Networking and More

PTC/USER is excited to announce the kick-off for the Boston-based Regional User Group. This event will allow users of PTC products to hear updates on PTC product roadmaps, enjoy customer presentations, and network with other users. The agenda will be posted soon, and refreshments will be served. Please come help cast the vision for this new user group!As the RUG Leader, I would like to invite you to join us on 15th Oct for the Founders meeting at PTC. Please sign up herehttps://www.meetup.com/PTCUSER-Boston-Regional-User-Group/events/264325454/

Have a terrific weekend!!   Some of my co-workers and I decided to remove the small, wooden suggestion box from our office because it had received so few entries. We stuck the box on top of a seven-foot-high metal storage cabinet and then promptly forgot about it. Months later, when the box was moved during remodeling, we found a single slip of paper inside. The suggestion read, "Lower the box!"

Due to many requests, the Call for Papers Deadline has been extended to Thursday, September 26th!   LiveWorx 2020 will take place on June 8-11 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). 7,000+ engineers, manufacturers, product designers, and c-level executives will converge ​in Boston's Innovation Hub for four full days of jam-packed content and we want you and your peers to present!  Tracks Include: ​Aerospace and Defense Automotive and Mobility Life Sciences Oil and Gas Retail Emerging Tech AR CAD PLM IIoT for Products and Services IIoT for the Factory Service Transformation  Workforce of the Future Submit an abstract by September 26th to be considered for the 2020 event. Approved Presenters receive a complimentary 4-Day All-Access Pass, presenter coaching and industry leader recognition from your peers and colleagues. Should you have any questions regarding submitting your abstract, please contact content@liveworx.com. 

Have a terrific weekend. Hug the ones you love.   Classic math Get it   🙂     And for those who like Roman numerals.        

Have a terrific weekend....   A few math puns make me numb, but math puns make me number.   and...   The boss placed a sign directly over the sink in the men’s room at work. It had a single word on it: "Think!" The next day when the boss went to the men’s room, he saw another sign had been placed immediately above the soap dispenser. It read: "Thoap!"

LIVEWORX REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS CLOSES SEPT 19TH     The 2020 LiveWorx Call for Papers is still open, but only until September 19th.    Did you know, approved presenters: Receive a free 4-day All Access pass, with more content included in this pass for 2020 As well as complimentary presentation creation and delivery coaching    Additional Resources:  [Submission Portal]: This is where you will need to submit your electronic proposal [Blog Post]: Tips for Submitting: a blog post that provides tips and tricks for submitting a successful proposal to the Call for Papers [FAQ]: All the information you could ever need on the Call for Papers process and content  [Tracks List]: A complete list of all the content tracks we will be offering    Please let me know if you have any questions, or you can reach out to the content team directly at content@liveworx.com.     

JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING THREE RIVERS PTC USER GROUP MEETING ON OCTOBER 24TH!   Don't miss this opportunity to network with other PTC users and learn new tips and tricks, as we bring together the future minds of the industry. The event is free and lunch will be provided. Learn more and register here: http://3riversptcrug.com/   The agenda will be announced next week! 

I love fall (in the northern hemisphere) and I hope you do too!. Enjoy time with the ones you love this weekend.   My brother Jim was hired by a government agency and assigned to a small office cubicle in a large area. At the end of his first day, he realized he couldn’t see over the panels to find his way out, so he waited until he saw someone else leaving and followed him. He did the same the next day. On the third day he had to work late, long after his colleagues had left. He wandered around lost in the maze of cubicles and corridors, but then, just as panic began to set in, he came upon another employee in a cubicle.   "How do you get out of here?" Jim asked.   The fellow looked up from his desk, smiled and said, "No cheese for you."

Our weekend fun was mostly about dog sitting (guess which one is mine) and prepping for a New England winter.     For U.S. Community members, what was your Labor Day weekend about?   I hope more play and less work 🙂      

If you are in the US, have a terrific long Labor Day weekend (if you haven't already started it....) Either way have a great weekend.   "If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end... it would probably be Labor Day Weekend."   If a train station is where the train stops, and a bus station is where the bus stops, what is a work station?   Did you hear about the Labor Day joke? It doesn't work for me.   Be blessed!

Be blessed this weekend. Spend time with the ones you love.   Q: If H2O is the formula for water, what is the formula for ice? A: H2O cubed   Once I told a Chemistry joke. There was no Reaction.

You may have heard - the LiveWorx 2020 Call for Presentations is now open.  LiveWorx 2020 will take place on June 8-11 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC). 7,000+ engineers, manufacturers, product designers, and c-level executives will converge ​in Boston's Innovation Hub for four full days of jam-packed content and we want you and your peers to present!  Tracks Include: ​Aerospace and Defense Automotive and Mobility Life Sciences Oil and Gas Retail Emerging Tech AR CAD PLM IIoT for Products and Services IIoT for the Factory Service Transformation  Workforce of the Future Submit an abstract by September 19th to be considered for the 2020 event. Approved Presenters receive a complimentary 4-Day All-Access Pass, presenter coaching and industry leader recognition from your peers and colleagues. Should you have any questions regarding submitting your abstract, please contact content@liveworx.com. 

Pray for those that are far off. Hug those that are close to you.   Benefits of a Good Vocabulary! I recently call an old engineering buddy of mine and asked what he was working on these days. He replied that he was working on "Aqua-thermal treatment of ceramics, aluminum and steel under constrained environment." I was impressed until, upon further inquiry, I learned that he was washing dishes with hot water under his wife's supervision.

Have a terrific weekend. Enjoy the time you get to spend with your loved ones.   Student: I don’t understand why my grade was so low. How did I do on my research paper?   Teacher: Actually, you didn’t turn in a research paper. You turned in a random assemblage of sentences. In fact, the sentences you apparently kidnapped in the dead of night and forced into this violent and arbitrary plan of yours clearly seemed to be placed on the pages against their will. Reading your paper was like watching unfamiliar, uncomfortable people interacting at a dinner party that no one wanted to attend in the first place. You didn’t submit a research paper. You submitted a hostage situation.

Have a terrific weekend and spend some time with the ones you love.     What did Neil Armstrong do after he stepped on Buzz Aldrin's toe? He Apollo-gized.   Why couldn't the astronauts book a room on the moon? It was full! 

Have a terrific weekend. Stay safe. Especially where I am with a heat warning today and tomorrow.   We’ll we’ll we’ll…. if it isn’t auto-correct.   The guy who invented auto-correct for smart phones passed away today. Restaurant in peace.

JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING CHICAGO PTC USER GROUP MEETING ON JULY 18TH!   Don't miss this opportunity to network with other PTC users and learn new tips and tricks, as we bring together the future minds of the industry. Presentations include:    What's New in Creo 6 (PTC) Windchill Change Management (EAC) Applying Creo and Windchill Products to the Licensing Process for Gen 4 Nuclear Reactors (John Kutsch) Design Optimization with FEA, Top Opt & Lattice structures (James Shaw) What's New in Windchill 11.2 (Boundary Systems)   The event is free and lunch will be provided. Learn more and register here: http://chicagoptcuser.com/

Have a great weekend!!!   Proof that a cat has 9 tails.   A professor sets out a prove that a cat has nine tails. He asks his students to image two boxes on his desk. In the first box there is no cat but in the second box there is one cat. Together they agree that: “No cat has eight tails.” Now comparing the two boxes, it only makes sense that “The box with the cat has one more tail the box without a cat”. So the professor summarizes that “Since ‘No cat has eight tails.’ and ‘The box with the cat has one more tail the box without a cat’, therefor a cat has nine tails”.

(view in My Videos)This meeting will be at Blue Harbor Resort in Sheboygan, WI directly on the Lake Michigan beach.  Join us to see 18 presentations, 15 vendors and networking.  Bring your family to the waterpark and beach while you're in the meetings.  Non-members are able to attend for $30. Sign up on our website: www.badgerug.com.

Title: CADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES FROM THE WORLDS OF DRONES, ROCKETS, AND CONSUMER ELECTRONICS When: 17th July, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Who: David R. Martin, Consultant / CAD Administrator, Blue Origin Abstract:  As business technology advances are changing product development. If you want to succeed, you need to adopt non-traditional methods of implementing and managing your Digital Engineering strategy. Join Dave Martin, CAD administrator formerly at Amazon Lab126 and Amazon Prime Air and currently at Blue Origin. He'll discuss the challenges of “CADministration” as your company invents new markets. CAD is changing - the way we use it needs to change too.   You are invited to a Zoom webinar.   When: Jul 17, 2019 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: PTC/USER Expert Webinar Series - CADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVES FROM THE WORLDS OF DRONES, ROCKETS, AND CONSUMER ELECTRONICS   Please register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/w

I know in PTC USER that this type of post was common. If this goes against community guidelines, please let me know and we can delete.   Crestron is looking for a CAD/WindChill Administrator/ Librarian!   Send your resume to jwagh@crestron.com   WHY CRESTRON? At Crestron Electronics, Inc we build the technology that integrates technology.   We are proud to be the largest and most recognized brand in automation and control solutions, and the premier technology partner for fortune 500 businesses globally. Our products’ are integrated into new high-tech commercial buildings’ to include some of the most exciting real estate throughout the world.  Our clients include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Linked In and many others.     Our automation and control solutions for homes and buildings allow our clients to control entire environments with the push of a button, integrating systems such as Audio Visual, Lighting, Shading, Security,

For those in the US that have an extended weekend - enjoy the extra time with the ones you love. Do something special. Make memories.   For those elsewhere - hug the ones you love and enjoy your holidays when they come.     Independence Day was approaching and the teacher took the opportunity to teach her preschool class all about patriotism. She said to them, “You know, we live in a great country. And one of the best things about it is that we are all free.” At this, a little boy marched up to her from the back of the class, put his hands on his hips and said angrily, "I'm not free. I'm four."

Have a terrific weekend - Spend time with the ones you love.   A solar-powered computer wristwatch, which is programmed to tell the time and date for 125 years, has a guarantee—for two years.

For those in the northern hemisphere - enjoy the summer solstice.    "Meet my coworker, the Boy Who Cried, ASAP."   An intern was given $50 to the boss some lunch. Told to get himself something, he bought a t-shirt.

Have a terrific day...   Happy Flag Day ( in the United States)...     Professors define a kiss: Math: Two divided by nothing Physics: The contraction of the mouth due to the expansion of the heart Accounting: It's a credit because it is profitable when returned Economics: A thing for which the demand is higher than the supply Dentistry: It's infectious and antiseptic