OCTOBER 2009
NEWS

TriStar recognized as Top Reseller at PTC Awards

At their Channel Kickoff last week, PTC also recognized TriStar with awards for “Top Training Partner”, “Top New Customer Partner”, “Top Windchill Revenue Partner”, “Top Windchill ProductPoint Partner”, and “Highest Maintenance Revenue Producer” for FY09.
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SOFTWARE

Employing the Import DataDoctor Tool in Pro/ENGINEER

After you have imported a part model (or a part from an imported assembly model) into Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, you can use Import DataDoctor to correct geometry, ensure surface consistency, add constraints, close unwanted gaps, and adjust tangencies in the imported parts.
» Find Out How

Creating and Reusing NPI Templates in Windchill ProjectLink

Project managers responsible for new products can create their own project templates in Windchill ProjectLink. Business rules that are critical to the success of the product can be easily incorporated into these project templates. These templates can then be used to create subsequent NPI projects and thus help enforce consistency across the board.
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CLASSROOM

Tips, Tricks, and How-To

Calculating Dynamic Forces in Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics and Sending Them to a Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica Structure
Pro/ENGINEER has some very powerful capabilities to help us understand the real form, fit and function of a design. Any time you have a design where you have fast-moving parts, that design will generate high acceleration values which mean large forces. Remember what our friend Sir Isaac Newton taught us – F = m * a.

PTC Certified Training

11/02 - 11/06/09, San Diego, CA
Introduction to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

11/09 - 11/10/09, Pittsburgh, PA
Sheetmetal Design using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0

11/19 - 11/20/09, Milwaukee , WI
Advanced Part Modeling with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

Complete North American Schedule

MARKETPLACE

Register for the TriStar Commons, and take $25 off anything in the TriStar store

TriStar Commons is an online community for PTC product users. It features blogs, forums, product and industry groups. At the TriStar Commons, you can also find tips and tricks in our archive of Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad, and Windchill webcast recordings. New videos are added weekly.
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WEBCAST SCHEDULE
10/30/09
Pro/ENGINEER Plastic Advisor

11/06/09
Rehosting a Windchill Instance

11/13/09
Using PTCs Knowledge Base

11/20/09
Virtualization of Windchill Systems


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