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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

In today’s ever changing global climate, it is becoming more essential to streamline processes, automate mundane tasks, and allow regional administration with centralized control of global companies. With the push for companies to respond more quickly in order to maintain a competitive advantage, it becomes more essential to ensure the correct configuration is available for users to perform their jobs. As companies also require more flexibility and users are beginning to design more varying products, PTC Creo deployments must be dynamic to meet these needs. In this discussion, the presenter will explore tools, utilities, and programs created that allow Kohler Co. to be more dynamic, meet the needs of the various division requirements, and allow regionalized administration, yet maintaining centralized standards and control. Key takeaways will be: How to establish regional and global configuration standards Determine config.pro vs config.sup settings Allow immediate updates globally Join

Presenters will explore the use of the PTC Creo Flexible Modeling module when used to interact with native PTC Creo Parametric files and/or imported data (IGES, STEP, and/or other CAD applications). Emphasis will be placed on using the PTC Creo Flex Modeling tool set for interactive, dynamic editing of files as well as conversion of imported geometry into modifiable entities in PTC Creo Parametric. The majority of the presentation will be a live demonstration of the tool with native PTC Creo geometry as well as imported data.   Presented by:Shari Sackett and Steve Norgrove, Moen Incorporated   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

By attending this presentation attendees will gain an in-depth understanding about the enhancement and design solution tools within PTC Creo that can result in productivity improvements. The presenters will also discuss the knowledge based engineering application inside PTC Creo.   Presented by: Tushar  Gadhave, Tata Technologies Limited   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

PTC Creo Parametric has a robust set of tools to quickly design and analyze injection molded parts that can readily be tooled and molded.  3D Thickness, Plastic Flow and Draft Analysis tools built within PTC Creo Parametric will be demonstrated in a practical application along with design tools such as trajectory ribs, point patterns, variable pull direction draft and coordinate system UDF's that will help streamline part design times.  Best practices to design for tooling and molding will also be shared during this engaging presentation.   Presented by: Doug Hippe, Extreme Tool & Engineering   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Picture a NASA Engineer out at the launch pad. New construction has been completed, and the engineer has been asked to inspect the job. While working, the engineer  repeatedly travels between the site and his desk, spending time seeking out information, printing out drawings for reference, and attempting to align schedules to meet with the team. This type of scenario is not just specific to Kennedy Space Center though, many industries partake in similar circumstances—most realizing that there is always a need for more information, and often at a moment’s notice. While this approach will eventually get the job done, NASA KSC-ESC has questioned how to use readily available resources to streamline work processes, become more efficient, and produce less waste. During this presentation the presenters will share the steps NASA has taken to find a solution to this dilemma.   Presented by: Matthew Swanson and Steven LaPha,  NASA KSC - ESC   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PT

Starting with PTC Creo 3.0, PTC Creo Parametric users can now write Java applications which extend and enhance the PTC Creo Parameteric user interface. This means Java programmers can now modify the PTC Creo Parametric ribbon menus and write their own dialog boxes; something that was previously available only to C and C++ developers. The presenter will discuss the techniques needed to get a Java program into a PTC Creo Parametric ribbon tab - creating the ribbon definition file and adding buttons and tying those buttons to your Java code. Next, the presenter will discuss  how to define dialog box components in PTC Creo Parametric's UI resource files, and how to write the code to respond to the dialog box components. The final part of the presentation will focus on sharing the techniques for managing dialog boxes as they grow and become more complex.   Presented by: Mark Stallard, Raytheon   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

With so many tools in the PTC Creo Parametric toolbox, there are good ways, and there are better ways to get the job done. In this presentation, attendees will learn a minimum of one trick, likely many more, to accomplish design goals more effectively. For this event, the presenter will be compiling the top tricks learned from previous presentations. Whether attendees make sketches, parts, assemblies, drawings or integrate into PTC Windchill, attendees will learn something. For attendees who work with PTC Windchill and deal with ghost objects, they won’t want to miss the presentation. The presenter will show how to remove ghost objects from any file and how a config change can even prevent certain ghost objects.   Presented by: Justin Roegner, Enerpac   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Do you have assemblies that need to move?  Could your design use a little dynamic change?  Well, PTC Creo offers several methods for imparting motion onto assemblies.  The presenter delineates Peterbilt's experiences with different motion-related portions of the PTC Creo platform including PTC Creo View, PTC Creo Parametric MDX, PTC Creo Parametric DAO and PTC Creo Illustrate.   Presented by: Brian Krieger, Peterbilt (PACCAR)   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Surveys have shown that traditional design reviews are a frequent and costly activity, often relying upon unstructured content reviewed in inefficient ways. The presenters will present best practices using the PTC Enterprise Validation and Review (PTC Creo View) Solution to help attendees conduct design reviews more efficiently and effectively.   Presented by: Bill Ryan and Michael Rygol, PTC   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

By attending this presentation get the answers to: How to answer complaints of users and their managers related to reported stability ProENGINEER issues with 2200 users spread in 150 design centers and 27+ countries? How to avoid weeks of latency in analyzing the issues and building a reliable user experience report? How to go beyond ProE trail mining How to bring formal evidences that newer releases and 64 bits are actually more stable? How? By building a global session monitoring system based on Exit Logger distributed on 36 EL servers in the world, daily file harvesting and analysis in a global database associated to Oracle BI web reports accessible to all stakeholders including BU managers with 1 day latency max. By going beyond PTC OOTB analysis of top ten  / top X problem PCs / users thanks to analyzing individual MTTX of users and building global statistics of count of users by MTTX categories, comparing sites, tracking low MTTX user evolution over time. By launching antici

Ever need to clean up or change imported geometry, but are not an Import Data Doctor (IDD) user? Then this presentation is for you. The presenter will review some basic techniques in IDD for attendees who are regular PTC Creo users, but are intimidated or not experienced with IDD. The presenter will show how to clean up imports, decrease the level of detail and speed up imported models. The presenter will also demonstrate how IDD is a very powerful tool for cleaning up and manipulating imported geometry. This presentation is designed to get people started, lose their intimidation and become comfortable with the IDD tool and how it can be used in a day to day PTC Creo Parametric experience.   Presented by: Mark Ganzer, Harris Corporation   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

The presenter shares the story of how they came to use PTC Creo and PTC Windchill to manage their product line, how they moved all their departments from SolidWorks and AutoCAD (about 50 seats) and what benefits it gives their business such as reduced response time to customer, fast mass changes through all product lines. The presenter will then share the technical aspects of how they implemented configurable product "templates" (advances logic inside, parameterization, analyses etc.), how they are getting automatically design documentation for new instances, linked O&V and PTC Windchill PartsLink to get automatically classified products. The presenter will also discuss how they are organizing collaboration between US, RU and CH engineering teams and plants to work for product lines using common design methodology.   Presented by: Dmitriy Balaganskiy, Borets Int.   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

One of the great attributes of Solid Modeling is being able to do virtual analysis. A common analysis function is interference checking. Most users know how to run a simple interference check of the assembled components. However great this tool is, interference checks have limitations. In most cases engineers are checking interference in a static, constrained assembly. What if engineers need to know if you can assemble a part without interferences? Are you able to check clearances to avoid interference from tolerances?  In this presentation, the presenter will share the principles of performing interference and clearance checking over a range of motion which includes how to use PTC Creo Parametric Assembly, Mechanisms and PTC Creo View.   Presented by: Ronald Grabau, Hewlett Packard   See all PTC Live Global 2015 - PTC Creo and CAD Presentations

Do you want to maximize the utilization of digital data on the shop floor and across departments? This presentation will make a paperless environment easier to navigate through the use of PTC Creo View and PTC Windchill. Design exploration and collaboration are possible with help from combination states and annotations. By using both PTC Windchill and PTC Creo View viewables, a more intimate knowledge of the product is furnished and allows for improved dialogue between Manufacturing, Integration and Design. The ability to compare drawing iterations and assemble parts in PTC Creo View affords a significant savings in time by leveraging state-of-the-art tools to more accurately convey design changes. The presenters will discuss specific topics that include combination states, mark-up capability, viewing PTC Windchill meta-data in PTC Creo View, assembling conceptual design and a series of tips that allows for a seamless PTC Creo View user experience.   Presented by: Heather Pomerene

Think about the idea of having 3D visuals available on the shop floor as you are putting your product together. PTC Creo View representations can be embedded right in your documentation. Manufacturing needs a lot more information to put together products than just a product bill of material and some engineering drawings. By using the work instructions, which are a deliverable of manufacturing process plans, you can now get documents that detail how to put the product together. This presentation will cover what kind of information is stored within a process plan and how Solar Turbines used them to leverage 3D visualization. The presenter will also discuss how it can be use out-of-the-box as well as using a few customizations that can really enhance the level of detail while removing a lot of redundant manual work. There will also be a discussion on automatic viewable creation as well as the ability of using operated parts as additional geometry that is positioned in the correct place in

Is your lead time from harness manufactures too long? Are product managers always wondering why the electrical systems are on the critical path for time to market? Unlike many MCAD relationships that OEM’s have with their suppliers, wire harness suppliers are typically given only an engineering drawing to build the harness from. No 3D models, no data, not anything but a piece of paper. This proves to be very inefficient given the amount of data that goes into a wire harness.  During this presentation, the presenter will discuss how leveraging the native 3D and 2D flattened harness developed in PTC Creo/Cabling, attendees can collaborate with their harness supplier(s) helping them turn the PTC Creo models into information needed to build the harness.  The presenter will also show attendees how investing in the PTC Auxiliary Programing Interface (API’s) to build custom applications can streamline the design process and improve quality. Finally, the presenter will share examples