Mark McLeod
10-01-2011, 09:19
Greetings Teams!
FIRST is pleased to announce that PTC, The Product Development Company, has modeled the 2011 FRC Kit of Parts in Creo Elements/Pro (formerly called Pro/ENGINEER) and has made it easily accessible through Catalog Data Solutions' CAD library. Thank you to Catalog Data Solutions for donating the storage of these models!
Visit www.ptc.com/go/firstkop (http://www.ptc.com/go/firstkop) to access the 2011 CAD Library!
As a Crown Supplier to the FRC program, PTC is offering the following software tools to all teams for FREE:
Windchill for team collaboration (hosted by PTC)
Creo Elements/Pro (formerly called Pro/ENGINEER) for creating CAD models of your robot
Creo Elements/View (formerly called Productview) for visualizing your robot designs
Mathcad for documenting your engineering calculationsHere are a couple things that will help you get started!
1. Check out www.ptc.com/go/firstgettingstarted (http://www.ptc.com/go/firstgettingstarted) to find out how to get access to the software and learn how to get started. You will also find training guides, recorded tutorials and access to 24/7 online training on this page. Please contact firstsupport@ptc.com with any questions.
2. Join PlanetPTC’s “FIRST Mentor Group” (http://communities.ptc.com/groups/first-mentors) created by a FIRST mentor. You can share pictures and stories, ask questions and collaborate with other FIRST mentors using PTC software. Stay tuned for “Coaches Corner” weekly webinars!
Lastly, for those that participated in the PTC usage survey that was distributed in the email last month, the Winner of the IPOD Touch is Charles Nystrom from FRC Team #173!
Go Teams!
FIRST is pleased to announce that PTC, The Product Development Company, has modeled the 2011 FRC Kit of Parts in Creo Elements/Pro (formerly called Pro/ENGINEER) and has made it easily accessible through Catalog Data Solutions' CAD library. Thank you to Catalog Data Solutions for donating the storage of these models!
Visit www.ptc.com/go/firstkop (http://www.ptc.com/go/firstkop) to access the 2011 CAD Library!
As a Crown Supplier to the FRC program, PTC is offering the following software tools to all teams for FREE:
Windchill for team collaboration (hosted by PTC)
Creo Elements/Pro (formerly called Pro/ENGINEER) for creating CAD models of your robot
Creo Elements/View (formerly called Productview) for visualizing your robot designs
Mathcad for documenting your engineering calculationsHere are a couple things that will help you get started!
1. Check out www.ptc.com/go/firstgettingstarted (http://www.ptc.com/go/firstgettingstarted) to find out how to get access to the software and learn how to get started. You will also find training guides, recorded tutorials and access to 24/7 online training on this page. Please contact firstsupport@ptc.com with any questions.
2. Join PlanetPTC’s “FIRST Mentor Group” (http://communities.ptc.com/groups/first-mentors) created by a FIRST mentor. You can share pictures and stories, ask questions and collaborate with other FIRST mentors using PTC software. Stay tuned for “Coaches Corner” weekly webinars!
Lastly, for those that participated in the PTC usage survey that was distributed in the email last month, the Winner of the IPOD Touch is Charles Nystrom from FRC Team #173!
Go Teams!