http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/-t1.htm PTC is the official CAD and Collaboration Sponsor to FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC). Through its sponsorship of FIRST , PTC is providing Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad, Windchill and ProductView to all FTC and FRC teams.  Visit the PTC and FIRST community for more information and downloads. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:29 GMT 10 http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/13/75/43/43/ftc_lo11.jpg http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/-t1.htm http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-invites-first-students-to-use-their-resources-t63.htm Admin To all FRC and FTC teams: Let PTC help guide your robot design to success. We offer multiple resources that will help you better understand PTC software and how to use it to your advantage. We understand that having relevant, easy-to-use training material is critical for teams to adopt and successfully utilize our software and, most importantly, have fun with it! Here are just some of the many resources that PTC has to offer to FIRST teams: * Updated “Getting Started” Guides ... PTC/ProE Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:29 GMT http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-invites-first-students-to-use-their-resources-t63.htm#63 http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-invites-first-students-to-use-their-resources-t63.htm http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/venturing-into-pro-engineer-t23.htm Admin The PTC/USERS 2009 conference provided some better insights into using Pro/ENGINEER in an FTC environment, but it's still a challenging thing to venture into. Please consider sharing your insights, tips and tricks, questions and problems here so that we can network to improve our skills together. Team members seem to pick it up more quickly when they can compare notes with other students, so please encourage them to join in discussion here. PTC/ProE Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:01:11 GMT http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/venturing-into-pro-engineer-t23.htm#23 http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/venturing-into-pro-engineer-t23.htm http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-webinar-series-beginning-june-12-t22.htm Admin PTC is offering a series of webinars to help FIRST teams maximize their use of PTC products: ________________________________ To help FIRST teams get the most out of the available PTC products; PTC will be hosting a number of webinars and hands-on workshops throughout the summer and into the new school year. These sessions are geared to help teams learn Pro/ENGINEER, Mathcad and Windchill ProjectLink. In addition, teams will have an opportunity to ask questions and get support for their ... PTC/ProE Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:57:53 GMT http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-webinar-series-beginning-june-12-t22.htm#22 http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/ptc-webinar-series-beginning-june-12-t22.htm http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/proengineer-training-resources-t10.htm Admin Among the observations made in the FTC Futures Forum at the World Championship is that there is a "huge learning curve" in understanding how to use ProEngineer. One observation noted that it takes about 40 hours to model parts and learn how to make them, although PTC has, in fact, released an FTC kit of parts for modeling use in ProE. Teams interested in utilizing ProE in their design process this year, may want to start exploring training and education options for team members. ... PTC/ProE Thu, 07 May 2009 16:55:08 GMT http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/proengineer-training-resources-t10.htm#10 http://flftc.forumotion.com/ptc-proe-f21/proengineer-training-resources-t10.htm