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  • Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 - open representation tool, new reference viewer, unrelated model replace function, modeling updates, more, Al Dean, MCAD Online, Mar 25, 2008

  • Author Shares His Wildfire 3.0 Expertise - "Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0" book by Louis Gary Lamit makes you learn very systematically with proper guidance, Thomson Learning, Pro/E Community, November 8, 2006 (requires free registration)

  • Top-Ten List of Enhancements in Wild Fire 3.0 - lesser pop-ups, simplified commands, ASME Y14.41 set datum tags, and more, Louis Gary Lamit, Pro/E Community, November 8, 2006 (requires free registration)

  • PTC Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3 - enhanced part-modeling environment, new sheet-metal capabilities, AssemblySense feature, more, earns a B plus, Jeffrey Rowe, Cadalyst, September 1, 2006

  • Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 Out - support for Windows XP 64-bit systems, Fast Sketcher and Smart process productivity features, receives readers' choice award for July, Desktop Engineering, June 2006

  • Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 - with updated patterning and Warp tools, new Swept Blend operation, Quick Print, and nested interfaces features, Wildfire 3 provides much more productive environment, Al Dean, Desktop Engineering, May 2006

  • Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 - sketch palette, updated 3D modeling tools, new Smart Assembly tools, Assembly modeling feature, a worthy upgrade for current Pro/E users is also worth consideration by 2D users, Al Dean, MCAD Online, April 25, 2006

  • Wildfire 3.0 - The Road Test... (Feels More Like 2.1) - Wildfire 3.0 has faster sketching, drafting, and assembly tools, Edwin Muirhead, CAD Admin & Pro/E Help, April 21, 2006

  • PTC Wildfire 3.0 Coming Attractions - new features include improved annotations for 3D drawings, including the ability to set datums on surfaces and define "up" for annotations, Karen Field, Design News, February 7, 2006

  • Latest and Greatest Pro/E Debuts - Pro/E Wildfire 3.0 will let users sketch standard shapes 55% faster than in previous versions, Machine Design, September 2005

  • A First Look at Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0, Pre-Production - a look at an early version reveals subtle changes in part mode, a dashboard interface in assembly mode and numerous small enhancements in drawing mode, Peter Spindloe, The Design Knowledge Base, June 5, 2005

  • MCAD Modeling Methods - Software Strategy: High-End Design Applications - CATIA, Pro/Engineer and NX offers an overall PLM solution encompassing digital design, data management, collaboration and manufacturing process, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Manufacturing, April 1, 2005

  • Solid Edge V16 vs. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - compares the Sketcher environments, such functions as Save, Freesketch, Mirror, Convert to Curve, Cut/Paste, and different types of Dimensioning, Abhinav Rai, Solid Edge Community, January 18, 2005 (requires free registration)

  • Just Between Us Kernels - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0's direct translation function provides a major boon to collaborative engineering, Jim Buchanan, PTC Express, November 2004

  • Release-to-Manufacturing Without the Back-and-Forth - Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration is an add-on module to Windchill PDMLink that links ERP and PLM systems by connecting Windchill PDMLink information to the rest of the enterprise, John Fatteross, PTC Express, October 2004

  • Wildfire 2.0: Red-Hot or Smoldering? - Pro/E's latest version includes some nice new enhancements, but doesn’t address all of the shortcomings of the initial release, Joe Greco, Desktop Engineering, August 2004

  • CAD For The Budget-Conscious - advice on how to get the most CAD for your money, including a comparison of the mid-range programs Alibre Design Professional, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, Solid Edge and SolidWorks, Paul E. Teague, Design News, September 13, 2004

  • 3D Data at Work - a survey of point-manipulation software: Verisurf, BuildIT!, ICEM Surf, RapidForm, CopyCAD, Paraform, Studio (Raindrop Geomagic), Rhino, RevWorks and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Pamela Waterman, Desktop Engineering, August 2004

  • PTC Pro/Engineer Wildfire - an updated user interface makes Pro/E Wildfire 2.0's powerful capabilities more accessible, Jeffrey Rowe, Cadalyst, August 16, 2004

  • PTC Announces Wildfire 2 - the latest release brings further Wildfire-style user controls, supports the ASME standard for 3D annotations, improves the ability to employ other CAD formats in Pro/E assemblies and adds new modeling and diagnostic capabilities, CADCAMNet, April 19, 2004

  • Touring the Top Ten New Features in PTC's Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - what's new in Pro/E Wildfire 2.0, Michael Campbell, Pro/E Community, March 23, 2004 (may require free registration)

  • Thinking Wildfire? Wildfire 2.0 Makes You Think Again - among the new capabilities of Wildfire 2.0 is its ability to create rotational patterns using the new Axial option, Abhinav Rai, Pro/E Community, March 23, 2004 (requires free registration)

  • Warp Factor 2.0 - a look at some of the new enhancements to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0's Warp tool and how it compares with similar tools found in competing products such as SolidWorks, Joe Greco, MCAD Tech News #116, March 4, 2004

  • Technologies Of The Year - Tool For Teamwork - Wildfire, a new release of Pro/ENGINEER CAD software, offers revolutionary collaboration capability, Tim Stevens, IndustryWeek.com, December 2003

  • A CAD Modeler for Toolmakers - Pro/ENGINEER offers tool designers a variety of useful solutions, Machine Design, December 11, 2003

  • Technologies Of The Year - Tool For Teamwork - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire's collaboration tools mark the first-ever use of peer-to-peer technology in the field of CAD software to connect design sessions of multiple users, Tim Stevens, Industry Week, December 2003

  • Pro/E Versus SolidWorks - a CAD expert who uses both programs explains why Pro/E works better for industrial design projects, CADCAMNet, October 28, 2003

  • Wildfire Ignites - this excellent update offers a more attractive and streamlined interface and a major new modeling functionality called Warp, which allows users to scale, deform, stretch, bend and twist any selected shape, Joe Greco, Design News, September 8, 2003 (may require free registration)

  • Battle of the Bands: A 3D CAD Software Shootout - a shootout in Chicago pits SolidWorks vs. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and Alias vs. Rhino, Design-Engine.com, August 2003

  • CAD Vendors Offer Gateways to PLM - a look at the  built-in collaborative capabilities of Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge and Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Louise Elliott, DE Online, June 2003

  • Improvements All Around Makes Good Modeler Better - Pro/Engineer Wildfire, the latest version of the high-end 3D solid-modeling system, assists with design, analysis, and manufacturing. In a nutshell, the improvements include a great user interface, the ability to import lots of data formats, and modeling flexibility unavailable anywhere else. Dennis Stephen, Machine Design, August 7, 2003

  • More Than Just Mechanical Design? - compares Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, and Pro/Engineer for the purpose of industrial design, Joe Greco, Desktop Engineering, August, 2003

  • Pro/Engineer Wildfire: Part II - the latest release offers major enhancements to part modeling and assembly modeling functions, including the new Warp command that allows you to manipulate a group of entities using a simple 3D marquis, Al Dean, CADserver, July 29, 2003

  • Wildfire to Catch On - among the more than 400 enhancements in the new Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire is a dashboard tool that dramatically accelerates design by giving instant access to users' most common design tools, M. Madhavan, TechCentral, July 23, 2003

  • Wildfire - PTC's Pro/E update offers an improved interface and enhanced manufacturing and rendering capabilities, all built around a new browser to improve collaboration, CAD User, April 2003

  • It Will Spread like Wildfire - the latest version of PTC's Pro/ENGINEER is nothing short of a "a radical change for the CAD industry," Bart Brejcha, Design-Engine.com, June 23, 2003

  • Modeling Goes Heads Up - Pro/Engineer Wildfire combines advanced techniques with an ease of use normally associated with mid-range products, Charles Clarke, e4engineering, May 1, 2003

  • Modeling an Impeller - SolidWorks tip on how to generate a shape from curve data files, Kevin R. Krebs, SOLID Digital Digest, April 16, 2003 

  • Hands-on Pro/Engineer Wildfire: The New User Interface - a look at what's new in Pro/E, CADCAMNet, March 20, 2003

  • What About This Wildfire Thing? - a short review and commentary on PTC's upcoming release of Pro/ENGINEER, Eldon Goates, Synthesis Engineering, August 2002
  • PTC Lights Fire Under Pro/E - with its new Pro/E Wildfire application, PTC makes solid modeling more user-friendly, Benjamin B. Ames, Design News, August 5, 2002
  • PTC Lights Fire Under Pro/E - with its new Pro/E Wildfire application, PTC makes solid modeling more user-friendly, Benjamin B. Ames, Design News, August 5, 2002
  • Pro/E: The Benchmark 2002 -  update of 9th annual workstation review shows TriStar excels over Dell, IBM and Compaq, Brian D. Havens, Pro/E magazine, June, 2002

  • Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - revamped interface, low price tag of $4,995, places PTC in a highly competitive position, TechniCom eWeekly, June 30, 2002

  • Pro/ENGINEER 2001 - Beyond the Parametrics to Interactive Surfacing - powerful, capable MCAD program but ease of use falls between SolidWorks (easier) and CATIA (harder), Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Vision, Nov 2001 (pdf)

  • Polished Surfaces - Free form surface add-on for Pro/E is increasingly user friendly and intuitive, Charles Clarke, July 2001

  • Pro/ENGINEER Reviewed - CAD-Portal is impressed, June 2001

  • Pro/ENGINEER 2001 - PTC tries very hard to make a true Windows interface, Joe Greco, DE online, May 2001

  • The Stanley Kubrick Version - a no-holds barred review of Pro/E 2001 from Computer Aided Design Report, March 2001

 
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