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More and more customers request 3D data and companies who can deliver it on demand are at an advantage.  This has become even more difficult as the marketplace has been pushing for more product customization, which rapidly expands the number of options and variants for product lines. SIGMAXIM will demonstrate a web-based approach which can easily be deployed internally for sales and engineering or externally for customers.  By harnessing the power of PTC Creo, the presenters will show you a solution for on-demand deliverables that is easy to maintain and flexible enough to follow complex design rules.   Presented by: Gilles Combette and Jennifer  Sanders, SIGMAXIM INC   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

How can designers be sure they are choosing preferred materials from their company’s “gold source”? How can they systematically explore trade-offs between functional performance and material cost and/or environmental implications?  How can data be provided automatically for mass property and other calculations – or complex CAE materials models be derived reproducibly from test data, and made available to engineers enterprise-wide?  How can a manager look across multiple product models in PLM to determine most effective application of materials?  Materials information technology specialists Granta Design have partnered with PTC over several years, delivering Materials Gateway applications first for PTC Creo Parametric, and subsequently also for PTC Windchill – enabling direct access to proprietary “gold source” materials knowledge as well as to Granta’s comprehensive library of off-the-shelf materials data.  As companies increasingly seek to link this managed materia

Virtual Interconnect currently offer an extensive range of SMARTPart and Symbol libraries for both PTC Creo Schematics and PTC Creo Parametric Cabling which streamline the wire harness design process and significantly reduce the time required to set up the tools. As well as updates to our current libraries, this year we are introducing two new libraries; an Electrical Cabinet SMARTPart library with compound IEC 60617 compliant electrical symbols and associated 3D geometry, simplifying the design process both in PTC Creo Schematics and PTC Creo Parametric Cabling for electrical distribution boxes. Also available is our new extensive professional P&ID symbol library, based on the ISO3511, EN62424 and EN ISO 10628 international standards for the generation of advanced Process & Instrumentation Diagrams. This session will offer the opportunity to see what these libraries have to offer and find out how Virtual Interconnect can help improve your routed systems design process.  

This presentation will show how you can combine PTC Creo View with PTC Creo Parametric and thus acquire totally new abilities to develop products in view of their overall context. A bi-directional interface allows the user to open entire assemblies in PTC Creo View, smart selection options like the neighborhood search function assist the detection process and the designated subset can be transferred to PTC Creo Parametric. Editing in the CAD application is done as usual and alterations can be directly reloaded into PTC  Creo View in order to visualize changes within the assembly´s overall context. The coupling feature is not only available for PTC Creo Parametric but also for Catia which allows for alterations undertaken in different CAD systems to be merged in real time in order to be examined. The system offers the option of working in teams and automatically informs involved members of modifications. By means of the messaging system, solid communication ensures a stable constru

Most of the leading companies utilizing CNC machinery, regardless of the industry, already use digital manufacturing technology to improve their NC machining processes. But most companies don’t realize that some of their existing technology can be utilized even before a new CNC machine has been delivered. When a company purchases a new CNC machine tool, the process is usually chronological: a specification of the requirements is created, a machine is selected, and after negotiation a delivery date is set. Once the machine is delivered, the shop then begins the process of creating new part programs and running first part prove-outs. By the time the post-processor is fine-tuned and production parts are being produced, many valuable months have passed. The presenter will use real-world examples to demonstrate how NC simulation software can significantly shorten the time it takes to get from the initial machine selection to production parts. Using case-study examples, attendees will learn

The presentation will discuss how CCE helped reduce quoting time at a major automotive manufacturer by over 30% using design automation features in its multi-CAD product, EnSuite. Attendees will get insight into the manual process that resulted in inefficiencies, and subsequently how EnSuite helped automate large parts of the process thereby allowing the company to generate quotes faster, win more business and in the process free their engineers to focus on more productive and innovative activities.   Presented by: Debankan Chattopadhyay, CADCAM-E.COM, Inc. (CCE)   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

One main problem with electrical design when using PTC Creo Schematics is that most processes require detailed knowledge of the design at a stage where it may not be known. Electrical design is an iterative process which starts from a basic Schematic dropping in the fundamental components of a design, such as a switch or solenoid, before evolving into a detailed Wiring Diagram which defines all components and wires which will be used in a new product. This design process uses PTC Creo Schematics to improve efficiency when moving from the early stages of electrical design through detailed design whilst resolving a number of issues which can occur during the product development process. The most critical element of this process is the flexibility that is afforded to the user during the product development process, enabling them to place the fundamental electrical components of their design, such as a switch or a solenoid, and then group them together later to form a physical component on

Raytheon has run PTC Creo 2 (Pro/e) on everything from individual workstations, to engineering laptops, to blade workstations with RGS,  and now on Virtual Machines with discrete and distributed Hardware Accelerated Graphics. For the past decade, Raytheon has benchmarked new engineering application versions and hardware to get optimum bang for our workstation buck.  Raytheon has just completed transition from Wildfire 4 to PTC Creo 2, and this presentation will show the relative benchmark performance levels on each type of computing resource, along with a discussion of the related advantages of each.   Presented by: Ben Bailey, Raytheon; Brian Walrath, Raytheon Missile Systems; and Chris Archuleta, Raytheon.   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Current challenges in Electrical Product Design are related to more compact products, with more electronical components, connected products and shorter development times. Previously the electrical distances (clearance and creepage) were checked manually in PTC Creo and were time consuming, prone to errors, not exhaustive, necessiting more prototype cycles and tests. By using SAX, hear how Schneider Electric has reduced the cost of electrical clearance checks in two recent product developments with less development cycles, less prototypes and less late issues. Schneider Electric faced SAX readiness issues as well as missing features in the global mechatronics approach, especially for importing the copper tracks on the PCB board. The presenter will also discuss the methods that had to be setup to make the savings possible and the work still underway at Schneider Electric to fully utilize SAX.     Presented by: Gregory Xuereb and Philippe Pradoura, Schneider Electric   See

Have an idea to design a new product or improve an existing product but question how fast you can convert the concept design to a prototype and beyond? The presenter will talk about Top-Down and Bottoms-up design strategies using PTC Windchill PDMLink and how to process the information and update the design strategy in PTC Windchill PDMLink Product Structures. The presenter will alo discuss how to analyze the interactions in CAD Design (PTC Creo) and share tips, techniques and tools to manage Top-Down and Bottoms-Up design strategies.   Presented by: Jay Nallani, TE Connectivity   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

This is a follow-up presentation from PTC Live Global 2014 that shares the method used at Sandia National Laboratories to identify, authorize, and to configuration manage a STEP file that is geometrically equivalent to the associated three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design (CAD) native part model file (PTC CREO Parametric), including part models within an inseparable assembly. A STEP file created according to this method at Sandia is known as a “Support Model”. Both mean and nominal Support Model options are addressed, including the capture of the STEP file within the PDM tool (PTC Windchill PDMLink).   Presented by: Daniel Vortolomei, Sandia National Laboratories   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

The presentation will focus on Design Requirements related to Direct Metal Laser Sintering. The presenter will discuss some of the key benefits of Additive Manufacturing to the space industry and the design issues that come with trying to resolve design practices for this technology.   Presented by: Chris Mckee, COM DEVL LTD.   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

"We don’t have the time or money to invest into automating our CAD designs." "Our products are too unique for automation."  Sound familiar?  There are many perceived barriers to automating PTC Creo, especially if complete and custom automation is expected.  However, in this session, attendees will learn about simple yet powerful automated and semi-automated utilities for PTC Creo that are inexpensive and quick to implement.  Most companies are burdened with similar repetitive tasks when using PTC Creo such as exporting BOMs to Excel or drawings to PDF, last-minute changes that affect numerous components within a design, compiling documents for proposals or submittals, cleaning up old data, administrative updates such as adding or deleting parameters, changing parameters value, editing relations, etc.   By using Sigmaxim’s SmartAssembly automation capabilities, the presenter will discuss tools created that increase PTC Creo’s efficiency, usability, and administr

Most companies still consider a traditional 2D drawing (and with this the PTC Creo Parametric .drw file) as the leading database object of their enterprise. Designers use to deliver their work results as 2D drawings to downstream processes for decades. In the recent years more and more pieces of the traditional drawing content moved into the 3D model, but usually not exclusively and are often managed redundantly in 2D drawing and 3D model. This needs to change to avoid inconsistency and to exploit the full potential of 3D based documentation. Consequential the 3D model will become the single source of information and the leading object in companies’ databases. A 2D drawing that can be derived (semi-) automatically from the 3D model will co-exist as a describing document where necessary to satisfy the corporate systems and other requirements. The presenters will share how P&G has approached the challenge of moving meta-data from existing 2D drawings into 3D models to finally reach a

The User Interface of PTC Creo Elements Direct Modeling allows you to take fully advantage of parametric based modeling flexibly. The presenter will share how users can dynamically choose what existing features they would like to refer to when creating 2D profiles and doing 3D modifications as well as how users can also decide to use different features to fit the task.   Presented by: Greg Gonzales, National Instruments   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Hear directly from the presenter who used the Advanced Framework Extension to design the primary mirror backing truss structure for Cornell – Caltech Atacama Telescope.  The presenter will focus on the setup and workflow that was developed to create and maintain the primary mirror structure.   Presented by: Paul Rasmussen, GMTO Inc.   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Attend this presentation to see a live demo of several Industrial Design cases with surface modeling in PTC Creo 3.0, with hints on buildup and strategy on complex models.  In addition, the presenters will discuss some handy tips and customizations to make working within surfacing easier.   Presented by: Hugo Van Andel, VanBerlo and Patrick Brulot, Brulot Solutions   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Almost every company, whether commercial, defense, or aerospace is investigating Model Based Design (MBD). How do you engage and motivate leaders and managers who are leery of change or don't believe the capabilities are robust enough for production to implement MBD? Raytheon is moving forward with MBD as part of the mechanical engineering solution. By attending this presentation hear what Raytheon had to do, how they went about it, and the challenges and hurdles they had to overcome that could help any company working towards implementation. Hear from the presenters how they got started on a path to success with MBD by utilizing various techniques in combination with PTC and third-party tools.   Presented by: Lance Lie, Margi Korch, and William Cockrel, Raytheon   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Color coded searches are used to visually recognize parts in an assembly that meet certain search criteria. They are easy to set-up in PTC Creo View and can benefit the whole Enterprise. Configuration Management can see what parts are still at the Lifecycle state of "In Work". The presenters will discuss how to use the color coded search to recognize which parts and assemblies have been released before sending them off to get manufactured. Manufacturing will then be able to recognize parts that contain hazardous material and require special handling. This allows the model to show the critical information instead of a text file.   Presented by: Lance Lie and William Cockrell, Raytheon   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

The presenters will discuss the advanced Configuration for IFX; IFX in a PTC Windchill PDM environment and the enterprise customization for IFX.   Presented by: David Lewis, Zebra Technologies Inc.and Jim Barrett-Smith, PTC   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

The method to communicate the allowable part feature variation from design to manufacturing has been with tolerances.  In a Model Based Definition (MBD) environment 3D models are used to define Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). The correct application and harmonization of national and international standards becomes complex and challenging. The GT&T advisor provides expert guidance on the correct application of GD&T and ensures standards compliance within PTC Creo Parametric. In this presentation an overview of all the available tolerances analyses options within the PTC Creo Parametric environment will be presented. Best-Worst Case, 1D Tolerance Stack Up Analysis and Tolerance Optimization for Assembly Quality techniques will be demonstrated.   Presented by: Andreas Vlahinos, Advanced Engineering Solutions   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Integrating an ever increasing amount of software into their products has become a priority for many product development companies. PTC's strategy for addressing this critical need is centered around the PTC Integrity ALM product suite. The executive leadership at BAE Systems US Controls saw the general business case for an integrated ALM/PLM solution, but asked how PTC Integrity stacks up against open source alternatives. This presentation will explore the answer to this question.Presented by: Jason Fugate and Paul Gear, SiemensSee all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

The presenter will highlight the benefits of pre-populating a start part or start assembly with rule-based representations to help manage large assemblies that do not impact the design process with system performance issues.   Presented by: Peter Baiocco, Dupont   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Weatherford has been growing its PTC Windchill installation since 2002, this mature and successful global deployment provides significant value. Over the years the implementation has brought many benefits to the Enterprise as a whole, not just in Engineering. Generally the advantages come as a result of good process and data management, this presentation will focus on a handful of the most significant impacts. Each example will include feedback from business segment representatives and clearly show the benefits that PTC Windchill has brought to their area. Examples include; successfully passing stringent audits, proving conformance to design standards, being able to consistently build the same product from any manufacturing location, supporting our compliance department with consistent high quality data, having rock solid design control and change management in a global design environment.   Presented by: Lewis Lawrence, Weatherford   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo a

This presentation will paint a picture of the progression of the PTC tools like PTC Windchill and Wildfire/ PTC Creo that Lockheed Martin Space Systems has used over the last fifteen years and how these tools have been enablers for the company to achieve business success today.   Presented by: Ed Lyons and Kenneth Hicks, Lockheed Martin Space Systems   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations