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dhermosillo15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
July 11, 2012
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What is PTC's solution for the growing composites market?

  • July 11, 2012
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Since PTC's decision to shelve Pro/Composite, what is PTC's proposed solution for the growing markets of composite integraters such as private aerospace, wind energy, commercial aerospace, water pleasure craft, etc.?

 

What does PTC say to companies who are considering switching to a modeling package like Catia because of the lack of a composite solution in Creo?

 

Pro/Composite seemed to be approaching a mature product, but still needed some work to be a serious contender in the composites world. It addressed the complex issues of composites such as sequences, plys, cores, combining disparate solids into one object while still preserving the correct mass properties; something that can't be done with merge in Creo. Please offer us something so we can stick with PTC.

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dhermosillo15-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
March 13, 2013

Update! I wasn't getting any response from PTC from this discussion, so I created a support case.

Here's what I got back:

Hi Domingo,

After discussing with Product Director, below is what I would summarize on PTC’s plan for Pro/COMPOSITE:

Pro/Composite was lacking a lot of functionality that is available in a modern composite solution. Rather than PTC enhance Pro/Composite, it was deemed a better solution to partner with a company that has the functional expertise in that area. To that end we are actively searching for a viable partner. Once we find a viable partner we will evaluate and determine how to integrate that capability.

I hope the above information answers the concerns you raised.

Sincerely,

Harry

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brthompson12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
June 2, 2013

Hi Domingo,

We continue to support an excellent Composites technology integration with the Fibersim product, which is now offered by the Specialized Engineering Software division of Siemens. I met recently with Steve Luby who runs this business for Siemens, and he emphasized that the Fibersim integrations with CAD products like CATIA and PTC Creo Parametric continue to be strategic to the Specialized Engineering Software Division of Siemens. I feel confident recommending them.

Best Regards,

Brian Thompson

VP, PTC Creo Product Management

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dhermosillo15-MoonstoneAuthor
15-Moonstone
June 3, 2013

Brian, FiberSim does not address many of the mass related issues that are encountered with vehicle integration of composites, such as heterogeneous merged material mass properties.

FiberSim is strictly for laying out composites.

We need a bridge between FiberSim and Pro/Engineer that addresses the above issue plus issues such as net vs. trimmed parts, assembly features, potted-in components, etc. FiberSim does not handle these.

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