TCPUG.org » 2009 TCPUG Annual Conference http://tcpug.org/blog Twin Cities Pro/ENGINEER User Group Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A few thoughts from the Chairman of the TCPUG Board http://tcpug.org/blog/a-few-thoughts-from-the-chairman-of-the-tcpug-board/ http://tcpug.org/blog/a-few-thoughts-from-the-chairman-of-the-tcpug-board/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 13:24:01 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=324 TCPUG members,

I wanted to take a few minutes to thank everyone for participating on Monday and share a few thoughts.

First, I want to address the lack of quarterly meetings over the last year. Up until 2008 this group tried hard to have a meeting every quarter. During 2007 the number of attendees at these quarterly meetings dropped below 20. Also, getting users to present has become increasingly challenging.

Second, at our annual conference this year we were able to put together a full set of presentations ONLY if we allowed all of the vendors to present. This was not our desire but when there were no responses to several requests for presenters we were left with the decision of letting vendors present or canceling the event.

The bottom line is this is a group that should represent and benefit the users of PTC technology. It needs participation from the users in order to be successful. We (the board) can’t force people to participate. If you have seen value in the networking and educational opportunities this group has had in the past then please consider how you and the people around you can participate at a higher level.

I have been contemplating using more social networking tools to help facilitate communication and encourage more ad-hoc participation. We already have a Linked In group but there are other tools that may be even more useful for the members of this group to share ideas, tips, etc. without attending quarterly meetings.

If you have any thoughts here please pass them along.

Also, please pass along your thoughts on the annual event and how we can best encourage participation in the future.

Sincerely,

Thane Hathaway
Chairman of the TCPUG Board
http://www.tcpug.org

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/a-few-thoughts-from-the-chairman-of-the-tcpug-board/feed/ 0 The TCPUG Spring Conference is under way! http://tcpug.org/blog/the-tcpug-spring-conference-is-under-way/ http://tcpug.org/blog/the-tcpug-spring-conference-is-under-way/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 15:35:47 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=317 Hello Everyone,
We want to send out a reminder about today’s meeting. We are currently up and running. Presentations are going strong. We will be going until about 4:45 tonight. If you registered to attend make sure you swing by. At 12:30 Mike Campbell will be presenting the PTC Corporate Overview and a preview of what’s to come with the Wildfire software. You don’t want to miss that and many other great information sessions.


Sincerely, The TCPUG Board



]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/the-tcpug-spring-conference-is-under-way/feed/ 0 Countdown to TCPUG – Top 10 Reasons to be at the Spring Conference – Reasons 1 & 2 http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-1-2/ http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-1-2/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 22:41:12 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=314 2. Camaraderie!
Each year people from near and far convene on the TCPUG Spring Conference to network, learn, see what’s to come, and have some fun. This year we look forward to seeing many familiar faces as we welcome new ones.

1. Everybody’s got a case of the Mondays!
Bottom line. Monday is Monday. Why not spend it with your peers!



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

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-1-2/feed/ 0 Countdown to TCPUG – Top 10 Reasons to be at the Spring Conference – Reasons 3 & 4 http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-4-5/ http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-4-5/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 13:57:07 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=300 4. The venue is painted like barn!
The Earle Brown Heritage Center’s bright red exterior paint is clearly visible from the intersection of Hwy 100 and Hwy 694. It maintains a little bit of country in the middle of the big city. Here’s a link to a map

3. Agendas!

Agenda for Room #1
8:30 a.m. Social Hour
9:20 a.m. Integrated, Associative and Automated Product Intent Documentation – Brian Flug
10:10 a.m. Stump The Chumps – Mark Ganzer, Todd Kraft, Allan Caldwell
11:00 a.m. Windchill ProductPoint – Larry Fortier
11:40 a.m. Lunch – Box lunches provided free of charge for registered participants only.
12:30 p.m. Michael Campbell PTC – PTC Corp. Update & Wildfire 5.0
2:10 p.m. Wildfire 5.0 – Todd Kraft
3:00 p.m. Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Extension – Todd Kraft
3:50 p.m. Take Time to Follow the Rules – Mark Ganzer
4:30 p.m. Raffle and Closing Remarks

Agenda for Room #2
9:20 a.m. Changing the Future with Additive Fabrication – Heather Hayes
10:10 a.m. Understanding Where to use 1D vs. 2/3D Tolerance Analysis in Your Organization – Ed Walsh
11:00 a.m. Automating Pro/ENGINEER with a Pro/TOOLKIT Focus – Rick Passolt
2:10 p.m. Designing over molding, soft touch and living hinges for prototyping and tooling – Dan Mishek
3:00 p.m. 3D Drawings and Pro/ENGINEER – Kent Zehrer
3:50 p.m. NetRegulus – How PTC’s regulatory compliance software helps engineers react to problems – Dick Christensen



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

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-4-5/feed/ 1 Countdown to TCPUG – Top 10 Reasons to be at the Spring Conference – Reasons 5 & 6 http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-5-6/ http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-5-6/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:53:16 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=270 6. Registration deadlines for lunch!
As many of you read and realized; 4pm Wednesday was the registration deadline for guaranteed free lunch at this year’s meeting. You can still register for the meeting! Registering will ensure you have a snazzy name badge waiting for you at the meeting and we’ll do our best to get you a lunch.

5. Freebies and Raffles!
Don’t forget to bring a stack of business cards to drop into the vendor’s fishbowls. There will be plenty of great prizes! Everything from iPods to giftcards to vendor services. Make sure you can hang around until the 4:30 Prize Drawings. You don’t want to miss your chance at some loot!

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

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-5-6/feed/ 0 More than 250 are already pre-registered! http://tcpug.org/blog/more-than-250-are-already-pre-registered/ http://tcpug.org/blog/more-than-250-are-already-pre-registered/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:56:01 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=235 Hi, TCPUG webmaster Tony here…I just checked the list of pre-registrations. There are over 250 folks pre-registered to attend the TCPUG Spring conference. See you all on Monday!

Remember, pre-registration will close at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, April 29.

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/more-than-250-are-already-pre-registered/feed/ 0 Countdown to TCPUG – Top 10 Reasons to be at the Spring Conference – Reasons 7 & 8 http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-7-8/ http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-7-8/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:45:50 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=228 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

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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

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/spring-conference-agenda/feed/ 0 Countdown to TCPUG – Top 10 Reasons to be at the Spring Conference – Reasons 9 & 10 http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-9-10/ http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-9-10/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:49:46 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=161 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

]]> http://tcpug.org/blog/countdown-to-tcpug-top-10-reasons-to-be-at-the-spring-conference-reasons-9-10/feed/ 0 Announcing the 2009 TCPUG Spring Conference! http://tcpug.org/blog/announcing-the-2009-tcpug-spring-conference/ http://tcpug.org/blog/announcing-the-2009-tcpug-spring-conference/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:33:05 +0000 Administrator http://tcpug.org/blog/?p=104 2009 TCPUG 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)

WHAT IS IT? An opportunity to improve your Pro/E skills. You’ll attend user presentations, vendor presentations. You’ll have the opportunity to network with other local Pro/E gurus.

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