White Papers

The white paper shows you how high-speed machining can cut mold and die-making time in half, but only if it's executed with an eye to the special needs of the tools and the process.

Why the Value of Intellectual Property Skyrockets When It’s Embedded – Electronically – into the Product Model’s Digital File

Extending the power of PLM to manufacturing process management (MPM)

Industrial manufacturers are facing unprecedented demand to deliver multiple product variations–which is driving up both costs and complexity in product development. The fact is, in every industry today, customers want more products that are specific to their unique requirements—and they want them quickly at an attractive price.

How to Master the Challenges of “Mechatronic System Design” in Automotive Engineering

This whitepaper provides an in-depth look into this integrated PLM/QMS framework and shows how organizations can take a proactive approach to their product development while at the same time enabling transparent compliance with quality system and regulatory requirements.

Small and medium size companies face the same product development challenges as larger enterprises, yet they have starkly fewer resources to address them. SMBs with PLM report strong return on investment, including an 18.5% improvement in product profit margins.

Club Car needed a publishing solution that could keep pace with product development and expanding international markets. To meet this need,Club Car first established their publishing capabilities criteria, then evaluated industry vendors, and ultimately selected Arbortext, an enterprise publishing software solution that supports the entire enterprise publishing process from creation through delivery.

The key to turning around mid-sized companies lagging performance lies in changing how they think about the design itself, incorporating the potential for future use from the start.

The demands on manufacturing businesses are more challenging than ever before. The key to making more money is to harness product development activities. Many companies have been able to boost their bottom line by examining and improving their own Product Development practices. This feature article explores 6 product development drivers and the supporting 4 business initiatives that can unlock value for the company.

The key to reducing production scrap is to digitally define all product information. With advances in design and manufacturing integration, full digital product representation is easier than ever. This feature article take an in-depth look at 4 steps to reducing production scrap.

This white paper describes how you can connect PLM to ERP and other Enterprise Systems with Windchill ESI

The key to building better products faster is to adopt best-practice strategies around planning ahead by creating categories and indexes to build up a library and then putting search tools in place to automate information retrieval. This feature article takes an in-depth look at today's best practice strategies for design reuse.

Download the white paper and learn how you can improve your ECAD-MCAD collaboration.

This independent white paper, developed by TechniCom and Tech-Clarity, explores 10 steps that every SMB should follow when selecting software solutions.

The move from 2D to 3D offers a wide range of benefits to organizations of any size. Expected benefits from the migration are reduced design cycles and process optimization as well as improved product quality, only to name a few. No wonder, more and more SMB companies are planning their transition. But there are best practices and recommendations that SMBs should follow to ensure optimum benefits from the move to 3D...

PTC recently identified five major issues that design engineers face, and in our latest feature article we offer insight into how 3D CAD software resolves these issues, so you can spend more time doing what you do best and like most: designing great products.

Leading Manufacturer of Printing Machines Uses Windchill®, Pro/ENGINEER® and ProductView™ to Simplify Designs, Speed Manufacturing, and Boost Global Collaboration

By Using Windchill® to Collaborate and Store Data Centrally, Global Developers Create Standardized Product Platforms that Can Be Adapted to Regional Needs

How Best-Practice Technology is Enabling Partners, Customers and Distributed Global Teams to Work Together. White Paper with IBM

How Best-Practice Technology is Enabling Partners, Customers and Distributed Global Teams to Work Together. White Paper with IBM

Aerospace & Defense - Secure Capabilities for Extended Collaboration

The benefits of distributed product development also present challenges to securely manage and protect intellectual property. This in-depth White Paper examines the risks associated with inadequate processes and technologies to support secure collaboration. Approaches on how to remedy these gaps with an automated process infrastructure which covers ITAR and sensitive data are presented.

This white paper discusses the use of Integrated Digital Environments (IDE) in the Aerospace and Defense industry. It provides a brief history of IDE, why the U.S. Department of Defense is mandating that new weapon systems programs include an IDE, and the fundamental capabilities and benefits of an IDE. This paper will identify key characteristics of effective IDEs, the technoligies that can be used to create and manage them and how PTC solutions deliver successful IDEs for all types of weapon systems programs.

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Recording of MBT live webcast

In this sixty-minute presentation, PTC's Director of MCAD Product Management, John Buchowski, will discuss how Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0's integrated solutions and advanced functionality ensures improved design reuse, resulting in reduced design cycle times and accelerated time-to-market. In a special PTC customer feature segment, we will hear from Pat Hodgins, Chief Engineer of Callaway Cars, as he shares how Pro/ENGINEER's capabilities have enabled him to achieve rapid design and development cycles, ensuring their competitive advantage in the design, development, and manufacture of high-performance vehicles, systems, and components.

Download this whitepaper to learn about a new approach to global BOM development that can help electronics and high tech companies overcome the challenges inherent in designing and configuring products with multiple options to meet the requirements of various market segments.

This white paper discusses how engineering organizations can consistently achieve engineering excellence by standardizing on the the right tool for the engineer -- moving beyond the spreadsheet to a solution expressly designed to better create and document calculations.

Translation - A white paper

Today's highly compressed cycles mean manufacturing errors or product-development inefficiencies can become greatly magnified. Join this informative presentation to learn how successful companies are implementing new product development initiatives to significantly reduce production scrap and design rework, and their associated costs. In this webinar, you will learn: • Change Management: Coordinating engineering and manufacturing, ensuring all parties have access to the most up to date information. • Production Machining: Ensuring designs checked for manufacturability, that cycles are verified for accuracy and optimized for tool usage. • Product Validation: Ensuring products are fit for purpose and are optimized for material use.

Mathcad -- Driving Engineering Excellence, Aerospace & Defense

Whitepaper created by Chad Hawkinson that focuses on the benefits of having your Software engineers collaborate with Mechanical and Electrical during the design process

This article by Dr. Abe Riazi, senior staff electronic design scientist with Broadcom Corp. in Irvine, CA, demonstrates how you can use Mathcad to solve a wide range of SI problems.

This webinar will introduce registrants to best practices in modular design. Also explained is the concept of modular product architecture — what it is, how it applies to different industrial products, and how it reduces re-engineering, shortens testing time, and speeds time-to-market.

This Aberdeen Report explains the use of simulation to reduce the costs associated with product testing and analysis, and how leading manufacturers have been finding new ways to leverage digital prototyping. Download this free report now by filling in the below information.

This paper is designed to provide an overview of the S1000D specification and a review of key considerations to achieve compliance as part of an enterprise's product development environment.

White paper created by Manufacturing Business Technologies that outlines the results of their 2007 survey of high-tech companies and our PLM solution

This paper presents a better process for creating and delivering service information and outlines the key capabilities required for successfully implementing a dynamic service information delivery solution.

The world leader in implantable hearing solutions replaces paper-based processes with state-of-the-art PLM solution.

Recording of IW live webcast

This white paper provides direction on processes and technology platforms that Medical Device manufacturers should consider in order to meet this new paradigm.

Form to capture details of PTC/IBM Rational Configuration Management White Paper

In this complimentary white paper, you will learn how implementing a Product Development System (PDS) can help you achieve integral CSM processes.

This free guide from Aberdeen shows you how world-class manufacturing organizations have transformed engineering change management from an inefficient, time-consuming, unstructured process into an automated system that delivers a clear competitive advantage. Based primarily on survey results from Industrial manufacturers, this free guide is avaible as an instant download.

Managing change has been a source of inefficiency and irritation for small/medium manufacturers for years. Efficiency is improving, but the top small/medium manufacturers know that process is the next step to improving speed to market. This free guide from Aberdeen shows you how to make product data management and product lifecycle management work for your business and drive profitablity. This free guide is instantly downloadable today.

Getting the Most Out of Product Lifecycle Management in Retail, Footwear and Apparel.

In-depth overview of key business considerations affecting a product lifecycle management solution for the retail, footwear and apparel industries.

With the release of Pro/INTRALINK 9.0 and Windchill PDMLink 9.0, PTC continues to deliver a single, scalable data management solution that enables customers to leverage today’s powerful Windchill architecture. Today, Pro/INTRALINK 3.x customers have an opportunity to take advantage of many powerful new capabilities that each of these applications has to offer. In this paper, PTC discusses the process of moving from Pro/INTRALINK 3.x to either Pro/INTRALINK 9.0 or Windchill PDMLink 9.0. You’ll learn about the methodologies, tools and services available to facilitate the process, and the factors one should consider when making plans to migrate.

With the release of Pro/INTRALINK 9.0 and Windchill PDMLink 9.0, PTC continues to deliver a single, scalable data management solution that enables customers to leverage today’s powerful Windchill architecture. Today, Pro/INTRALINK 3.x customers have an opportunity to take advantage of many powerful new capabilities that each of these applications has to offer. In this paper, PTC discusses the process of moving from Pro/INTRALINK 3.x to either Pro/INTRALINK 9.0 or Windchill PDMLink 9.0. You’ll learn about the methodologies, tools and services available to facilitate the process, and the factors one should consider when making plans to migrate.

The following paper will discuss how you can improve the quality of your publications and why a product development system that incorporates publishing in your product development processes is essential to solving your information quality problems.

An In-depth Look at the Processes, Tools and Services for a Smooth Migration

This whitepaper provides an in-depth look into this integrated PLM/QMS framework and shows how organizations can take a proactive approach to their product development while at the same time enabling transparent compliance with quality system and regulatory requirements.

Small and medium size companies face the same product development challenges as larger enterprises, yet they have starkly fewer resources to address them. SMBs with PLM report strong return on investment, including an 18.5% improvement in product profit margins.

For those companies who are used to a 2D CAD process and actually are looking to upgrade to a 3D CAD product- What are the top10 reasons why they should pick Explicit Modeling. Asset is written for Users/ Designers and describes their point of view in this decision process.

Read this extensive ECAD-MCAD Collaboration feature article entitled, "Reengineer Your ECAD-MCAD Design Process."

This white paper discusses how engineering organizations can consistently achieve engineering excellence by standardizing on the right tool for engineers -- moving beyond the spreadsheet to a solution expressly designed to better create and document calculations.

This paper is designed to help CEOs, CFOs, and senior Engineering executives understand how and where to leverage Global Product Development as a means to gain a dramatic increase in productivity within their product development operation.

This white paper discusses the challenges electronics & high tech companies face today in product design/development, and the importance of documenting/protecting/re-using engineering calculations.

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Traditionally, CAD software providers have directed their customers to choose a high-performance CAD system to meet their design needs. And while choosing the right CAD solution is certainly a critical decision, leaders in the CAD software industry now recognize that companies actually have a far more basic question to answer first. The fact is, there are two mainstream, accepted approaches to 3D design within the manufacturing industry: parametric and explicit. Each approach is different and each offers its own benefits and applications. The trick is determining which approach is right for your company.

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White paper positioning explict modeling as a valid alternative to those that may be struggling with other CAD technologies today.

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PLM Ecosystem Best Practices Study by Aberdeen Group

This paper discusses explicit modeling, an alternative approach to 3D design that offers a more palatable solution for those still working in 2D. For companies where one-off or highly customized product designs are common, explicit modeling provides less disruption to existing processes as well as a profi table, lasting addition to the business.

This paper discusses explicit modeling, an alternative approach to 3D design that offers a more palatable solution for those still working in 2D. For companies where one-off or highly customized product designs are common, explicit modeling provides less disruption to existing processes as well as a profi table, lasting addition to the business.

Whitepaper that focuses on the incorporation of software into the product development process

This article by Dr. Abe Riazi, senior staff electronic design scientist with Broadcom Corp. in Irvine, CA, demonstrates how you can use Mathcad to solve a wide range of SI problems.

Distributed Computing with Pro/ENGINEER. Distributed Pro/BATCH White Paper. Leverage your hardware and software resources to perform batch jobs over the network

Why the Value of Intellectual Property Skyrockets When It’s Embedded – Electronically – into the Product Model’s Digital File

This paper presents a better process for creating and delivering service information and outlines the key capabilities required for successfully implementing a dynamic service information delivery solution. This solution leverages customer, product, and service data contained within various systems throughout your company and delivers the knowledge you need to maximize the performance of your technicians and customer support professionals.

In this complimentary white paper, you will learn how implementing a Product Development System (PDS) can help you transcend traditional CSM processes

Protect Your Critical Design Intellectual Property (IP) Persistently and Dynamically

Now, more than ever, organizations need to effectively communicate global product information if they are to operate successfully on the world stage. Traditionally, though, organizations have faced a fragmented landscape of technology solutions that are bolted together, but don’t work together. Organizations have had to integrate these technologies themselves and cope with the resulting overhead.

This is a quick overview of the best of Aberdeen's research in CAD embedded simulation in the product development process.

DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) may be the most compelling innovation in technical publishing since the invention of XML. It promises to help companies deliver technical documentation that significantly improves their ability to meet their customers’ needs for information that is accurate, up-to-date, relevant and easy to use, while also reducing the cost of creating and delivering that information.

This white paper provides direction on processes and technology platforms that Medical Device manufacturers should consider in order to meet this new paradigm.

This complimentary white paper from the Aberdeen Group and PTC shows you how the best small and medium size manufacturers hit their revenue and product development targets over and over again.

An in-depth look at the benefits and process of moving from Windchill Foundation and PDM 6.2.6 or earlier to Windchill PDMLink 9.0

Comparing Windchill Foundation & PDM 6.2.6 and Windchill PDMLink 9.0

The field of technical illustration is vast, and now comprises a multitude of techniques and principles. Describing all of these techniques in detail would be a never-ending project. Yet, for today’s illustrators searching for insightful information on topics such as illustrations versus drawings, the current situation is paradoxical: technical illustration is a huge topic, yet there are few books and publications available, as many of the ‘classics’ have gone out of print.

This white paper describes how you can ‘hardwire’ compliance into your product development processes with a validated system that automatically captures required records for regulatory purposes. In addition, you’ll learn how such a system improves performance of several critical business processes including regulatory compliance, quality systems management, detailed design, change management and requirements management. Lastly, you’ll get an overview of PTC’s Product Development System, which helps leading medical device manufacturers to automate compliance and gain a competitive advantage.

Aberdeen Group research report on product development for small and medium-size manufacturers

To be competitive, electronics manufacturers, first and foremost, must get to market first – without sacrificing product reliability and performance.

In today’s global economy, companies need to build great products even faster, more reliability, and less expensively than ever before in order to keep up with or ahead of the competition. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a primary means for engaging suppliers, partners, and customers in multiple geographic locations to improve product development processes in order to achieve these goals. Leading PLM and collaboration solutions such as PTC Windchill help companies streamline processes, fuel innovation, and ultimately, to deliver superior products.

While the emergence of 3D modeling tools occurred two decades ago, some vendors estimate that roughly 85% of the current CAD user base still primarily employs 2D drafting.

Learn how the new capabilities of IDEs improve Aerospace and Defense program performance.