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In this video PTC's FIRST Program Director Jordan Cox introduces the foundational ideas behind 3-D parametric solid modeling. Viewers can follow along as Jordan uses Creo Parametric to create simple 3-D objects that introduce the concepts and tools that make Creo a powerful tool for designing parts for your robot       (view in My Videos)

I wanted to download the Creo Schools Edition. An email was sent to me, providing the Product Code and an installation guide. I followed. However, after downloading the setup file which creates a valid license and inserting the Product Code. It said error. May I noe why is that so? Can someone help us?

I happened to mention to our regional FTC Affiliate Partner that I had attended a PTC Hands-On Workshop, and now somehow find myself signed up to give a brief overview of the PTC software at an upcoming short after-school season kickoff. It will be a very short event (4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on a Friday afternoon), so I would expect I would only need to fill an hour or so of time.Jordan Cox was gracious enough to point out some pieces of the workshop agenda that could be used in the context of a short overview, but I wanted to reach out to the the PTC FIRST community to ask for more suggestions.In your experience, what do you think would be the most fruitful things to show which might trigger an "aha" moment among other FIRST teams and mentors? What sold you on the idea of using Creo, Mathcad, and Windchill with your team?Thanks,Joe HighamMentor, Bionic Gaels FTC Team #5602http://bionicgaels.wordpress.com

Thanks PTC for making the CAD models for the 2012-2013 TETRIX kit and Ring It Up! field elements available!The field element models could mitigate the delay some teams are experiencing in obtaining their real rings ...Regards,Joe HighamMentor, Bionic Gaels FTC Team #5602http://bionicgaels.wordpress.com

Dear all, the installation was stopped at 2% and I captured the screen and attached with this message. I did try for several times but no lucks. Please help.

HiIm trying to install Creo1.0 student version. The installation guide says that I should obtain a licence from http://free-dl.ptc.com/install/Setup.exe , but the site doesn't link to any file. Does anyone know what I can do ? - Regards Jógvan

Hi,I have a problem with the area on which the model shows (CREO 2). It is still covered with explorer (see picture). I can move with explorer, but the model is not visible.I have Intel HD Graphics 3000 (HP Pavilion G7-1151eb).Can I ask for help? Thanks a lot!J

Week 4 of the Robotalk Webinar season was spent discussing ways of accessing and using sensor data in a Mathcad worksheet. The topic arose organically after a number of FRC & FTC teams forwarded requests for assistance or examples of worksheets that relied upon sensor data. Although I was unable to prepare the opening tutorial prior to the webinar due to a bad, BAD cold, we got a good head start on the topic. Within a week I should have the tutorial video ready.  As a teaser at the start of the webinar, I showed a demo of Mathcad-Creo Integration using a video created by Mathcad Application Engineer Roger Yeh. The video is a model for both PTC's Product Development Process and PTC's FIRST Robotics Curriculum. Enjoy! Video Link : 3340 Within PTC's FIRST Robotics Program, we are working hard to provide the training and resources that teams need to learn how to design robots with efficiency and finesse. We don't expect miracles, but we want to make sure that we are leading teams

Mathcad Application Engineer Roger Yeh illustrates the principles of a Product Development System that fully leverages Mathcad and Creo to improve the design and engineering of products. The workflow shown in Roger's demo is typical of the product development process employed by PTC's customers. It has also been used as a model for the development of PTC's FIRST Robotics Program Curriculum.   (view in My Videos)

Hello all,My team and I have never used PTC and wanted to learn how. Is there a tutorial or getting started guide we could follow? Thanks!

Dear Sir,How can i certifide from PTC.Pls guide me.BR#Shyam

I recently registered two teams of students for the RWDC and am eager to start.I'm downloading all the software to distribute to my students currently and read last years aviation challenge example report.Registering for the discussions was the last on my list of items I can complete so far.This is my fist time participating in the challenge and do not really know what to expect outside reading the report posted on the website.I plan on meeting with my teams of students twice a week after school, as that is what I've read was done by other teams.I would really apreciate hearing from veterans of the program:How often do you meet with your students per week?Have you ever had multiple teams, and how did it work out?When will the mentor list be posted?When will the challenge be posted?Thanks in advance for your help.

Designing a MP3 speaker case influenced by the theme of high speed trains. I used a varety of modelling techniques within the software to create a series of parts and assemble them together before rendering them as a CAD model. Below are the stages I took in carrying out this modeling process. I was trained by Sheffield Hallam University.Image one shows the protrusion for the basic shape of the body. This is part oneImage two shows the body shape after applying a series of sketches, extrusions and rounding of edges. Image 3 shows the body of the speaker part after it has been shelled. This will create space for the components.Image 4 shows the body shape part in half where an area been created for the PCB board and battery. These were created using a series of sketches and extrusions. The image below shows the engineering drawing for one side of the speaker casing.Image 6 is a rendered side to the speaker casing. It is an assembly of all the components mated into the compartments that

http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorial/400/creating-helical-sweeps-for-springsThis example is not a good way to model a spring. For example, the correct cross section of a spring is only seen tangential to the helix of the spring. This method simulates winding with elliptical section wire. Also, keeping the number of coils via relation is good, but as a spring compresses, its diameter increases - Remember, the volume of material in the spring coil remains a constant. Alternatively, if its diameter is forced to remain constant, then the number of turns will change.The learning exchange method is also 'inflexible' as a way to make a helical spring. It is very difficult to add end finishes to a spring made this way.A better way to make a spring model is to start with a revolved surface that represents the winding of the spring, wrap a datum curve that has the ease-ins at the ends, and then create a swept feature, normal to curve. This accurately represents the spring, as this is the way

We have just received an email from a user in the UK who had watched some tutorials on LearningExchange. Apart from his positive feedback regarding our tutorials, he has us a question about using mapkeys. Since I know many of our Community members are real super-users and we would also like to encourage discussion about our tutorials here on PlanetPTC Community, I am posting the question below. Please help answer Peter's question!The 2 min videos are excellent! A question re using mapkeys in Creo Parametric I am trying to rebuild a number of mapkeys we had in WF3. In a number of cases the mapkey sequence requires selecting an option from another tab. This tends to leave the focus in the new tab not the one the user was working in. Is there a way of storing information re the original tab sot hat the mapkey can return the focus? Thanks in advance!Bettina

Hi guysI have a problem with the ptc install manager. Everytime i try to install it, it extracts the files but then does nothing anymore and windows tells me the programm wasn't installed correctly.Can someone help me please cause i need the licence.I use windows 7 professional x64.Best regards

With the school year in full swing, Robotalk Webinar 3 focused on computer algebra symbolics (CAS) and numerical solve blocks. The preparation of future engineers typically involves years of symbolic work in algebra, calculus, linear algebra and differential equations. Later, engineering students learn (and engineers employ) numerical methods to solve many of the problems that they face. For FIRST participants, Mathcad Prime provides a platform where both symbolic and numeric solutions can be used, sometimes interchangably. As a result, students can gain experience and confidence in using these methods while solving real problems for their FIRST teams. Video Link : 3307 All of the Mathcad files used in the webinar are available for download at the link below. If you have problems with the video or the files, please email -. The first half of tonight's webinar focused on Computer Algebra Symbolics or CAS. Most high school students are familiar with CAS through phone apps, graphing calc

Today’s engineers use spreadsheets, computational documents, and computational simulations to solve complex problems. Increased power, speed and accuracy are the benefits engineers achieve with these tools. In the third Webinar in the Mathcad Series, PTC’s Chris Hartmann will show how to achieve precise solutions to engineering problems using either numeric or symbolic methods, as appropriate.   (view in My Videos)

I am currently trying to download software for first teams. I filled out all information and submitted from this http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/forms/index.jsp?&im_dbkey=140952&im_language=en. I received an email stating how to download the academic version of creo. but it is asking me for a product key which in dont have and have not received in my email. what do i do?

Hi all !Creo help 2.0 not working in my creo 2.0 student edition !I get an message error in french ?Impossible to find the media containing the required page.andYou must install Creo Help Center to be able to reach its contents on another volume.alsoSite of the untraceable supportSee picture below I try reinstall help center via the creo installation, with not succes! Please help me fix this problem, TIA ;-))

FTC kicked off last Saturday and we are moving full speed ahead with our Robotalk Webinars. A number of followup questions came my way via the - email this past week. I greatly appreciate the questions becuase it helps me to plan the webinars! Remember that you can also ask questions by starting a discussion on this Community. We will definitely answer your questions! Moreover, you'll probably be helping others out by enabling the answer to be moer publicly available. This week's webinar included an introductory video tutorial that demonstrated how to create a simple worksheet template and expand it into a calculation worksheet. We focused on adding text and math regions, emphasizing the use of the worksheet pop-up menu (right-click on the worksheet to bring up this menu). I personally find this menu to be very efficient. (See my post on the Mathcad Blog for other things I like about Mathcad Prime.) Video Link : 3291 After the introductory tutorial we explored a series of Mathcad works

A well-documented engineering notebook is a critical resource for any design team. In part 2 of the Mathcad Robotalk Webinar series, PTC’s Chris Hartmann will demonstrate how to use Mathcad Prime to document engineering specifications and analytic formulas in dynamic, reusable engineering worksheets. Join in to learn how to use your free copy of Mathcad Prime to improve your FIRST team’s engineering power and efficiency.     (view in My Videos)

After the FTC game kickoff this past Saturday, I was talking with Chris Hartmann who is the lead presenter in the ROBOTALK webinars this month, and he showed me a worksheet he was working on that predicted the probabilities for scoring points in the new game. One strategy being to just pick and place all of the rings from a starting rack onto a corner rack in the hopes that one or more of the rings are weighted and therefore give you 50 points or more. You won't win every game that way but over time you would score consistently assuming the rings are truly placed randomly on the starting racks. Come join us tonight on ROBOTALK and find out more about Mathcad Prime 2.0 and listen in to the discussion about the FTC game strategies.

I am trying to change the font in a Math Region to Comic Sansa Serif. Is this possible?

Many FIRST teams create electronic versions of documents for engineering notebooks. Electronic versions are easier to revise and easier to share. This webinar will introduce FIRST teams to PTC’s new Mathcad Prime 2.0, the only documentation tool designed specifically for engineers. In part 1 of a 4-part series, PTC’s Chris Hartmann introduces the Mathcad interface, text handling, calculation, Mathcad’s unit capability, and the use of variables and functions in a Mathcad Prime worksheet.   (view in My Videos)