after you have completed your training course.
On-site training is another way of helping you become more productive with Creo Parametric, Pro/Engineer, Mathcad, Windchill, Arbortext Isodraw and more. We can work with customers one-on-one with a customised training programme, to build learning programmes that are unique to that customer, using our role-based curriculums and the Precision Learning methodology, to develop training that is best in class for that customer.
To find out more about the dates of our training courses, please get in touch below, and a training course schedule can be sent!
The recent release of Creo 2.0 by PTC has significant updates to the current Creo apps and also introduces a new app.
The upgrade offers product designers new tools and capabilities to enhance the design and development process. In this blog, we outline some of the main enhancements made to Creo Parametric as part of the Creo 2.0 launch. Alternatively, get the full low-down with out guide 12 key reasons to upgrade to Creo 2.0 Parametric.
What's changed in Creo 2.0 Parametric?
Across the whole Creo range, there have been over 490 updates. These have been made to enhance the capabilities of the range and improve the design productivity achievable with Creo. Significant improvements have been made to
Creo 2.0 Parametric, including:
- Improved cross-section designing: Achieve complete visualisation of product designs with improvements to cross-section tools. These enhancements offer product designers with a fuller understanding of their design, providing immediate access from the model tree. Plus, the advanced interference recognition allows for early detection of any potential problem areas.
- Enhancements in freeform capabilities: Product designs can now be made with increase surface refinement and improved detailing, all while sustaining the management of the freeform object.
- Efficient measuring tools: Access detailed data of the vital product dimensions and measurements of any particular surface. Product designers are now able to enhance and better control how product measurements are utilised throughout the design stages, by managing the how measurements are shown and where these measurements are viewable in other programmes, for example Word.
Why should you upgrade to Creo 2.0?
The enhancements made in the Creo 2.0 Parametric release increase efficiency in product design. Particularly for those still using Pro/ENGINEER, Creo 2.0 Parametric has over 100 capability improvements not found in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0.
The new tools decrease the total time necessary to transition from initial concept designs into finished artwork and product. At the same time, these are balanced with improved usability, to make the design process more intuitive and collaborative, all of which are essential for modern product development enterprises.
Discover for yourself the 12 key reasons you should upgrade to Creo 2.0 Parametric by downloading our free whitepaper today.
We're pleased to announce the details of this year's PTCLive TechForum. It is a free one-day event, being held on May 16 at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire.
PTCLive TechForum is a must-visit event for anyone in the UK working with or planning to implement PTC solutions in their business. It brings together industry leading experts, offers multiple technology sessions and an opportunity to sample PTC University training. Why not register now to reserve your place.
Who should attend PTCLive TechForum?
It is an essential event for anyone currently working with PTC solutions as PTC outline their new developments and product roadmap. For users who want to discover useful tips and expand on their achievable possibilities through using PTC products, it's a great opportunity to network and gather best practice ideas.
Attendees who are currently assessing the solutions on offer from PTC will find that the event is an excellent opportunity to evaluate the solutions in the PTC stack and meet with the Concurrent Engineering team.
What will happen on the day?
With a packed agenda,
PTCLive TechForum will prove to be an enlightening and informing event. The key highlights for you will include:
- Gaining practical advice and tips from PTC experts
- Opportunities to interact with industry leading companies and learn from their best practice
- Find out how you can add value to your company through PTC solutions
Additional details of the event can be found on the dedicated
PTCLive TechForum microsite.
Learning Exchange is a new site from PTC University where you can find Free Tutorials about PTC products. While on Learning Exchange you can explore the site and the product categories, and discover new ways of using the PTC products you use every day. Furthermore, if you find something particularly useful you can share it with your peers through Linkedin, Facebook, or Planet PTC.
How did Learning Exchange Start?
PTC created Learning Exchange as a central space to gather all of the product knowledge, and share it with the product users. Absolutely anyone can access it, customers, non-customers, students, anyone!
What type of content is hosted?
There are 3 types of tutorials you can access on learning Exchange - Video tutorials, written tutorials, and a combination of both.
Just in time for the release of Mathcad Prime 2.0, PTC has published free video tutorials highlighting some of the key enhancements of Mathcad Prime 2.0. The Excel component, 3D Plotting, Symbolics and Collapsible areas.
These tutorials are all available from the Mathcad section of the Learning Exchange site!
More really useful information created by PTC University can be found in the must read e-Book "Maximize Creativity and Efficiency with Best Practice Adoption."
PTC University created this Best Practice Academy to help companies design their products using the appropriate methods that support their whole design process. As well, it enables the adoption of proven product development best practices that best fit their individual circumstances - industry, product configurations, team size, strategy, etc.
Read This New eBook and Learn How To
- Go beyond standard technology training
- Adopt best practices specific in your organization
- Increase the level of creativity and efficiency
Go to the
eBook page and fill in your details to get access!
Customer Feedback?
Have you used the Learning Exchange yet and viewed any of the Free Tutorials?
Have you downloaded Mathcad Prime 2.0 yet?
If so we would love to hear your thoughts!
Please send us your comments below, or get in touch if you require any further information!
In this release, PTC have continued to improve the computational capability of the product, ease of use, as well as capabilities that let you document your design and ideas better!
PTC have added 64 bit support, levaraging multi-core architecture with the new MKL, to let you solve bigger problems faster!
The Symbolic Algebra engine has been added so you can express your results symbolically, and PTC have also introduced the Excel component to levarage Excel worksheets in the computations.
Furthermore, with collapsible areas you are able to organise your worksheets better, and use 3D plots to enhance your presentations with 3D data.
The Top 5 Assets Available to get to Know Mathcad Prime 2.0!
In order to get to know Mathcad Prime 2.0 better, PTC have created a number of assets on the PTC Mathcad Product page on the PTC website. These assets are:
- Mathcad Prime 2.0 FAQ
- Mathcad Prime 2.0 Version Comparison
- Mathcad Prime 2.0 Key Components
- Design Studies & Trade-off Analyses with Mathcad - Whitepaper
- Mathcad Prime 2.0 3O Day Free Trial
Please take some time to visit these pages, and feel free to call or email us at Concurrent Engineering to get information on pricing for your Business or Academic Institution!
To take advantage of all the new features of Mathcad Prime 2.0, active maintenance support customers can simply download the new version from the PTC website!
To get a quote for a new/expired license, please click the "Get a Quote" button below!
What features of Mathcad Prime are you most excited about? Please leave your thoughts in the comments box below!
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.
