Past Meetings


(69) April 21, 2010
9:00 - 12:00   Windchill Users Group
    > Lessons Learned From 9.1 Upgrade - Bissell Windchill Team
    > Open Discussion - Successes & Challenges
12:00 - 1:00   Networking Lunch & Visit Vendor Tables
1:00 - 1:10   SMUG Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   Customizing Hole Feature Annotation - Doug Hippe, EAC
1:50 - 2:30   Don't Trim Your Options, Extend Your Surfacing Techniques and Offset Your Frustrations - Nate Brock, Brock Solid Design
2:30 - 3:00   Break & Visit Vendor Tables
3:00 - 3:40   CADSEEK Demo - Abir Qamhiyah, iSEEK
3:40 - 4:10   Intro to ISDX, What the Heck Is It, and Why Should I Learn It? - Dan Walker
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(90) October 14, 2009
9:00 - 9:30   Windchill Users Group: Introductions
9:30 - 10:30   Organization / Future Meetings
10:30 - 12:00   ProductPoint Demo - Todd Kraft, PTC
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   SMUG Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   From Concept to Production - Sam Vilardi, SoulArc Boards
1:40 - 2:10   Layers Upon Layers - Jim Ridge, Eaton
2:10 - 2:40   Break & visit vendor booths
2:40 - 3:10   Top Down Design - Dan Walker, Sassy
3:10 - 4:10   Wildfire 5.0 - Todd Kraft, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(70) April 22, 2009
9:00 - 12:00   Pro/INTRALINK Migration Planning Session, TriStar
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   FloEFD.Pro for Electronics - Joe Proulx, Mentor Graphics
1:40 - 2:25   Surfacing: "Why? Then Wow!" - Nate Brock, Brock Solid Design
2:25 - 2:55   Break & visit vendor booths
2:55 - 3:25   Parameters, Tables, & Repeat Regions - Jim Hole, Broadview Product Development
3:25 - 4:10   Manikin Extension - Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(61) April 16, 2008
9:00 - 12:00   Mechanism Design / Design Animation Workshop, TriStar
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 2:00   What Will My Design Cost to Produce? - Rick Burke, aPriori
2:00 - 2:30   Label Techniques - Chris Pillars, Stryker
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:10   PTC Tech Support - Eric Boersma, TriStar
3:10 - 4:10   More Control of the Curve and A-Class Surfacing - Bart Brejcha, Design-Engine
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(78) October 17, 2007
9:00 - 12:00   Dan Walker's Surfacing Workshop
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:45   2D Scans to Pro/ENGINEER Solids, Steven Frey, Universal Parametrics
1:45 - 2:20   Pro/TOOLMAKER, Todd Liebenow, Coldfire Enterprises (a partner of EAC)
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:25   EFD.Pro, Joe Proulx, Flomerics
3:25 - 4:10   Wildfire 4.0, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(85) April 18, 2007
9:00 - 12:00   Bart Brejcha's Surfacing Workshop
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   Surfacing Tips and Techniques, Bart Brejcha, Design-Engine
1:40 - 2:10   Pro/E Automation Next Steps – Moving forward with confidence, Scott Gramman, Simplified Logic
2:10 - 2:40   Break & visit vendor booths
2:40 - 3:10   Startup TOOLS, Katie Burns, TriStar
3:10 - 4:10   Windchill Roadmap, Michael Hayek, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(72) November 8, 2006
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   Tim’s Bag of Tricks-n-Treats, Tim Field, Bissell
1:40 - 2:10   Design Insight, J.R. Haag, Sigmetrix
2:10 - 2:40   Break & visit vendor booths
2:40 - 3:10   Mechanism Design in Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0, Vaughn McDaniel, JR Automation
3:10 - 4:10   Mathcad, John Callan, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(81)July 12, 2006
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   More Effective Surfacing Techniques, Bart Brejcha, Design-Engine
1:50 - 2:30   Extending Pro/ENGINEER into a Simulation-Based Engineering Environment, Matthew Loew, CoMeT Solutions
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:30   Jon's Bag of Tricks, Jon Hadley, Disher Design
3:30 - 4:10   Strategies for Creating Complex Part Models with Large Data Size, Linda Mellendorf, Cascade Engineering
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(97) March 1, 2006
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   Part Optimization using Pro/MECHANICA FEA, Charles Graves, EAC Design
1:40 - 2:10   Chasing the Vision: From Piece Parts to VERY Large Scale Assembly Modeling, Gary Geramanis, Sun
2:10 - 2:40   Break & visit vendor booths
2:40 - 3:10   Automation Tools in Pro/ENGINEER, Charles Farah, Sigmaxim
3:10 - 4:10   Wildfire 3.0, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(44) November 2, 2005
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   Customizing PDMLink at Herman Miller, Jim VanDragt, Herman Miller
1:50 - 2:30   Repeat Regions - Using Filters and Relations, Bob McDonald, Herman Miller
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:30   Back to Basics - A Solid Approach to Modeling, Chris Pillars, Stryker
3:30 - 4:10   Creating your complete product definition using the ProductCenter Bill of Information, Pete Jankowiak, SofTech
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(65) July 13, 2005
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   Actual product costs after every regenerate is not the Holy Grail, it's aPriori - John Helm & Eric Hiller, aPriori
1:50 - 2:30   PDMLink (OnDemand, OnDemand-Dedicated, and Customer Owned and operated) - Tim Weatherford, Systems 3
2:30 - 3:10   Break & visit vendor booths
3:10 - 4:10   Wildfire 3 Sneak Preview - Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(81) March 2, 2005
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   CETOL, Tom Rhodes, Yazaki (on behalf of Sigmetrix)
1:50 - 2:30   Design Animation, Jon Hadley, Disher Design
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:10   Get More From Your PTC Software, Bill Kefalas, 3Dconnexion
3:10 - 4:10   Making the Case for PLM, Michelle Leeds, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(74) November 3, 2004
9:00 - 11:30   Wildfire 2.0 Hands on Workshop, Belcan Corporation
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   Pro/E WF 2.0 Mechanism Extension and Mechanism Dynamics Option, Vaughn McDaniel, JR Automation
1:40 - 2:20   Sheetmetal NC, Herb Miller, Systems3
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:30   Design Animation, Jon Hadley, Disher Design
3:30 - 4:10   Flexing Your Muscle with Flexible Assembly Components, Andy Meinert, Leading Edge
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(79) July 14, 2004
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:50   Rendering Using Wildfire 2.0, Jon Hadley, Disher Design
1:50 - 2:30   Reverse Engineering Extension, Dave Francis, Axsys
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:30   Making the Most of Splines, Eric Irwin, Whirlpool
3:30 - 4:10   Fundamentals of Design Conferencing, Mark Fischer, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(58) March 3, 2004
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome
1:10 - 1:40   WMU Capabilities, Dr. Atkins & Dr. Keil, WMU
1:40 - 2:20   Migrating to Wildfire, Paul Samways, Universal Parametrics
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:30   Intro to Top Down Design - Session 4: Skeletons & Master Model Method, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
3:30 - 4:10   See What's New in Wildfire 2, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Door Prizes / Closing Comments
4:30 - 5:00   WMU Facility Tour
 
(70) November 12, 2003
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business
1:10 - 1:50   Automation Tools for Pro/ENGINEER, Dave Bigelow, Simplified Logic
1:50 - 2:30   CFdesign V6 Demo, Joe Heibel, Blue Ridge Numerics
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:40   Intro to Top Down Design - Session 3: Pro/PROGRAM, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
3:40 - 4:10   30 Tips in 30 Minutes, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. (56) July 9, 2003
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business
1:10 - 1:50   Future Truck: The Influence of Pro/MECHANISM and Behavioral Modeling, Jim Ridge, Dana
1:50 - 2:30   Intro to Top Down Design - Session 2: Layouts, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
2:30 - 3:00   Break & visit vendor booths
3:00 - 3:30   Integrated Solutions for Development Chain Management, Diane Roslaniec, RAND
3:30 - 4:10   Simplified Reps, Mark DeCraene, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. (74) March 12, 2003
12:00 - 1:00   Sign-in, visit vendor booths, & FREE lunch
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business
1:10 - 1:40   Parkview Campus Overview, Bob Miller, WMU
1:40 - 2:20   Intro to Top Down Design, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:20   Funds Available for PTC Training, Todd Piccuillo, PTC
3:20 - 4:10   Simple-Powerful-Connected, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. (116) November 2, 2002
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business / Training Update
1:10 - 1:40   Pro/MECHANICA Tips & Techniques, Eric Bartkus, ABG
1:40 - 2:20   IPA Demo, Dan Dunne, RAND
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:30   The What, Where, and Why of Pro/PHOTORENDER, Rodger Premeau, PTC
3:30 - 4:10   Executing the Model-Centric Approach, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
(?) July 16, 2002
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business / About HMI
1:10 - 1:40   Collaboration using Pro/COLLABORATE, Pro/DESKTOP Express, and ProductView Express...and it's all FREE!, Tim Field, DesignOne
1:40 - 2:20   ProANATOMY - Modeling Body Parts in Pro/E, Lars Chrisman, ProFICIENT Engineering Services
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:30   Understanding User Defined Features, Andy Meinert, NASCO Technologies
3:30 - 4:10   Pre-Production Wildfire Demo, Bill Schlund, PTC
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. (130) March 14, 2002
12:00 - 12:30   Alticor Visitor's Center Tour (self guided)
12:30 - 1:00   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
1:00 - 1:10   Welcome / SMUG Business / Reno Video
1:10 - 1:40   Pro/E Wildfire Preview, Bill Schlund, PTC
1:40 - 2:20   Behavioral Modeling, Doug Bodmann, Pentagon
2:20 - 2:50   Break & visit vendor booths
2:50 - 3:30   iTools, Dan Smith & Dan Dunne, RAND
3:30 - 4:10   A Case Study on Justifying a Rapid Prototyping Center, Rudy Kool, Access Business Group
4:10 - 4:30   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
4:30 - 5:00   ABG Rapid Prototyping Center Tour & Alticor Visitor's Center Tour (self guided)
 
Click here for meeting article. (81) November 7, 2001
12:00 - 12:30   Sign-in & visit vendor booths
12:30 - 12:40   Welcome / SMUG Business
12:40 - 1:00   PTC Update, Michele Harris, PTC
1:00 - 1:20   Introduction to Lumeo Software, Maria Nordgren, Lumeo
1:20 - 2:00   3D Printers and Rapid Prototyping, Tim McGrath, Z Corporation
2:00 - 2:20   Break & visit vendor booths
2:20 - 3:00   Establishing and Customizing Company Standards Using ModelCHECK, Doug Bodmann, Pentagon
3:00 - 3:40   Using Pro/E and NC Machining for Prototype Blow-Mold Tooling, Bill Stoner, Access Business Group
3:40 - 4:00   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. July 11, 2001
12:45 - 1:00   Sign-in
1:00 - 1:05   Welcome / SMUG Business
1:05 - 1:10   About Stryker, Gary Morton & Dennis Clutter, Stryker
1:10 - 1:40   Gear Creation and Feature Re-Creation, Keith Wilkinson, Eaton Corporation
1:40 - 2:20   ISDX Demo, Ben Wang & Mitch DeJong, PTC
2:20 - 2:40   Break
2:40 - 3:10   Stamping Die Design, Steve Pikaart, Gill Industries
3:10 - 3:50   Automation Gateway Demo, Rob Brnjac, Rand
3:50 - 4:00   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. March 7, 2001
1:00 - 1:05   Welcome / SMUG Business
1:05 - 1:10   About Knoll, Lori Hooker, Knoll
1:10 - 1:40   Assembly Skeleton Techniques, Dan Walker, Walker Consulting
1:40 - 2:20   Procision, Mitch Greenberg, RAND
2:20 - 2:40   Break
2:40 - 3:10   A Production Implementation of Pro/INTRALINK, Ken Tompkins, Stryker Instruments
3:10 - 3:50   Pro/E 2001 Update, Eric Boersma, PTC
3:50 - 4:00   Awards / Door Prizes / Closing Comments
 
Click here for meeting article. November 1, 2000
1:00 - 1:10   About Haworth, Tom Ziemba, Haworth
1:10 - 1:40   Living Hinge Design, John F. Gill, Product Engineer, Gill Industries
1:40 - 2:25   ProductView Express, Eric Boersma, PTC
2:25 - 2:45   Break
2:45 - 3:15   Using Assembly Family Tables with Pro/PROCESS, Rob Kamrath, Gill Industries
3:15 - 4:00   Rand Products and Services, Jason Carpenter & Scott Hibner, Rand
 
Click here for meeting article. July 12, 2000
User Presentations
  • About Steelcase, Dan Paulucci, Steelcase
  • Designing Mechanisms with 2000i2, Jon Hadley, Steelcase
PTC Presentations
  • Pro/E 2000i2, Eric Boersma, PTC
  • Pro/MECHANICA 2000i2, Jeff Mentley, PTC
Click here for meeting article. March 15, 2000
User Presentations
  • SMUG Website Updates, Adam Bush, Steelcase
  • Mechanism Design, Jon Hadley, Steelcase
  • Datum Curves, Tim Field, Product Design International
Vendor Presentations
  • New Sales Rep for Grand Rapids, Dan Hansen, Rand
  • Sigmund Demo, Robert Gardner and Erik Salisbury, Varatech
October 20, 1999
User Presentations
  • NO LIMITS with Surfaces, Doug Brandt, ATAP Design
  • Using Pro/DETAIL for 2D Layouts, Larry Kallio, Steelcase
  • Art-to-Part using Pro/3D PAINT, CDRS, & Pro/E, Jon Hadley, Steelcase
Vendor Presentations
  • Desktop Product Communication using IPA, Larry Louzon, Immersive Design
PTC Presentations
  • Changes to the Behavioral Modeling Module
  • Design Animation
May 13, 1999
1:00 - 1:05   Sign-in and announcements
1:05 - 2:15   PTC Rev 21 Presentation
2:15 - 2:30   Break
2:30 - 3:00   The Effective Utilization of Pro/MECHANICA, Dr. Curtis Hoff – Hoff and Associates, Inc.
3:00 - 3:10   Round Table Discussion and/or Tips & Tricks
3:10 - 3:20   Election of Officers
3:20 - 3:55   "Pro/E Metric" Contest
  • Steve Dertien – Medtronic DLP
  • Doug Brandt – Product Design
3:55 - 4:00   Closing Statements, Election Results, Pro/E Metric Contest Winner
 
January, 1999
1:00 - 1:15   Sign-in and announcements
1:15 - 2:00   Immersive Design's IPA, Rand
2:00 - 2:20   Start Objects, User Presentation
2:20 - 2:45   Break
2:45 - 3:15   Round Table Discussion and/or Tips & Tricks
3:15 - 3:30   Election of Officers
3:30 - 3:45   "Pro/E Metric" Contest Winners
3:45 - 4:00   Closing Comments
 
August, 1998
1:00 - 1:10   Sign-in and announcements
1:10 - 2:45   PTC R20 Presentation
  • new interface
  • part advisor
  • Pro/MECHANICA R20
2:45 - 3:00   Break
3:00 - 3:15   User Presentation, TBA
3:15 - 3:45   Round Table Discussion
3:45 - 4:00   Conclusion
 
March, 1998
1:00 - 1:10   Sign-in and announcements
1:10 - 1:25   SMUG Web Site, Doug Brandt, PDI
1:25 - 1:55   Adv discussion of config options and mapkeys, Doug Brandt, PDI
1:55 - 2:30   Utilizing the Intranet, Mark Tafalski, JR Automation
2:30 - 2:45   Break
2:45 - 3:15   PTC R19 Presentation (Web.Link)
3:15 - 3:45   Round Table Discussion
3:45 - 4:00   Conclusion
 
November, 1997
1:00 - 1:10   Announcements, web site & newsletter updates
1:10 - 1:25   Failed Features, Tim Field
1:25 - 2:10   Model Check, Rand
2:10 - 2:25   Break
2:25 - 3:10   PTC Presentation
  • Model View
  • Pro/ENGINE
3:10 - 3:30   Round Table Discussion
3:30 - 4:00   Conclusion
 
July, 1997
Opening Remarks
  • New Leadership (Dennis Tarrant and Tim Field, Co-Chairmen)
    • Volunteers needed; newsletter editor

  • New User Group Structure
    • Web Site (thank you, Craig Sterley)
    • Logo Contest
    • New Mission Statement
PTC Presentation - "Vision of the Future"
International User Group Discussion
  • Tim Field
  • Open discussion about International meeting (questions?)
Round Table Discussion
  • Book discount from High Mountain Press
  • Open discussion from floor
Conclusion