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8. Your Annual Dose of Acronyms! If you are an ME or EE, TCPUG is the place to talk CAD, CAM, PDM, PLM, ERP, BOM, MPM, MCAD, ECAD, TDO, AAX, RSD,…and the list goes on.

7. Free lunch.
The Twin Cities Pro/ENGINEER User Group will provide lunch for those pre-registered for the spring conference.

Pre-Registration will close at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, April 29th.

If you plan to attend the meeting and would like to eat lunch, make a point to register before 4 PM on April 29. If you’ve invited co-workers or any other displaced workers, please let them know about the deadline.

Don’t miss this opportunity! Join us for the Twin Cities Pro/ENGINEER User Group Spring Conference!

WHEN: Monday, May 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55430 (MAP & DIRECTIONS)
WHO: Open to all Pro/Engineer users. Pre-registration is required. Registration is FREE! (REGISTER HERE)

Help us extend a big THANK YOU to our 2009 Supporting Vendors:
EAC Product Development Solutions | Fishbowl Solutions | New Vision Engineering Solutions | PDT – Product Development Technologies | Prototype Solutions Group | QuadriSpace | Sigmetrix | Stratasys | Teamvantage Molding | VistaTek | PTC

WHEN: Monday, May 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55430 (MAP & DIRECTIONS)
WHO: Open to all Pro/Engineer users. Pre-registration is required. Registration is FREE! (REGISTER HERE)

Conference Agenda

8:30 a.m.
Social Hour

9:20 a.m.
Integrated, Associative and Automated Product Intent Documentation
Integrated, Associative and Automated Product Intent Documentation and Publications with QuadriSpace. Use design and engineering data for more than just product design.
Brian Flug, QuadriSpace

Changing the Future with Additive Fabrication
This presentation will explore how additive fabrication systems such as 3D printers, rapid prototyping systems, and direct digital manufacturing systems are changing future product development and manufacturing.
Matt Havekost, Stratasys

10:10 a.m.
Stump The Chumps
A take-all-questions Q&A session for Pro/ENGINEER
Mark Ganzer, Lockheed Martin, Todd Kraft, PTC, Allan Caldwell, EAC

Understanding Where to use 1D vs. 2/3D Tolerance Analysis in Your Organization
A new 1D Tolerance Analysis Extension is now available as an optional module in Wildfire 4 and beyond. This module was developed in partnership with Sigmetrix and is powered by CETOL Technology. When should tolerance analysis be used in your organization? When are 1D tolerance stacks sufficient and when should you use the full 2/3D package? What kind of decisions can be made with a tolerance analysis package? These questions are answered through a short presentation and a live demonstration that shows both tools and provides context as to the kind of problems where each tool excels.
Ed Walsh, Sigmetrix

11:00 a.m.
Windchill ProductPoint – Windows SharePoint Based Pro/ENGINEER Data Management
Last December PTC unveiled a Pro/ENGINEER data manager built on the Windows SharePoint platform. This solution is called Windchill ProductPoint. Join us for a live demonstration of this powerful tool and take an opportunity to ask an EAC Microsoft Certified Windchill ProductPoint Expert your questions.
Larry Fortier, EAC Product Development Solutions

Automating Pro/ENGINEER with a Pro/TOOLKIT Focus
It is more important than ever to be able to do more with less. Use Pro/TOOLKIT to improve efficiencies by automating manual tasks and extending Pro/ENGINEER functionality.
Rick Passolt, Fishbowl Solutions

11:40 a.m.
Lunch – Box lunches provided free of charge for registered participants only.

12:30 p.m.
Michael Campbell PTC – PTC Corporate Update & Wildfire 5.0

2:10 p.m.
Wildfire 5.0
Wildfire 5.0 Preview
Todd Kraft, PTC

Designing over molding, soft touch and living hinges for prototyping and tooling
With new prototyping equipment over molding, soft touch and living hinged parts can be produce in 2-3 days. Pros and cons are exposed when it comes to your design. Find out how it works and the benefits you gain when you go into tooling.
Dan Mishek, VistaTek

3:00 p.m.
Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension
Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension is a comprehensive digital human modeling solution that will help optimize your product for human-product interactions
Todd Kraft, PTC

3D Drawings and Pro/ENGINEER
We will introduce the concept of 3D drawings, review ASME Y14.41, and demonstrate relevant Pro/ENGINEER functionality.
Kent Zehrer, CyberOptics

3:50 p.m.
Take Time to Follow the Rules
Tips on using rules in layers, simplified reps, and templates
Mark Ganzer, Lockheed Martin

NetRegulus – See how PTC’s regulatory compliance software helps engineers react to problems
NetRegulus (NetRM) is PTC’s solution for Regulatory compliance. Companies producing federally regulated products, especially Medical Devices, face enormous challenges to effectively manage product and process quality while operating “under the microscope” of regulatory supervision. What happens when something goes wrong and/or change is required? NetRM empowers Pro/E users to be part of the solution and to help better address Complaints, Non-Conformances, and CAPA events (corrective action preventative actions). This presentation will focus on a titanium alloy dental screw that met all design requirements but experienced unforeseen issues upon field deployment, ultimately leading to a CAPA event. See how the Windchill integration with NetRegulus allowed Pro/E users to help indentify the cause, solve the mystery, correct the flaw and close the CAPA.
Dick Christensen, EAC Product Development Solutions

Don’t miss this opportunity! Join us for the Twin Cities Pro/ENGINEER User Group Spring Conference!

Help us extend a big THANK YOU to our 2009 Supporting Vendors:
EAC Product Development Solutions | Fishbowl Solutions | New Vision Engineering Solutions | PDT – Product Development Technologies | Prototype Solutions Group | QuadriSpace | Sigmetrix | Stratasys | Teamvantage Molding | VistaTek | PTC

10. Network with your professional community. Each year hundreds of the best engineering workforce Minnesota has to offer come together at the TCPUG Spring Conference. This offers attendees an unparalleled opportunity to connect with the Pro/ENGINEER professional community.

9. Free Seminars with lessons learned, latest trends, and what’s next. This year’s meeting has a full agenda of great presentations from industry experts and your peers. A full agenda will be available later this week.

Topics Include:
– Using design and engineering data for more than just design
– Tips on using rules in layers, simplified reps, and templates
– ProductPoint – See what’s new from PTC
– Automating Pro/E with Pro/TOOLKIT
– Changing the future with additive fabrication
– 3D Drawings and Pro/ENGINEER
– NetRegulus – PTC’s Reg. Compliance Solution
– Designing for prototyping and tooling
– Wildfire 5.0 Demonstration
– Pro/Manikin Demonstration
– Stump-the-Chump: Stump the experts Q&A session
– PTC Corporate & Wildfire 5.0 Update by Mike Campbell of PTC

Don’t miss this opportunity! Join us for the Twin Cities Pro/ENGINEER User Group Spring Conference!

WHEN: Monday, May 4, 2009, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
WHERE: Earle Brown Heritage Center, 6155 Earle Brown Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55430 (MAP & DIRECTIONS)
WHO: Open to all Pro/Engineer users. Pre-registration is required. Registration is FREE! (REGISTER HERE)

Help us extend a big THANK YOU to our 2009 Supporting Vendors:
EAC Product Development Solutions | Fishbowl Solutions | New Vision Engineering Solutions | PDT – Product Development Technologies | Prototype Solutions Group | QuadriSpace | Sigmetrix | Stratasys | Teamvantage Molding | VistaTek | PTC