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Have a great weekend. Spring cleaning in your future?     Not Obsolete Yet... John, an engineer at a manufacturing company, was well respected for his engineering knowledge. When a new computer system was put in to help with the engineering duties, the brass at the company was given a demonstration of the new systems abilities. To give the computer a test, the brass asked the computer to solve a difficult engineering equation. The computer promptly responded back with the perfect answer, "Ask John.”

Have blessed weekend. Hug the ones you love.     ATMs FOR ENGINEERS: 1. Load the card into the transverse slot at 46 degrees south. 2. Affix the numerical sequence into the keypad to confirm coordinates. 3. Choose the variated differentiations:     a) Longitudinal transference of cash     b) Contraction variance from your account     c) Separation of spouse's credit card from principal turbine producer     d) Visual mathematical calculation of account balance telemetry. 4. Dislodgement of card is required. 5. Remove the crystallization by-products. 6. Project completed. Turn your structure 94 degrees with differential allowance of 0.4925 and mobilize yourself out of here.

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend a user group event (yes, a face to face event, like in the old days!). The Pro/Users of the Carolinas group organized their 1st 2022 event as an entire day of presentations and in-depth discussions on various CAD topics.  This was a wonderful opportunity for me to go to Columbia, South Carolina and meet new people. Several attendees drove nearly 3 hours to attend! The event format was "hybrid" with part of the audience joining online. Half of the presenters were also online.   Special thanks to the group board: @zlyon, President, @GavinBRumble and @KBB_doodle for having me.     The Carolinas group is supported by PTC user through their Regional User Group program. If you never heard of this program, you are missing out. I'd encourage everyone to check if you are close to a RUG and sign up! You will find dedicated group leaders and passionate users!          

A tasted of winter again today. Stoked the fire before work. Have a great day and a better weekend. Pray for peace.     ATMs FOR DOCTORS: 1. Insert the plasticium cardis into the anterior cavity. 2. Key in your authorization code for access to the controlled research room. 3. Enter your prescription:     a) full account balance scan     b) transfer plasma to your credit card     c) take cash sample for testing     d) transplant vital organ from donor to your account 4. Proceed to remove plasticium cardis. 5. Use metacarpals to remove the reagent record slip. 6. Stand by to receive life-giving cashus maximus. 7. Operation successful. Keep in intensive care.   To be continued….

Here at PTC we were asked to celebrate  "International Women’s Day" on our internal yammer platform.   Yammer Instructions: Please join the Women of PTC ERG on Tuesday, March 8thm as we WEAR PURPLE to celebrate Interanational Women's Day across the globe.  Get involved by wearing purple, and crossing your arms to show you are in. Post a selfie on the WoPTC ERG Yammer page with hashtags #BreakTheBias #IWD2022, and express how you help break the bias.   My PTC Community family knows that I will not miss an opportunity to share a photo of Maple so I "broke the rules" and added Maple to my selfie! And then, I had to add my real life heroes to the photo op, my mom (who sacrificially helps homeschool her grandson in her seventies!!) and the woman I have looked up to my whole life-- my older sister, Maureen (who happened to stop by my work from home office today wearing purple)! She raised my nephews and when they went off to college... she did too. She is now a nurse! &nb

Have a blessed weekend. Pray for peace and safety.     Professional ATMs   Wouldn't it be nice to have separate Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) for lawyers, doctors, and engineers? Perhaps banks can install some of these machines which have instructions like:   ATM FOR LAWYERS:   This bank herein reserves the right to alter any Terms and Conditions which is available for perusal at any branch. Any breach in the aforementioned Terms and Conditions will result in the termination of this transaction, pacta sunt servanda. Any attempts to defraud this bank will result in criminal AND civil actions against the user. This transaction is now in session. Lodge your identification card into the slot marked 'Exhibit A.' Submit your evidence of identification on the keypad marked 'Exhibit B.' Evidence is inadmissible. Please resubmit. Choose your option: a) transfer clients' money to your account b) withdraw clients' money, in toto. c) cut off spouse's supplementary cred

Hug the ones you love. Then give them an extra one today. Let them know how much you care. Things can change in a heartbeat.     The Stove An engineer, a psychologist, and a theologian were hunting in the wilderness of northern Canada. Suddenly, the temperature dropped and a furious snowstorm was upon them. They came across an isolated cabin, far removed from any town. The hunters had heard that the locals in the area were quite hospitable, so they knocked on the door to ask permission to rest. No one answered their knocks, but they discovered the cabin was unlocked and they entered. It was a simple place, two rooms with a minimum of furniture and household equipment. Nothing was unusual about the cabin except the stove. It was large, pot-bellied, and made of cast-iron. What was strange about it was its location. It was suspended in midair by wires attached to the ceiling beams. "Fascinating," said the psychologist. "It is obvious that this lonely trapper, isolated from human

Happy Engineering Week!   I found this excellent web resource, National Society of Professional Engineers! National Society of Professional Engineers | (nspe.org)     How will you celebrate yourself or your favorite engineer?      

Saturday is my 10th anniversary at my current company and hence an impromptu vacation day tomorrow.       Quitting Time An engineer at my company learned shortly before quitting time that he had to attend a meeting. He tried unsuccessfully to locate his car-pool members to let them know that he would not be leaving with them. Hastily he scribbled a message to one fellow and left it on his desk: "Last-minute meeting. Leave without me. Dale." At 6:30 p.m., the engineer stopped at his desk and found this note: "Meet us at the bar and grill across the street. You drove."

The kids have a snow day here today. Not so for those who "work". Have a great weekend - go team go!!     Things Computers Can Do in Movies 1. Word processors never display a cursor.2. You never have to use the space-bar when typing long sentences.3. Movie characters never make typing mistakes.4. All monitors display inch-high letters.5. High-tech computers, such as those used by NASA, the CIA or some such governmental institution, will have easy to understand graphical interfaces.6. Those that don't have graphical interfaces will have incredibly powerful text-based command shells that can correctly understand and execute commands typed in plain English.7. Note: Command line interfaces will give you access to any information you want by simply typing, "ACCESS THE SECRET FILES" on any near-by keyboard.8. You can also infect a computer with a destructive virus by simply typing "UPLOAD VIRUS". (See "Fortress".)9. All computers are connected. You can access the information on the

Days are getting longer even though the temperatures are getting colder!   Woodwinds and Engineers   What do you get when you cross and engineer with a woodwind player?   Someone with three piccolos, a flute, and two clarinets in his shirt pocket.

Try and stay warm..... sit in front of a fire, cuddle with your family under a blanket, make some s'mores.   Timesheet Honesty A promising young NASA aerospace engineer was killed in a horrific car accident and arrived in Heaven, protesting to St. Peter at the pearly gates. "St. Peter, I'm only 35. I'm much too young to die. I have a wonderful wife and family, so much to live for. Why in the world am I here?" St. Peter looked through a huge stack of papers, looked over the top of his glasses and said, "Well, according to all of these hours on your time sheets, you've got to be at least 108."

Looking forward to sitting back at my desk on Monday. Doctor's clearance has been granted.   Enjoy time with the one you love!!!!   Three Umpires There are three umpires at a baseball game. One is an engineer, one is a physicist and one is a mathematician. There is a close play at home plate and all three umpires call the man out. The manager runs out of the dugout and asks each umpire why the man was called out. The physicist says, "He's out because I calls 'em as I sees 'em." The engineer says, "He's out because I calls 'em as they are." The mathematician says, "He's out because I called him out."

Knee surgery went well. Recover is going good. Doing my exercises and physical therapy. Hoping to be back at my desk towards the end of next week.     A long time ago, people who sacrificed their sleep, family, food, laughter and other joys in life were called:   SAINTS   now they are called:   Engineers

        It is time to recognize all of our Top Community Engagers and Contributors of 2021!   The PTC Community Team has been reviewing all of our 2021 community stats (incuding posts, replies, kudos, accepted solutions, and overall community contributions).  It was exciting to see new usernames show up on top and some members climbing higher than they ever have across the various product categories.  Keep up the great activity!  2022 has just begun!   This year the annual awards are divided into Primary Awards, additional "Best in Category" awards, and Honorable Mentions 🙂  Give yourself and your fellow community members a shout out via kudo or reply when you find a familiar username on the list!                Primary Awards (activity in the most popular product discussion boards)   Recognition Award Recipients PTC Community-Wide   Top Contributor 2021 @Vladim

Hi PTC Community!!   As 2022 rapidly approaches, the extended Community Management team wanted to wish you and yours all the best during this holiday season.       In the spirit of the season, our Community moderators have engaged in an internal contest on who shared their favorite 2021 memories the best. Your PTC Community Management Team joined in too, but we are definitely focusing on our super fun moderator team for this contest! Please take a few minutes and weigh in on who you think from the PTC Community team shared their 2021 memories best!   You can view the contest entries here, and we look forward to hearing what you think!   Wishing you every happiness this holiday season and throughout the coming year.     On behalf of your (extended) PTC Community Team, Leigh   @Jaime_Lee @olivierlp @AndrewK @Hedy @vnamboodheri @anursingh @rpathare_7727 @Simona @Iuliana Nuta @Corina_Ionescu @sl

A favorite family picture!  Onam is an annual harvest festival and major event for Keralites.  It the official festival in the Indian state of Kerala.    

Did I mention that I was able to meet up with our new Online Community Director, @olivierlp  in Boston last month? The oval building in the background I am pointing to is our PTC Boston Seaport Headquarters.     It was a beautiful night, warm in the high 60s before the first December frost crept in over that weekend.              

Hi, PTC Community,   This is our last "Top Engager" post for 2021. We are taking a break next month to review the entire last year contributions and pass out our Annual Recognition Badges for 2021. If you have been following our Recognition Series  you might have some guesses on who the 2021 honor recipients might be!   But for now, we want to end the year on a Good Note and recognized November 2021 Top Engagers!   Thank you for all your great engagement!  Hope to see you continue making music(?) with us next year!   @VladimirN @StuartBruff @ValeryOchkov @Werner_E @TomU @LucMeekes @MartinHanak  @Fred_Kohlhepp @JS_9824412 @StephenW @tbraxton @Patriot_1776 @ysinitsin @Dale_Rosema  @LawrenceS @Sathishkumar_C @JD_2779181 @BenLoosli @ttokoro @BG_9869104 @avillanueva  @RPN @KenFarley @STEVEG @muser  @Sergey @Mukul_467346 @kdirth&

The Shanghai STAR Committee had a great "Office Escape" Christmas Event in Shanghai!  

Where do I start???  2021 had its challenges - but those just made the really special moments that much more!   🎓 Pre-School Graduation!  🎓     🎆Watching my son really experience 4th of July Fireworks for the first time!  🎆     🚀  Walking around on Halloween in a blow up rocket to encourage my sons love of space!  (Guys - no joke - waddling around, in what basically amounts to an adult size balloon for 3 hours, is definitely NOT a walk in the park!). 🚀     🎄And last, but not least, successfully organizing man and beast for a family Christmas picture to share on the PTC Community.  As a side note - the fact that Bella (our dog) kept that bow on her for longer then 5 minutes is proof positive that miracles really do exist.  🎄     🎉. I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and look forward to working with all of you in the New Year!  🎉

The best part of Christmas is celebrating with loved ones!    

When I moved to NC from CO, I threw away my ugly sweater...but I have this one!  😬     A big 2021 memory for me is joining PTC and getting to know the extended PTC Community Support Team!   and I make friends easily… 😃  

Two big celebrations!    My wife and I celebrated our 25th Wedding Anniversary.  The day started with traditional blessings, followed by a big party!         ________________________________________________________________________________________________     An unexpected surprise 45th birthday party - still trying to figure out how my wife and kids made that happen since we were in Covid lockdown!     Not pictured in the below is Dollar, our dog, chasing me as I protect my "birthday bottles"!  😃    

                    My name is Maple and I am pawsitively excited to share with you my 2021 thoughts.             2021 went by so fast! I actually loved it.  My mama was still 100% working from home so I loved curling up by her feet. I would start licking her fingers and flip flop...naked toes if I thought she was working too long and needed to go for a walk.  When the shiny box starts talking, I enjoyed meetups with @Leigh .  She seems so very knowledgeable and such a devoted mom to the little blonde boy that pops on from time to time.  He really reminds me of my boy.  My boy is 8 years older, but still I would really love to jump through the screen, lick his face, and play frisbee with him too  some time!  I know my mama doesn't think of Leigh as just a coworker but a friend!  This year I saw two more faces on the shiny box @AndrewK and&nb