**FIRST EMAIL**/Announcing the 2011 PTC modeled Kit of Parts and iPod Winner

[Mark McLeod]

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 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 calculations

Here are a couple things that will help you get started!

1. Check out 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 [FONT='Arial','sans-serif']PlanetPTC’s “FIRST Mentor Group”[/font] 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!