Hi FRC teams,
For FRC teams, PTC offers an extensive amount of web based training to help your teams learn Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad and Windchill ProjectLink. Specific Pro/ENGINEER courses on modeling, assemblies, detailing, mechanisms, sheet metal are available from the training site. All courses include lectures videos and step by step instructions to help new and existing users become proficient on Pro/ENGINEER and Mathcad.
You can access the training from
http://first.ptculms.com. Users will need to register for the site from the login page. Once registered, you can click the online courses link from the left hand menu to choose the desired course.
FRC teams can download Pro/ENGINEER and Mathcad from your team project. To obtain your seats of Pro/ENGINEER and Mathcad, please register for a team project –
www.ptc.com/go/frcregistration.
To assist you in using the team project for managing your designs and to access Pro/ENGINEER, please review the Getting Started Guide.
If you are interested in utilizing Pro/ENGINEER for your team, you can install it on all your teams’ computers.
PTC also offers workshop for secondary schools to learn Pro/ENGINEER, STEM focused curriculum and assessments/certifications. These workshops are offered around the US. Here is the current workshop schedule -
http://www.ptc.com/for/education/schools/program.htm. A teacher that completes the workshop will obtain a site license (perpetual license) of Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition. As updates and new releases become available, they are freely available to certified schools.
PTC will be releasing the FRC Kit of Parts in Pro/E native format (fully featured) for the upcoming season. Until the official launch of the competition, PTC will be providing all the models available in the FIRST CAD LIBRARY in Pro/E format. This will be available from
www.3dmodelspace.com/ptc shortly.
If you have any questions on need assistance on installing and utilizing Pro/ENGINEER for your team, please send an email to
firstsupport@ptc.com.
Good luck in the coming 2009 season.
Regards,
Mark Fischer
PTC - Director