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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!

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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)

Hello my name is John and my school provided creo elements/pro 5.0 schools edition for practice.I saw the manual and tried to install it and I actually failed within the first step: after double clicking the setup file, I saw an error message that installation stopped. I was trying to figure the problem which is: event name: appcrashapplicatipon name: ptcsetup.exeapplication version: 28.0.2010.480additional information 1: 0a9eadditional information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789and so on.It actually worked last semester but now it doesn't work anymore.Through such phenomenon, I have three questions to ask:1. Is there expiration date for creo elements/pro 5.0 schools edition?2. Does the version I got is different to the current version?3. If version has changed, then has it been provided to international countries as well?Thank you for reading my post and I would appreciate if you can give me answers.

Thank you to all of the participants in Week 1 of the 2012 Robotalk Webinar Series!We covered the following toics in Week 1:Understanding the Mathcad user interfaceUsing the Mathcad Help and TutorialsCreating Math Regions and performing calculationsCreating Text RegionsUsing Units in Mathcad CalculationsCreating a Basic Engineering WorksheetWe had a number of excellent questions, so we did not spend as much time on the prepared example worksheets as I had planned. But, I will attach the worksheets to this discussion so that Webinar participants have some example worksheets to explore. Feel free to ask questions about the worksheets next Wednesday night.If you have not yet installed Mathcad Prime, remember that you can download the free trial to get started from this link:http://www.ptc.com/product/mathcad/academic/free-trial.htmYour Planet PTC username and password are the same as the PTC.com account that you use to download the installation file. Example Worksheet Descriptions:Drive T

Here we go! Another FTC Season is about to get underway and PTC is happy to be sponsoring an FTC Kickoff Event at Newton North High School tomorrow. I am getting ready for my Mathcad demonstrations. Here's the title and abstract:Predict, Model, & Communicate with Mathcad PrimeMathcad Prime™ is a powerful and easy-to-use tool for engineering calculations. Mathcad enables users to combine text, mathematics, data analysis, and plotting in a live engineering worksheet. Whether you are designing a gear box or analyzing performance data from a launch mechanism, Mathcad provides the tools required to perform engineering calculations with speed, accuracy, and transparency. Come see how Mathcad Prime’s capabilities can support your team’s success this year.In the demonstration I will present a strategy for getting started with Mathcad Prime: Start simple to encoruage participation and build cultureEncourage team members to use Mathcad Prime in school to gain experienceAttend a PTC hands-on

I just finished the first Robotalk Webinar of the 2012 season, a basic introduction to Mathcad Prime for the first time user. One of the questions that was asked was: Do you need a basic understanding of calculus to use Mathcad? The answer is a definite, "No!" Mathcad Prime has a wide scope of usability from basic algebra to differential equations and beyond. This is good news for FIRST participants. As your knowledge and experience in math, science, and engineering increases, Mathcad has many functionalities that you will need to help you overcome the challenges that you will face. Mathcad will not be the only engineering software package that you will use, but it may be the most trusted and reliable resource on your desktop. I am in the process of uploading the content of the webinar for those who missed the session. I have started a discussion on the Planet PTC FIRST Community that contains the worksheets that were included in tonight's Robotalk Webinar. I am also in the process of

The downloaded zip file needs a password to unzip it, but a can't find this password in any place. After I tryed to instal via internet, but the assitent don't offers any program to install. What can I do?

Our FIRST Team had been using the Windchill Workgroup manager with Solidworks with minor issues. The school recently upgraded all of the computers in the engineering lab to 64 machines. We have been unable to get the workgroup manager to connec to Solidworks. I have been able to duplicate this issue on other machines, the only limiting factor seems to be the 64bit version of Solid Works

Problem1-> Why cant creo extrude the closed loop in any of the three surface...i dont find any pblem why its should not extrude in the above part.Problem2-> Now, if i sketch in the other plane and extrude towards the solid creo shows an weird logic for solid modelling....i mean if the distance is less than 20 solid extrudes...if its greater than 20 solid extrudes.....but why it fails if extrude distance is same as the width i.e 20....:((((((CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY CREO IS BEHAVING IN SUCH A WAY ?