Thursday, June 3, 2010

Routed Systems Designer 9.0 Saves 25 Hours Per Typical Project


Routed Systems Designer 9.0 Saves 25 Hours Per Typical Project

Pro/ENGINEER Routed Systems Designer 9.0 increases user productivity by improving design presentation and expanding data exchange capabilities. New capabilities include:

Streamlined design creation: Create and manipulate items such as draft groups, fibers in highways, inline connectors and dual ports up to 90% faster
Improved design presentation: Polish the appearance of your design with True Type fonts and fully customizable cross- sheet graphics and labels
Enhanced data exchange: Leverage new support for PDF, CGM and updated version of DXF and DWG
New RSDSimulate Lite: Perform DC voltage margin analysis, wire overloading analysis and ‘what if’ scenarios to optimize your electrical design
New support for CoCreate: Easily create 2D schematics for CoCreate 3D routed systems designs
Extended language support: Simplified Chinese is now supported
When compared to Pro/ENGINEER Routed Systems Designer 8.0, the new release increases user productivity by 25 hours or 3 days per typical project! To learn more read the enhancement details and FAQs. Download the latest release today!

NEW! PTC LearningConnector Brings eLearning Topics and Knowledge Base Content into Pro/ENGINEER

Install the FREE PTC LearningConnector into Pro/ENGINEER Help Center and provide your users with a list of eLearning topics and Knowledge Base content that are relevant to the help topic. This allows users to be more productive by leveraging short, pertinent information delivered with a single click. At release, the LearningConnector will be available for Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 and Wildfire 5.0 Help Centers in multiple languages. Go to the download page now to start increasing your productivity!

Please note that the Interface for CADDS5 will not be included in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 M120 as previously stated in the March Maintenance Minute. You can expect this functionality in a future version. M120 does upgrade the Interface for CATIA V5 to support import of R18 & R19 data.

Mathcad 15.0 – Coming this Summer!


Mathcad 15.0 – Coming this Summer!

Mathcad 15.0 is scheduled for release in Summer 2010*. You’ll get the same easy-to-use white board interface with natural math notation and units management found in Mathcad 14.0, plus new performance enhancements and features. Here’s a sneak peek at Mathcad 15.0:

Design of Experiments – Use new functions and plot enhancements for constructing experimental design matrices, analyzing and screening factors, and developing statistical models.

Knovel Math Content – Quickly access Knovel’s fully documented Mathcad worksheets and reduce the time it takes to solve your complex math problems.

Truenumbers – Easily produce and reference engineering numbers within Mathcad that are traceable to a web-based Numberspace, ensuring viability of its units, tolerance, properties, subject, and context.

Excel 2007 Support – Leverage the following Excel functions and features: READEXCEL(), WRITEEXCEL(), READFILE, the data import wizard, and the Excel Add-in.

Windows 7 Support
Start making plans to upgrade now! Check the PTC Product Calendar frequently for accurate dates.

*The timing of any product release, including any features or functionality, is subject to change at PTC's discretion.