The annual PTC/USER Technical Community Winter Open Forum took place January 28-30, 2020 in sunny Scottsdale, AZ. No offense Boston, but I’ll take Scottsdale in January any day over Beantown. This event just keeps getting better with this year’s attendance reaching a whopping 460 including sponsors and PTC employees! The weather of course was much […]
Key Takeaways from the 2019 PTC/USER Winter Forum
Action Engineering CTO Ryan Gelotte attended the PTC/USER Winter Forum held in Charleston, South Carolina January 22-24, 2019. As the MBE Technical Committee chair, Ryan moderated the MBE/MBD session tracks during the conference. We chatted with Ryan following PTC/USER to learn more about the forum and capture key learnings and takeaways. 1. Let’s start with […]
Future MBD Enhancements for Creo
Presentation Future MBD Enhancements for Creo Learn about the various MBD/detailing enhancements for Creo Parametric that are on the roadmap for future Creo development. Participants in this session will have to opportunity to learn about these future enhancements and provide their input to assist PTC establishing functional requirements and prioritization of these enhancements. This discussion […]
Digitizing DFM: Design for Manufacturability
Presentation Digitizing DFM: Design for Manufacturability Going from paper specs, emails, documents, and PowerPoint to a digitized DFM environment within Creo using DFMPro from HCL. Legacy Design for Manufacturability (DFM) systems involved paper specs and hundreds of rules listed in multiple documents. This is a good way to document DFM rules, but not a good […]
How to Lose Friends, Miss Product Delivery Dates, and Throw Away Money
Presentation How to Lose Friends, Miss Product Delivery Dates, and Throw Away Money The importance of exercising DFM methodology and automation tools that leverage use of 3D CAD data to inform and advise product design with regard to the manufacturing process. Many organizations design products with goals of high quality, minimized cost, and satisfied schedule […]