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jlippeth1-Visitor
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January 21, 2015
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List Digest, PTC Community

  • January 21, 2015
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Let the fun begin…

The Exploder is coming to an end.

So after feeling sad for a few months, I decided, hey let’s go visit PTC Community and sign up for some groups.

Sign up for Groups that are Unlocked, not a problem

Sign up for Groups that are Locked and you must wait for a reply to see if you are voted in or meet the “special” requirement.

IE. Tried to join PRO/MOLD, got an email a few days later..







Don’t worry I’ll start a new group and keep it Unlocked!

Knowledge is Power



Jeff Lippeth ▪ Mold Design Engineer



NyproMold, Inc.

955 Tri-State Parkway, Gurnee IL 60031

144 Pleasant St, Clinton MA 01510 ▪ www.nypromold.com
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mlocascio1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 21, 2015
Interesting! Why are they postponing the end of the exploder IF it is actually going to happen?


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iceblink11-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 22, 2015
From the group description: "You have to be a member of PTCUSER
Pro/ENGINEER CAM Technical Committee to join".

Maybe you should try the "Pro/Mold - Tool Design - EMX" group?


I've been trying the Community for a while now, and it is not as bad as
i expected it to be, though it still needs some improvements. You can
get all the new posts (on the forums that you are subscribed to) via
email. But the emails only contain the newly posted bits, no history, so
it can be hard to follow discussions. The forum has the annoying
property of being reply-thread-based, meaning the messages in a thread
are not always in chronological order, but depend on which previous
message is replied to. This makes it even more complicated to understand
some of the emails you receive, without knowing what is replied to. The
amount of messages is not too bad, similar to the exploder.


I didn't know about groups yet, so thanks for pointing that out.
Wondering how groups function now.... I'll join some and see how that
goes 🙂 I was wondering why the amount of subforums was so low, but
maybe this groups thing fixes that.

Best regards,
Patrick

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mlocascio1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 22, 2015
Bottom line is that these forums are NOT dead yet.



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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
January 22, 2015
I had no idea there were groups to join, but look, there they are under “browse”.

I particularly like the “Woo Sprint Group” or the “The Cindy Shearin Group Real Estate Paris Properties” group. Seems like maybe there needs to be some housekeeping.

To your point about the ProMOLD group, it does say that you need to be a member of the PTCUSER Pro/ENGINEER CAM Technical Committee to join it. Probably why you got denied.

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jlippeth1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
January 22, 2015
Yes I did not read the fine print.

“need to be a member of the PTCUSER Pro/ENGINEER CAM Technical Committee to join”

I was mouse clicking on groups at 10pm with a beverage in the other hand.

MUI



Jeff


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ShandRonnie1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 23, 2015
Here’s another question:

Why a general topic such as ProMold would have restrictions for member to apply?

I could understand if a group called the “pony tails” had restrictions to apply. But Pro Mold, please give me a break!

Respectfully,
Ronnie Shand
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BobSchwerdlin1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 23, 2015
Pony tails on some girls do look very nice ;^)
On most boys, not so ☹

Happy Friday everyone.
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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
January 23, 2015
As mentioned (and indicated on the community site), that group is intended for TC members. Perhaps a bit too broadly named, but nothing nefarious going on.

There is a general, open ProMold group as well, I don’t recall the name.

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ryankelley1-Visitor
1-Visitor
January 23, 2015

Thanks for alerting me to this, gang.


providing some additional documentation in the coming months to the tune of: "What’s the difference between PTC Product Communities (I.e. PTC Creo – Modeling) and PTC Community Groups (I.e. Pro/Mold)?”. It should cover how groups are user generated and moderated, providing some of the use cases for how members use groups and instructions on how to set the correct group type (I.e. public vs. private vs. secret).


for pointing out the groups "Woo Sprint Group" and “” etc. Our spam filters generally catch these, but some slip through the cracks and require me to delete the content. I’ve gone ahead cleaned up these directory listings.

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BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
January 24, 2015
Also just to interject…

Groups can be started by anyone. Groups are not usually created and managed by PTC. So there’s really not a ‘secret handshake’ you have to use to get in. Basically you can create a group called “People Who Love Smurfs” and make it private (by invitation only). In the case of the Pro/MOLD group, someone already pointed out it was specifically created for TC Members.

Still, it’s easy to misunderstand the intent of Groups. I think what you’re really looking for Jeff, is a Mold Community (unfortunate name). Right now there is no such Community dedicated to just questions, comments, and documents related to Creo Mold Design. Because this is rather a specialty/niche type of module, PTC probably feels it’s better to allow Mold Design questions to flow into the overall Creo or Modeling communities.

While I am happy to make a case for a special community just for Mold Design users, my feeling is that so few people will view/join it that questions posted there will go unanswered. In this case, a new, open Group is probably the next best bet. As I mentioned, anyone can create a group… but then you need to advertise to gather members or else it will also suffer from a lack of readership and participation.

I’m happy to help set up a new group or explain the steps to set up a group if you’d like more information.

Thanks!
-Brian

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