Please email John at john.schaaf@honeywell.com for more information.

Read his comments here: http://ganzptcuser.blogspot.com/

If you have not registered, you may still attend the conference, however you will not be on the list for the free lunch.  (Sorry)

See you all on Tuesday the 11th!

Twin Cities Pro/E User Group 2010 Spring Conference

Date: Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 12:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location: PTC, 3785 Pheasant Ridge Drive Northeast, Blaine, MN Map
Registration: Pre-registration is required. Registration is free for Pro/ENGINEER users. Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. on May 5th. Register online.

Agenda:
12:30-1:00 Lunch & Networking
1:15-2:00 PTC Corporate and Product Update

Room #1:
2:15-3:00 Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 Demonstration
3:15-4:00 Exporting Great Graphics

Room #2:
2:15-3:00 Pro/E Mapkeys, Icons, and Hidden Config Opts.
3:15-4:00 Cabling the painful way, sans Cabling Extension

4:00-4:45 Vendor Introductions
4:45-5:00 Closing Remarks and Raffles

DATE: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
LOCATION: PTC’s facility in Blaine

We are searching for presenters. Please contact one of the officers if you are interested in making a presentation.

The Executive Committee is still working out the details…please watch TCPUG.org for further details.

His conclusion:

Pro/Engineer is a Godzilla amongst 3D design systems and like the legendary Japanese beast, has the ability to floor its competition with a single swipe. Sure, it’s known for being a bit slow, but its power and capability can’t really be argued with. In the last few releases, while this power has been maintained and enhanced, its speed has also being increased. It’s becoming Godzilla, with a jet-pack – truly a scary thought.

The perfect example of this is the work done in Wildfire 5.0 to alleviate some of the major headaches associated with history-based modelling – namely, recalculation times, which now happens in a matter of seconds and how the system handles history and feature failure. These two updates alone should make the upgrade a worthwhile investment for existing users. Of course, if you’re looking at Pro/Engineer with a fresh set of eyes, then that’s how it should be, so the impact will be much less.

One thing that still confuses me is the introduction of the Ribbon-based UI to the draughting environment. PTC has made a lot of effort to move a lot of code to the dashboard-driven UI style and that work is getting towards the point of completion with this release. It then seems rather perverse that the developers would choose to introduce another UI scheme into the mix in the drawing tools. PTC’s response to this is that it is planning to move towards the Ribbon-based UI in forthcoming releases, but retain the Dashboard for command operations.

UI changes aside, Wildfire 5.0 is an impressive release. PTC is addressing many of the core, fundamental issues that many users face, all across the board, from the headline grabbing real-time regeneration, through to seemingly small details such as the curve tweaking tools and greater weldment control. It all works together to help make the system more efficient and the user more productive. Alongside this, there’s a smattering of new tools, such as Manikin Lite, which bring new functionality to the system.

Wildfire 5.0 is a solid release and one that the extensive Pro/Engineer community is going to get many productivity benefits from. And for those looking to move from 2D or another 3D system, Pro/Engineer continues to be one of the most powerful systems available.

Well said.

Read the article here:
SHS Technology Education advances with addition of Pro-E
by REBECCA KOMPPA

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