How does your team like Windchill?

[Laura Rhodes]

I evaluated Windchill at the beginning of the season for use by our team. I liked the idea of having a central repository for all the teams documents and CAD files so they could be accessed anywhere. However, in spite of the great support emails from Mark Fischer at PTC, Windchill was still confusing and took too much time to set up. The web interface was not at all user friendly and I determined that it was too cumbersome and time-intensive to train our students in its use. I had a team alumnus look at the site too and he came to the same conclusion as I did - it was just too hard for the average student user to easily navigate.