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Webcast Video: PTC and 4CS Integration Update (October 6, 2011) Ashok Kartham and Brian Lindauer provide an update on the acquisition integration activities so far with a look at the short-term product release roadmap and overview of the strategy for the combined PTC and 4CS products moving forward.     Unable to play video. Please try again later.(view in My Videos)

Webinar “Automating High-Quality Output”   Presented by: Simon Taylor, PTC 25 October 2011, 9-10 am Pacific/US - Date Change!     Sign up to attend the webinar     As always, members and customers of Single-Sourcing Solutions will have access the full-screen video, slides, and transcript on the member site. Abstract: You get it. You understand the value for having your content in XML. Perhaps you are already there or on your way. Now you have all of your content tagged and structured for optimal reuse. You breathe a sigh of relief. Then you get the request to produce high quality designed outputs for things such as catalogs, product brochures, data sheets, or even advertisements, etc…. Can your rendering engine handle it? If you have Arbortext the answer is definitely YES! Join us for this FREE one hour session where we will show you how you can automate the creation of high volume, high quality output using the Arbortext Suite of products. No time to

This week in the Arbortext Monster Garage:   Where Are My Keys? - Improving Your Search Results in Online Content   10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific/US Friday 16 September 2011     In this session of the Arbortext Monster Garage by Single-Sourcing Solutions, Clay Helberg talks about how you can improve (hack, alter, change, and affect) search results in HTML output created by Arbortext Digital Media Publisher.   Register here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/253272211

All you have to do is read Simon Taylor's column (it's really the "Styler" tag, but he's the main contributor so far).   He's just getting started, but he's got a lot of good information going in there about what's coming down the road for Arbortext Styler. So far it's just a peek, but the promise is there. I know I've been glued to the posts.   We, here at Single-Sourcing Solutions, are thrilled to see the PMs starting to write up stuff -- and I know Simon's been itching to get started. I've known Simon for a long time. He's an amazing PM. Interested in solving real problems. Interested in talking to customers and finding out what they really need. He spends his days thinking about putting words on "pages" and he's damn good at it.   Here's my advice:   Read the posts. Give him your feedback and comments, if you've got 'em.   It'll make the product better for all of us!

  STC Meeting/Webinar “What's New in Arbortext 6.0” Liz Fraley, Single-Sourcing Solutions   24 August 2011, 5 PM Eastern/US   Join either the RTP STC Group at the SDI offices at 1005 Slater Road, Durham, NC or the Boston STC Group at the IBM office at 550 King St., Lillington, MA or join us virtually by registering at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/151996707   As always, members and customers of Single-Sourcing Solutions will have access the full-screen video, slides, and transcript here. Abstract: Arbortext is more than an Editor. Arbortext is really a full platform from editing to publishing and content management. Arbortext is the only fully-functional, end-to-end, pure XML, enterprise-level DITA solution.   In this presentation, Liz Fraley is going to show Arbortext Editor 6.0 (with maybe a little bit about Styler thrown in). We'll focus on usability improvements and enhancements for DITA support. There are a lot of new changes that everyone who's

This week in the Monster Garage: Using XUI Hacks to simplify your Arbortext authoring experience in 30 minutes. Starting at 10 AM Pacific/US   https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/230116987

I need help to learn the routing of Flexible Hoses in Engines, Earth Moving equipments.   Request to please help me to understand this.Please provide me already created models/assemblies. tutorials etc.   Thank you very much in Advance.   Thanks & Regards,Shailendra Hasabe

I am currently drawing a graph and I was wondering if there is any way to see the number of elements (lines, in this case) that I have selected? I know that this is a feature in other programs, such as freehand and illustrator but I see nothing of the sort in IsoDraw. Does anyone know?

RKS uses emotion as a starting point for new product design. This episode of the Product Design Show looks at the Kor water bottle and how decisions designers made at the concept stage makes buyers feel better about themselves.   (view in My Videos)

All,We have written up a little summary of the Spring meeting as John & Matt, the presenters from PTC's Mathcad team have experienced it. Hope you like it!"I recently spoke to John Sheehan, VP of Services, of the Mathcad Business Unit here at PTC. He and Matt Bonacorso, also a member of the PTC Mathcad team, had attended – and presented at! – the Three Rivers Pro/Users Group Spring Meeting 2011 on April 12.Held at Pittsburgh Technical Institute, Oakdale Campus, and moderated by Eric Holmes of Philips, Inc. the agenda was as diverse as it was busy. Over 110 attendees were treated to topics such as Large Assembly Management, Automation Ala Carte, 3D Printing, Tips and Tricks, as well as product updates on Creo Elements/Pro and -- drumroll -- Mathcad Prime."To read the full article, please click here: http://bit.ly/Mathcad_3Rivers Cheers!Bettina

Hi All,   Description: When trying to connect the server getting the error message [A20447] No composition configuration information is available from the PE server, Possible Causes: invlaid URL, PE server down, or PE server misconfigured.     Product: Arbortext Publishing Engine Release: 5.4 Date code: M090   Error Message   Need help on this issue!!!   Thanks in advance Mohammed Hussain

Hi All,   I'm working in Arbortext Styler. In a header table, I created a multiline address. Each line in the address is created by a _newline tag. I'd like to adjust the space between lines. Is there a way of doing that? Or is there another way of creating new lines that would allow me to adjust the space? Thanks all!

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Just a reminder that the next session in our new Arbortext Monster Garage webinar series is coming up this week.   Title: A-Oh-(Tee)-Kay – Using Arbortext with the DITA Open ToolKit Shop Coach: Mark Giffin, Mark Giffin Consulting, Inc. When: Friday, 28 January 2011, 10-10:30 AM Pacific/US   Abstract: IBM was using Arbortext when they designed DITA and built the DITA Open Tool Kit. In this Monster Garage seminar, we tell you how you can use the DITA OTK with Arbortext. Learn the basics of how Arbortext works with the DITA Open Toolkit. (Later on, we'll show the details behind how it's done.)   Sign up today! https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/955276843 About the Arbortext Monster Garage: There are a million “Uber Geeky” things you can do in Arbortext. Arbortext is a mature platform: The entire set of tools works together. Arbortext is open: The entire UI and publishing pipeline is 100% available through a well-tested API. The possibilities are enormous for anyone who w

March 10, 2011 NOPUG Meeting Agenda     12:00 – 12:45 Free Lunch and Registration 12:45 - 1:00 Introduction and NOPUG News 1:00 - 1:10 Keithley Instruments Overview 1:10 – 2:25 Keynote Speaker – Kevin Watters, CREO Business Manager 25 min.; Jon Jarvis, Principal AS presentation 50 minutes (on Direct Modeling) 2:25 – 2:30 NOPUG Web site & Scholarship Overview 2:30 – 2:55 Vendor Presentation -  Bart Brejcha, DesignEngine (TBD) 2:55 – 3:15 Tips and Tricks – By Mike Brattoli, Moen Engineering Systems Administrator 3:15 – 3:35 Visit Vendor booths 3:35 – 3:55 Vendor or User Presentation - TBD 3:55 – 5:05 Keynote Speaker PTC  –  Chris Bergquist, Windchill ProductPoint Product Manager 5:05 - 5:45 Closing remarks Prize drawing or game

  Single-Sourcing Solutions has launched a new series called “Arbortext Monster Garage” to energize the Arbortext community. We’ve lined up two sessions a month. All sessions are scheduled to take place in 30 minutes–start to finish. Many of the presenters you’ve seen at our monthly meetings are scheduled to be “shop coaches”. We’re excited to see this because for many of us, the ability to tweak every aspect of the product and the content that comes out was one of the primary advantages that drew us to the Arbortext platform. Here are the details: 30 minutes 2nd and 4th Fridays Shop Coaches are users Calendar for all of 2011 has already been published Beginner, intermediate, and advanced sessions Nearly all the Arbortext products have been included The first session is titled “Pop the Hood – Get Started with Arbortext Editor in 20 Minutes” presented by Lynn Hales. Lynn was one of the first people I met at my first AUGI and he was already an old-hand.   Sign up today!

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What do you think about the new Creo suite of tools? Is it just a fancy rebranding, a money grab, a software revolution, or somewhere in between? Are you excited about it, not impressed, or just waiting to see what it can do with real data in the real world?   My two cents:   At the last World Event a PTC developer told me they would be utilizing the ProductView engine in future releases of ProE. Looks like that may be related to the open data kernel that allows all these new 'apps' to communicate smoothly.   The apps themselves appear to take ProductView 9.0, split it into functionally specific applications, and give it the ProductView 9.1 interface and speed. I'm glad they're bringing back a lot of functionality that was lost between PV 9.0 and 9.1, but I haven't seen much that was actually new in those live demos. It does look refined, though, and I'm hoping it's as fast as 9.1.   The two way communication between parametric and direct modeling looks like a great

The last two weeks have been really busy, but I wanted to take this opportunity to stress that it's time for all the Arbortext users out there to submit a proposal for presentation at the annual user conference, PlanetPTC Live, in 2010.Like others who have made this solicitation, it's not only altruism that we ask you to submit a proposal and tell us about what you're doing: it makes the conference better for us as well.Submissions open on 10/15 and are due by 11/22.Hope to see you in Las Vegas.Related posts:PlanetPTC Call for Presentations is out! Releases: Arbortext 5.4 M070 and APP V10 M070 As always, you can keep up with announcements about the latest releases here.Review from Lavacon 2010 and Tweet Roundup

We're busily arranging speakers and events through the rest of the year. If you're not watching our RSS feed and you're interested in Arbortext, then you're missing out. Here's what's coming the rest of the year. Dates and topics are set, registration links for later events will come as the events approach.     Date What August 28 User Meeting: "Deploying and maintaining a large single-sourcing solution: Now what?" August 31   Webinar: "DITA Style in Arbortext. It's Easy!" September 23 Webinar: "ROI of XML" September 25 User Meeting: Building the future of technical publishing with MathFlow, MathType, and MathML October 23 User Meeting: "An ACL Tool to Find and Replace XML Attribute Values" October 26 Webinar: "Digital Media Publisher Monster Garage" (Link coming soon!) December 7 Webinar: "The SIS Platform" (Link coming soon!)   Please join us!

Tips and Tricks from users? Updates from PTC? Education on second party software? Parties and give a ways from vendors? The latest trends in industry? LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION?   Oh I know.....all the above.   Good luck James!

To get us rolling, We posted a list of the places we know about to get information and help for Arbortext users.  Add yours!   http://communities.ptc.com/message/150155#150155

Updated: 10 May 2018   Arbortext folks are by nature a chatty and helpful bunch. This list is constantly evolving. When you're talking Arbortext resources, you often get a mixed bag of advice. Arbortext is a product line and the set of Arbortext products cover a multitude of disciplines. In this list, you won't find generic places for Tech Comm information, about becoming a better writer, or developing content.  This is a list about Arbortext.   If you want Arbortext information -- purely information about Arbortext -- there are several trusted places to go for specific information about Arbortext:   Here are our favorites, in no particular order....   Arbortext Monster Garage book series The first books about implementing, configuring, and using Arbortext came out this last summer (2016). Both books were written in DITA using Arbortext Editor and published in Arbortext Styler using an APP-based stylesheet similar to the one used as the demonstration example

Summer 2010 User Group MeetingGoes with Implementing Model Check presentation

Summer 2010 User Group Meeting