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The Daily Free News: PTC gives $18.8 mil in-kind donation to BU Engineering Center

By Admin | Published: May 13, 2013

Technology company PTC pledged a record-setting in-kind donation of $18.8 million Friday to help Boston University officials develop BU’s new Engineering Product Innovation Center, officials said. The center, which will open in the fall 2013 semester as part of the College of Engineering, will serve as an educational tool related to engineering and manufacturing, said […]

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Design News: Video Shows How We Can Make a Difference in People’s Lives

By Admin | Published: May 9, 2013

By Rich Nass Mike Campbell is an executive VP for CAD at PTC. He’s also a member of the Design News Advisory Board. When I met with Mike a few weeks ago (oddly, we live/work fairly close to each other, but met in Germany), he sent over a few links to videos that PTC had […]

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Desktop Engineering: Vendors Try to ‘Rightsize’ PLM for Smaller Businesses

By Admin | Published: May 8, 2013

For more than a decade, larger manufacturers have come to rely on product lifecycle management (PLM) to help deal with increasing design and manufacturing complexity, but the software tools have traditionally been expensive and difficult to deploy, keeping smaller companies at bay. PLM vendors have struggled to break into the SMB market, but their approaches–mostly […]

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azorobotics.com: Over 10,000 Students from Around the Globe Test Robotic Skills at 2013 FIRST Championship

By Admin | Published: Apr 30, 2013

This week, more than 10,000 students from around the globe travelled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST®(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome. The three-day event, April 24-27, came down to a heart-pounding conclusion Saturday night in […]

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Investors.com: Art, Design Educational Needs Pushing STEM To STEAM

By Admin | Published: Apr 24, 2013

Focusing on art and design is critical for businesses to innovate and gain a competitive advantage, says John Stuart, senior vice president for education at Boston-based software company PTC. PTC develops computer-assisted design software for product design. Clients include Microsoft (MSFT) and agricultural machinery maker Deere (DE). Europe — particularly the Netherlands — is ahead […]

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PTC Express: A First Look at PTC Creo Illustrate 2.0

By Admin | Published: Mar 6, 2013

Until recently, customers had to use PTC Creo Parametric or PTC Creo View for developing images for use in product service documentation. PTC Creo Illustrate is a tool that is built on the PTC Creo platform but has functionality that is intended for illustrators to develop clear images of the design in various stages of […]

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Desktop Engineering Read: Buyer’s Guide: Multi-CAD Management

By Admin | Published: Feb 20, 2013
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A  five-page PDF, “CAD Selection Considerations: Multi-CAD Management: Dealing  with Third-Party CAD Data” has what you need to rough out your switch to a CAD  system that better enables you to work with third-party, in-house, and legacy  CAD data. Written by CIMdata, this paper is a straightforward presentation  that’s hosted on a PTC website. The […]

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The Daily: CWRU, NASA and PTC put students to work on aerospace, manufacturing projects

By Admin | Published: Feb 15, 2013

Case Western Reserve University, NASA Glenn Research Center and software-maker PTC are teaming up to put students to work on real aerospace projects, manufacturing problems and more, with tools used in the industry. Case Western Reserve is the second university nationwide to become a host of NASA’s Strategic Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering […]

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Boston Globe: PTC Creo brings Super Sentai Series’ Power Rangers to life for Bandai

By Admin | Published: Feb 13, 2013

“PTC Creo provides Bandai with the flexibility to use both direct and parametric modeling approaches for product design,” PTC said in a press release. “By allowing parametric feature-based models to be changed with direct modeling techniques and enabling the changes to be recorded in the parametric model, PTC Creo helps reduce the impact of late […]

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Innovator of the Month: Testing the Waters with Aquamatic Samplers

By Admin | Published: Jan 31, 2013

Aquamatic has been chosen as the ConnectPress Innovator of the Month Pick for January 2013 for taking the leap from 2D into 3D. The Innovator of the Month highlights CreoCommunity.com’s picks on companies innovating in manufacturing. PTC Creo’s Direct Modeling Delivers Easiest Approach for 2D Designers to Add 3D Industry needs water. Power plants, food processors, […]

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