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What Is Concept Design in Product Development?

This is a post by Geoff Hedges on PTC site. It’s hard to get a straight answer when you Google, what is concept design? Search results come from architects, graphic artists, decorators, web masters, and every other creative type on the internet…. Continue Reading →

Creating a Smart Connected Product from the Beginning

This is a post by Alex Jablokow on PTC site. Jim Heppelmann’s Keynote at LiveWorx 2017 In his keynote at LiveWorx17, PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann demonstrated how close physical objects and their digital twins have become. IoT is the next generation… Continue Reading →

Tips & Tricks: Piping Validation in Creo 4.0

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. Adding pipes to your design is easy with the Cabling and Piping module, but what happens when the piping database has errors? Going through a piping catalog line-by-line is tedious… Continue Reading →

Parlez-vous GD&T: A Quick Intro to Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing [Interview with Chris Wilkes]

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. In general, when engineers create or modify a design, they do much more than show lines, holes, curves, or even solids. That’s because geometry alone can’t communicate everything needed to… Continue Reading →

Companies Jump On Board the Creo CAD-wagon

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. We talk a lot about innovation. In fact, we breathe CAD. So when companies jump on the Creo CAD wagon, we want to share it. That’s why we’re excited to… Continue Reading →

Expert: 3 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Subscription Licensing [Interview]

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. Many of us already use subscription online services (think Netflix and Spotify). But when it comes to professional software, many companies hesitate to sign on. They worry that, with pay-as-you-go… Continue Reading →

MBD: Define Once, Reuse Many Times [Interview]

This is a post by Madhavi Ramesh on PTC site. In recent weeks, Madhavi Ramesh, or Punditas, has been talking to industry experts about model-based definition (MBD) in product design and development. How do these experts define MBD? Who needs… Continue Reading →

Tips & Tricks: Preview AFX Changes in Creo 4.0

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. With Creo 4.0, you no longer have to imagine what a change will look like when you use Creo Advanced Framework Extension (AFX). You’ll get a preview in the graphics… Continue Reading →

Tips & Tricks: Improved Weld Detection in Creo Simulate for Creo 4.0

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. Welds created in Creo Parametric establish the geometry and location of welds in your assembly, but you must have weld features to perform analysis and simulation using Creo Simulate. Now, the system… Continue Reading →

4 MBD Features in Creo 4 (That Could Make You 75% Faster)

This is a post by Madhavi Ramesh on PTC site. For those using model-based definition (MBD), the recent release of Creo 4.0 makes it easier to create and validate geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) annotations. In fact, new productivity-focused enhancements… Continue Reading →

How Additive Manufacturing Is Changing 3D CAD

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. How big is the 3D printing industry? More than $6 billion USD big, according to the 2017 report by industry experts Wohlers. And it keeps getting bigger. Revenues were up more… Continue Reading →

Making the Machines That Make the Machines at DMG MORI

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. When you talk to Michael Trenkle, mechanical engineer, about his automatic tool changer design, you might lose yourself in the details.   He’ll tell you about speed and accuracy down to… Continue Reading →

Creo Power User: The Best of Creo 4 Extensions

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. **Guest post from PTC Partner, Novedge Andrew Leedy is a “virtual technical specialist” at PTC, which means he carries out demos. Lots of them. Whether someone needs to see how the… Continue Reading →

Model-based definition: What, why, and a little how

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. Model-based definition (also known as MBD) is a hot topic these days in the product design and manufacturing world. More companies are beginning to implement it, which means more engineers… Continue Reading →

HOW TO MAKE A POWER PLAY WITH CREO 4.0

This is a post by Emma Rudeck on the Concurrent Engineering Site. Ensure that your teams have the critical product development capabilities they need to support faster time to market, efficient collaboration and higher product quality. Whether it’s managing projects… Continue Reading →

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