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davehaigh13-Aquamarine
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June 17, 2014
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The Mail Exploder is at risk, Speak up NOW!

  • June 17, 2014
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The shocking news from day one of PTC Live is that PTC want's to "absorb" the mail exploder into their on-line communities forum.http://communities.ptc.com you'll see the announcement of this at the top of the page.



I went up to Ron and Dan durning the break and said what are you doing to my mail exploder. The answer was there was pressure to only have one source of communication instead of some stuff on the forum and some via the mail exploder. They are having discussions next week on how to transfer the data from ptcuser to the ptc site.



I asked if I was still going to get emails and the answer was no.



I'm sorry but this is killing the goose that laid the golden egg.



Make no mistake, if you don't raise your voice on this issue the mail exploder will disappear.



Dave Haigh


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      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      June 19, 2014
      I used to use MCADcentral a lot, but they had server issues a few years ago and I quit going there. It did have some good information.

      Another site not mentioned is eng-tips.com. They have a Creo and Mechanica forums that get very little traffic. By contrats the NX and Solidworks forums get a lot of traffic. NX even has their 'product evangelist' (John Baker) posting there, answering and asking questions.

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      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      June 19, 2014
      I went to the PTC Community yesterday and could not find any traffic on the proposed change. Maybe I was looking in the wrong section!

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      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      June 19, 2014
      PTC University is an extra cost area that requires a subscription to access.
      Putting the lessor used module training information out there is a revenue stream for PTC.

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      JWayman1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      It's in the 'Member's Showcase' Area!
      Now why wouldn't you look there for this thread? 🐵


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      GlenWisham1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014

      Isn't about time that the moderator should step in and send us a message to
      take this thread off line?

      I think after around three days of this banter, our opinions have been
      clearly made.

      Get back to work!
      Glen R Wisham
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      This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged.
      Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive mail for the
      addressee), you should not use, copy or disclose to anyone this message or
      any information contained in this message. If you have received this
      message in error, please so advise the sender by reply e-mail and delete
      this message. Thank you for your cooperation.
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      mlocascio1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      Chris,



      I have LOVED the PTC product for years. Most of that time I had someone else
      paying the bills for my seat of Pro/E. Now that I have my own seat of Creo
      Parametric 2, and have to pay for the maintenance, I see just how EXPENSIVE
      everything at PTC is.



      I understand that they need to ensure that the people in the Research and
      Development Department are being paid. They also need to make sure that our
      Third World Technical Support Team is being paid well. This alone is
      probably one of the BEST reasons to keep the user's group alive.



      What I would like to see is a more concerted effort on PTC's part to make it
      more affordable to be the BEST Pro/E user that we can be. I have a DUDE from
      one of the many VARs that wanted me to buy the PTC University at a cost of
      $1800. I told him that I wanted to buy that, but that $1800.00 is A LOT of
      money right now, especially when there isn't a whole lot coming in. I was
      hoping to find a way to "Learn and Earn" with this PTC University thing. You
      see there just isn't a series of affordable alternatives here.



      I think that the group as a whole would all agree that we need to have
      training that is updated periodically. I don't know how many companies I
      have worked for who just took me as the user I already was and used me up.
      They had no company oriented user's group for Pro/E. They never sent anyone
      other than the administrator to any CAD training because it was too
      prohibitive. SAD! That's really no excuse, but it is a reality.



      Michael P. Locascio


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      mathew.palazola1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU .....

      Three days ???? This has been going since Monday.
      I have over 160 deleted emails in my Deleted Items folder, and 98% of them are regarding the Mail Exploder.

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      jstarkey1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      I would hate to see it go!

      Best regards,
      James Starkey
      Starkey Tech. Serv., L.L.C.
      1822 N. Denene
      Wichita, KS 67212
      (316) 721-9669
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      TerryJohnson1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      What is causing this? This is the second time this has happened.
      I recreated the part, and it's been fine for months. Today I opened the
      assembly, and I it took forever to open.
      This was in the message log.







      Chocolate is food for the
      soul.

      Terry Johnson


      Sr. Technical Specialist


      Raytheon


      972-344-5689








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      nrollins1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 19, 2014
      This was brought up in the ETC forum and is going on there.



      Or maybe we should open a new forum called "member showcase".


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