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Burning wood and staying warm. Have a great weekend. Spend time with the ones you love!     My wife is an economist and I am an engineer.   I was watching my wife make her breakfast one morning and noticed that she made way too many trips to get each of the items she needed.   So, I said in my best engineer voice, “Hey sweetheart, why don't you utilize the load maximization principle and carry all the items you need in one trip, thereby minimizing total distance travelled?”   Well don't you know, she loved my suggestion!   It used to take her 11 minutes to make her breakfast… now I do it in 5.

Shout out and hello to all participants for the  Pro-Users of the Carolinas User Group Meeting in November!   If you have photos or comments you would like to add as a reply to this post feel free!        This photo is courtesy of @olivierlp - Olivier Le Pord (PTC Online Community Director) who also gave a presentation on PTC Community.

See the Top Community Engagers and the Top Noteworthy posts for the month of November.   Top November 2022 Community Engagers:    @Werner_E @TomU @VladimirN @MartinHanak  @ttokoro  @Cornel @tbraxton  @LucMeekes  @ValeryOchkov    @avillanueva    @CW_9181033   @EdvinTailwind @N.Barnes @Dale_Rosema  @Brndn4 @StephenW @BenLoosli  @HelesicPetr @rleir   @ptc-4937106   @evandenbrink   @FriedhelmK @Marco_Tosin    MOST NOTEWORTHY POSTS   Below are some of the top engaging or most viewed PTC Community topic threads for November 2022!  See if your community username made this list!  Or, read more about a topic that interests you!   1.  Creo: @EdvinTailwind asked about Corner Chamfer Workflow.  Thank you @MartinHanak  @pausob  , @kdirth @BenLoosli and @tbraxton for contri

During this season of advent (waiting) take time to appreciate how much you have been blessed. Be a blessing to someone around you today.     What do you call an engineer who doesn’t know how to use a calculator? A project engineer.     There’s a fine line between a numerator and a denominator; only a fraction of people thinks that it’s funny.

For those in the US, have a blessed Thanksgiving. Make a list of all the things with which you have been blessed. Think of all the struggles that you have endured.   I thankful for my wife (of almost 35 years), my daughter and son, and two new knees this year!!!     Amazing things happen when engineers plan Thanksgiving.    Planning is key. Of course, as we all know, having a correct Bill of Materials (BoM), Process Plan, Measurement Plan and Part Drawings with GD&T are integral to a smooth Holiday Life Cycle (HLM).   Planning is Key - Determination of Build Objectives Thanksgiving is a big event. When the family visits, it is important to have everything ready ahead of time. It doesn't do anyone any good to grab that bird last minute when it will take at least 6 hours to cook, unless the restaurant down the street is still open. For more information on that, see Appendix B.  Therefore, clear objectives were determined to be met with a concise ac

Does anyone know if PTC plans to have an IN -PERSON Liveworx in 2023?  I was just curious as I know with some companies, getting approval and funding could take some time. Thanks! 

Have a terrific weekend. Be safe. Be Blessed.   Not quite Buffalo, NY, but over 300 area schools closed in West Michigan for the snow storm.    

As they say ....a "picture" is worth 1,000 words."  PTC/USER did a fantastic job hosting their PTC/USER event after the pandemic last October 3rd. The PTC UX Lab Team was able to complete over 150 research studies, a schedule jam packed with presentations led by customers (users like you) and PTC product managers, sponsor connect ups (i.e. ax throwing) in the evenings, and a Lua at Sea World Orlando's Discovery Cove!    I (Jaime Lee) didn't personally take a lot of photos, but maybe you would like to add some of your favorites of the PTC/USER event as a reply to this post.  Or, if you see your co-workers or friends tag them in a reply so they see their photo!   Start planning to connect again with your community peers and PTC employees at LiveWorx 2023.  Call for Papers (where YOU might be selected as a speaker) is open until November 20th. Hope to see you there!                    

The PTC Community Team was super busy helping with the PTC/USER conference this last quarter.   See some photos here.  But, we do want to catch up on our "honor roll" or list of "Top Engagers" for the few months.  Take a look below and see if your username made the list!  We still have November and December left to finish 2022 strong.    Keep asking questions, replying to your community peers, solving each other's problems, and showing each other encouragement by kudoing posts, and marking accepted solutions.  All of these activities foster great community engagement and collaboration!   Catching up on honor roll or  "Top Engagers List" for the last few months!   Drum Roll...please......   Top August 2022 Community Engagers:     @tbraxton @HelesicPetr @MartinHanak @VladimirN @Werner_E @terryhendicott @lvl107 @TomU @LucMeekes @Dale_Rosema @StephenW @avillanueva&nb

Dramatic weather swing here in West Michigan. Seventies yesterday (very unseasonably warm) to accumulative snow on Sunday. Throw another log on the fire this weekend and grab a cup of hot chocolate.   I asked a train engineer how many time he had derailed. He said, "I don't know, its hard to keep track."   I asked an engineer, "What's 2+2?" He replied, "4 ... No, 5 just to be safe."   I have a Polish friend who is an audio engineer and a Czech one too. Czech one too.

Welcome to November.... Beautiful in Michigan this past week mid sixties and sunny. I am looking forward to the snow soon. Don't forget to fall back on the clocks and may the house pass the bill to have Date Light Saving Time be permanent.   A telecoms engineer joins the army... On the shooting range the Sergeant shows him the distant target and tells him to fire six rounds, which he does. The Sarge walks all the way to the target and shouts back "You haven't hit it at all!" The telecoms guy puts his finger over the end of the barrel, pulls the trigger and blows his finger clean off and shouts back, "It's leaving here ok - the problem must be at your end!"

Have a great weekend. Get outside. Enjoy time in the creation around you looking at the handiwork and how it interreacts.     An engineer, a physicist, a mathematician, and a philosopher are at a coffee house. The physicist says, "You know, engineering is just applied physics," and they all laughed. The mathematician says, "You know, physics is just applied math," and they all laughed again. Then the philosopher says, "Well, you know, math is just applied philosophy," and... The engineer says, "Shut up and make our coffee."

There was a little bit of sweeping around the house this past week...        

Enjoy this last day of September. Enjoy beautiful sunrises and sunsets. For those in the north, enjoy the changing of the colors. Have a terrific weekend and those traveling to the PTC conference - safe and effective travels....   An engineer, a physicist and a mathematician have to build a fence around a flock of sheep, using as little material as possible. The engineer forms the flock into a circular shape and constructs a fence around it. The physicist builds a fence with an infinite diameter and pulls it together until it fits around the flock. The mathematician thinks for a while, then builds a fence around himself and defines himself as being outside.

Sorry for splitting on you Friday, but I had a construction project. The great wall...       The second wall   The last man standing.....

Our first string humor guy hasn't posted today so in an attempt to get a laugh or 2...   When you are sitting down for dinner and you realize its just a salad...  

Our Boxer Zooey chased our 2 youngest kids. She took one leg bone from each. The kids were so scared they were trying to climb a tree...Imagine how hard it is to climb a tree with only one leg!!! In the end, we all had a good laugh and called a specialist (an archeologist!!) to re-attached with only a few gnaw marks!

Time for a fire in the wood stove tonight. It's getting to be that time of year. Beside when you're outside, it just smells so nice. Have a terrific weekend.     I hate it when engineering students call themselves engineers.I don't see medical students calling themselves doctors or history students calling themselves unemployed.

Have a great weekend. For those leaving the PTC conference - safe travels. Enjoying the onset of fall....     The pessimist sees a dark tunnel…. The optimist sees a light at the end of the tunnel…. The realist sees two lights at the end of the tunnel…. …and the engineer can see three idiots standing on the railroad tracks.

Went fishing this past weekend. Didn't catch enough fish for a fish fry until the last night were there (1 am fishing). However, we ate really well since we had a cook that was "to die for"! Second picture was about 3 hours before the fish started piling up!    

When is the PTC Conference in 2022.I looked at liveworx.com and did not see itBut I did see that PTC?User is hosting one in Oct 2022.So has PTC/User taken back the duty of hosting the conference from PTC then?

Have the day off tomorrow - need to split wood for the winter.     "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction". --Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872   "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon". --Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon- Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.

Someone has to help lighten the mood. The wife and I work really hard to keep our teenagers healthy and most importantly for them to get all the CALCIUM  they need but all they want is the cookies we tried to put out of reach!      

Have a great weekend. Clean the garage. Mow the yard. Do something fun with  your family. Being out of the office tomorrow, I thought I'd share this today.    

Beautiful fall weekend kicking into gear. Spend some time outdoors and looks at the creation around you.     I've got a friend who is a structural engineer. He's always complaining about stress at work.