Viewing Heterogeneous CAD Data with Windchill ProductView - how to visualize and collaborate with CAD models authored in a variety of CAD packages with  Windchill, PTC Express, April 20, 2005

Creating a Twisted Helical Sweep - begin by defining the trajectory that the helix will follow, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, March 31, 2005

Pro/ENGINEER: Faster than a Speeding Bullet? - cut out on the waiting game. Three ways to speed up your work, Jim Buchanan, PTCExpress, March 9, 2005

Assembly Features: Strategies for Optimizing Memory Use and Performance - Pro/ENGINEER tips, PTC Express, February 2005

Using the Search Tool in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - how to search through a part or assembly for a specific feature or component, PTC Express, February 2005

Take Back the Old Functionality - Pro/Engineer tip, Synthesis Engineering Services, February 2005

The Laser Scanning and Point Cloud Data Roundup - explores some of the ways laser scanning is being put to use in the CAD realm, and how you can work with laser scan data within your copy of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Alexandra Pratt, Pro/E Community, January 27, 2005 (requires free registration)

Using External Sketches in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, January 12, 2005 (requires free registration)

Changing the Order of "Save a Copy" File Types - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using the config option "preferred_save_as_type," Greg Kemner, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005

How to Update the Drawing System Parameter "&todays_date" Before Printing- offers a method for semi-automating the &todays_date functionality in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 to reflect the date of the host computer prior to printing, Ceferino Sanchez, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005

Easy Axis Justification - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Steve Register, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005

Top 5 Secrets About Pro/ENGINEER Machining - Pro/E productivity tips, Jim Buchanan, PTC Express, January 2005

Creating Pro/ENGINEER Geometry with User Defined Features - explains a fast, flexible and accurate way to reproduce Pro/E geometry, Ronald Grabau, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005

Transferring Loads From Mechanism Dynamics into Mechanica - Pro/E productivity tips, PTC Express, January 2005

Another Take on Decals - how to enhance the realism of Pro/ENGINEER models, Jason Baggett, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005

Creating Mapkeys in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - how to suppress the last feature when using Mapkeys repeatedly in the same model, PTC Express, January 2005 

Effective Large-Scale Distribution of Wildfire and Other Large Tools - advice on efficiently upgrading software on a large scale, Israel Pabon, Profiles Magazine, Winter 2005 

Patterns to Follow a Curve - Pro/Engineer tip, Synthesis Engineering Services, January 2005

View Clipping with Cross Sections - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Synthesis Engineering Services, December 2004

2004 Education and Training Roundup - provides Pro/ENGINEER user training resources and information on PTC's menu of training solutions, ConnectPress and contributors, Pro/E Community, November 2004 (requires free registration)

Working With "On the Fly" Representations in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - tips on creating Simplified Reps, Display Styles and Explode States on the fly using an object/action technique, PTC Express, November 2004

Using Pro/ENGINEER Design Conferencing with Lotus Notes - Pro/E tips, PTC Express, November 2004

Creating STL Files - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Synthesis Engineering Services, November 2004

Finding File Origins in the Trail File - Pro/E creates a Trail File with each session that can help locate files, Synthesis Engineering Services, October, 2004

Loading Assemblies Using wt.load.LoadFromFile in Windchill PDMLink - Pro/E tips, PTC Express, October 2004

Running Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 Disconnected From the Network Linked to a Pro/INTRALINK Workspace - Pro/E tips, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, October 14, 2004 (requires free registration)

Top-Down Design - A Method for Pro/ENGINEER User - provides a summary of Pro/E's top-down design toolset plus guidelines for planning and implementing a TDD approach, Jason Clark, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2004

Working With Decals - Pro/E tips on shortcuts for making decals easier to use and of better display quality, John Randazzo, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2004

Creating a Straight Instance of a Bent Tube - Pro/E tips, Dan Moran, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2004

Customize the Pro/ENGINEER Environment with Hot Key Embedded Mapkeys & Drop-down Menus - Pro/E tutorial, D.N. Reddy, MCAD Central, October 2004

Opening Multiple Models Simultaneously- Pro/ENGINEER tip, John Scranton, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2004

Automating Pro/INTRALINK with UI Scripts - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Mattt Meadow, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2004

Creating Sheet Metal Walls - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores Sheet Metal Wall creation and bend reliefs, FroTime, October 6, 2004

Maximising the Wildfire Window on Startup - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Edwin Muirhead, Pro/E Community, September 29, 2004 (requires free registration)

Working with Drawing Tables in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - Pro/E tutorial on how to use drawing tables to accelerate and automate your 2D documentation, PTC.com, September 23, 2004

Drive Geometry with 2D Graphs - Pro/E tutorial explores a variable section sweep and the use of trajpar to use a graph to set sketcher dimensions, PTC.com, September 23, 2004

Faster Identical Patterns with Surface - Pro/E tutorial demonstrates how the use of surface copies and solidify features can speed up regeneration on large feature count identical patterns, PTC.com, September 23, 2004

Using Auto Ordinate Dimensions in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/ENGINEER tips on how to create ordinate dimensions automatically on views in Drawing Mode, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, September 16, 2004 (requires free registration)

Working with Intralink Scripts - tutorial on scripting in Intralink, which is similar to mapkeys in Pro/E or macros in other programs, CADmin.co.uk, September 15, 2004

How to Create a BOM Table in Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tip, CADmin.co.uk, September 15, 2004

Family Table Verification - Pro/ENGINEER tip, CADmin.co.uk, September 15, 2004

Cross Release Interoperability - streaming Pro/ENGINEER tip, PTC Express, September 2004

Learning to Use Your Pro/INTRALINK Briefcase - Pro/ENGINEER tip, PTC Express, September 2004

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: A Troubleshooting Trick for Sketcher - how to discover missing or poorly assigned Sketcher Constraints, Synthesis Engineering Systems, September 2004

Creating Annotation Features in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, September 1, 2004 (requires free registration)

License Simplification with Pro/E 2001 - Pro/E tips, Eric Horn, Pro/E Community, August 18, 2004 (requires free registration)

Complex Assemblies Made Simple by Design - Pro/ENGINEER tips on adopting a top-down method to centralize information so that teams can work concurrently on individual tasks, Lou Murphy, Pro/E Community, August 4, 2004 (requires free registration)

Sheetmetal Flat Walls in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/ENGINEER tips for quickly creating flat and flange walls, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, August 4, 2004 (requires free registration)

Apply Pro/Web.Link Customizations to Pro/ENGINEER - Pro/E tips, PTC Express, July 2004

Dropping the Pro/ENGINEER File Extension from Objects Created in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire While Working in Windchill PDMLink 7.0 - Pro/E tips, PTC Express, July 2004

Using the Associative Topology Bus to Achieve Backward Compatibility Between Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and Pro/ENGINEER 2001 - Pro/E tips, PTC Express, July 2004

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: A Quick Validation of Assembly Mass Properties Calculations - Pro/E tip, Synthesis Engineering Systems, August 2004

Creating Your Own Custom Text Font - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial, Randy Hull, Pro/E Community, July 28, 2004 (requires free registration)

Revision Control in INTRALINK - how to keep model or drawing revisions up to date in the title block, Glen Reid, Pro/E Community, July 21, 2004 (requires free registration)

Adding Hot Key Embedded Mapkeys and Drop-down Menus - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores how to customize your user-interface by adding your own hot key embedded mapkeys and drop-down menus, D.N. Reddy, Pro/E Central, July 2004

View a Drawing Without Having a Model in Session - Pro/E tip to save time when you need to open, view and/or print a drawing, R. Swamynathan, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

Using Pro/ENGINEER's Analysis Feature Effectively - Pro/E tip explains how to use the analysis feature to help you automate your design process, Asim Rashid, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

"Reverse Engineering" Your Pro/ENGINEER Models for Top-Down Design - demonstrates how to add top-down design features to enhance legacy Pro/ENGINEER models, Jason Clark, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

Creating a Parametric Note Block - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Kenneth S. Johnson, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

Using Relations to Assign Different Materials and Mass Properties for Family Table Instances - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Dwaraka Nadha Reddy, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004 

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Setting a Material Parameter to Read from a Material File - Pro/E tip, Synthesis Engineering Systems, July 2004 

Controlling View Sizes in Drawings Automatically - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Sandeep Vashisht, Pro/E Community, July 7, 2004 (requires free registration) 

Updating a Simplified Drawing in Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tip explains how to convert an "old-style" simplified drawing (with suppressed features) into a Wildfire-compatible drawing using family tables, Edwin Muirhead, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

Driving a Table-Driven Pattern Through Relations - Pro/ENGINEER tip explores using table-driven patterns to create, duplicate and place features, Dwaraka Nadha Reddy, Profiles Magazine, Summer 2004

There's a BOM in Your Briefs! - Using Your Pro/INTRALINK Briefcase - how to use the Briefcase function for parts, assemblies and drawings you constantly access, PTC Customer Newsletter, May 31, 2004 (pdf)

Transferring Loads From Mechanism Dynamics into Mechanica - how to  transfer loads gathered in Mechanism Dynamics and pass them over to Mechanica Structure and run an analysis, PTC Customer Newsletter, May 31, 2004 (pdf)

How to Create a BOM Table in Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial, Edwin Muirhead, CADmin.co.uk, June 16, 2004

How Do I Find the Filename of an Item in the Vault? - Pro/INTRALINK tutorial, Edwin Muirhead, CADmin.co.uk, June 16, 2004

New Pro/SHEETMETAL Functionality Using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - tutorial explores the new Pro/SHETMETAL command options and directional patterning, Louis Gary Lamit, CADdigest.com, June 14, 2004

Using the Warp Feature in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/E tips on using the Sculpt and Spine tools, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, June 14, 2004 (requires free registration)

Using Directional Patterning in Wildfire 2.0 - Pro/E tutorial covers some of the patterning enhancements in the latest version, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, June 14, 2004 (requires free registration)

Creating a Multi-configuration BOM Report Table - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial shows how to create additional columns in a table to reflect multiple configurations, PTC Express, June 2004

Performing a Preference-based Search in Windchill PDMLink - Pro/E tutorial, Jim Sweeney, PTC Express, June 2004

2D Models in MECHANICA - video tip, John Buchowski, PTC Express, June 2004

Surface Replacement Using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - tutorial covers new dashboard command options for surface replacement, Louis Gary Lamit, CADdigest.com, May 28, 2004

Direct Modeling with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 - tutorial explores two new and efficient capabilities, using what PTC calls direct modeling, Louis Gary Lamit, CADdigest.com, May 25, 2004

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: A Simple Trick to Make the Required Dimension - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Synthesis Engineering Systems, May 2004

Machining of Runners Using Trajectory Milling - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial demonstrates how to machine a runner using the trajectory milling NC sequence, Asim Rashid, Pro/E Central, April 21, 2004

Creating Loops Easily Using Pro/PIPING in Pro/E Wildfire - how to create a coil loop in Pro/PIPING, including specifying sizes and numbers of coils, Florin Neamtu, Pro/E Community, April 14, 2004 (may require free registration)

Assembly Weight in the Drawing - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explains how to calculate the weight of individual components, the combined weight of components assembled more than once and the weight of the assembly as a whole, in order to insert it as a note in the drawing, D.N. Reddy, Pro/E Central, April 2004

Changing Workspaces in INTRALINK - Pro/ENGINEER tips on changing workspaces in INTRALINK without shutting down and restarting a linked session of Wildfire, Glenn Reid, Pro/E Community, April 6, 2004 (may require free registration)

Creating a New Profile for the EFX Library - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Customer PTC E-Newsletter, March 31, 2004 (pdf)

How to Drop the Pro/ENGINEER File Extension from PDMLink Objects Created with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Customer PTC E-Newsletter, March 31, 2004 (pdf)

3D Data Exchange Tips - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Customer PTC E-Newsletter, February 29, 2004 (pdf)

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Dimensioning Schemes for Saved Sketcher Sections - Synthesis Engineering Systems, April 2004

Rounds: The Continuing Single Round - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire tutorial explains various methods for selecting edges and start and stop points to create rounds, Steve Burke, Pro/E Community, March 30, 2004 (may require free registration)

Flexible Components - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire tutorial explores the functionality that allows you to change a solid object into a flexible object that can exist in different states inside an assembly, Stan Balish, Pro/E Community, March 18, 2004 (may require free registration)

Using the Twist Warp Option - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explains how to use the Twist option of the Warp tool, using the example of a bottle, Deepak Maini, Pro/E Community, March 18, 2004 (may require free registration)

Variation Behavioral Modeling: Key to Virtual Manufacturing - virtual designs based on virtual manufacturing process definitions, minimize the risk of errors by reducing the need for physical prototypes, Timothy V. Bogard, Pro/E Community, March 18, 2004 (may require free registration)

Best Practice for Machining of Corners - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explains how to avoid deflection and vibration when machining corners, Asim Rashid, Pro/E Central, March 2004

"Reverse Engineering" Your Pro/ENGINEER Models for Top-Down Design - how to add top-down design (TDD) features to enhance legacy Pro/E models, Jason Clark, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2004

Step-by-Step Wildfire Installation - tips to ensure a successful install of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Mark Fischer, Pro/Clues Digest, March 9, 2004 

Creating a Parametric Note Block - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using parameters residing in your part file to generate drawing notes, Kenneth S. Johnson, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2004

Using Relations to Assign Different Materials and Mass Properties for Family Table Instances - Pro/E tips explain how to access parameters from one of the many material files defined in the generic model to drive family table instances, Dwaraka Nadha Reddy, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2004

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Using Layers for Dimensions - tips on how to reduce the clutter of dimensions on the screen, Synthesis Engineering Systems, March 2004

Red GUI? - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Brian Wottle, Pro/E Digital Digest, February 19, 2004

Pro/TOOLKIT: Learning to Walk - tutorial explores Pro/E geometry objects, Vojin Jovanovic, February 12, 2004

Extrusions with Open Sketches in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Steven J. Frey, Pro/Clues Digest, February 10, 2004

Dragging Sketched Entities - It's All in the Dimensions! - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Kim Cheatham, Pro/Clues Digest, February 10, 2004

How To Run Analyses Serially In A Non-Interactive Mode Using the "Batch" Command in Pro/MECHANICA - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Nikesh Gnanasekaran, Pro/Clues Digest, February 10, 2004

Design Here, Manufacture There - tips on using Windchill ProjectLink for smooth collaborations when manufacturing is outsourced to third-party companies, John Fatteross, PTC Express, February 2004

Your Product Development Process: Patchwork or Productive? - advice on streamlining the product design process, John Fatteross, PTC Express, February 2004

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: When Ref Patterns Get Confused - Pro/E tips, Synthesis Engineering Systems, February 2004

Creating Raised Text in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - a step-by-step tutorial, Asim Rashid, Pro/E Central, January, 2004

Cross-Release Interoperability in Pro/ENGINEER - streaming tips for Pro/E users, PTC Express, January 2004

Hospital Superstructure Snaps Together with EFX - Pro/E's Expert Framework Extension is a module that saves money by modifying the information flow to identify errors in the drawings before they are sent out for bid, and by providing a truly rapid prototyping tool, Sarah Griffith, PTC Express, January 2004

Basic Lighting in Pro/ENGINEER - how to set up lights for a rendering in Pro/E, Bill Taylor, PTC Express, January 2004

Creating Annotations in Windchill PDMLink - how to create annotations for documents, drawings, images and models, Jim Sweeney, PTC Express, January 2004

Better Structural Simulation of Welded Assemblies - Pro/ENGINEER tip, David M. Reid, Pro/Clues Digest, December 9, 2003

Loading and Constraining Models in Static Equilibrium - Pro/ENGINEER tip, John Buchowski, Pro/Clues Digest, December 9, 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Making a Pro/Intralink Workspace Mobile - how to move your Pro/Intralink workspace to another computer, Natarajan Murali, Synthesis Engineering Systems, January 2004

Rediscovering "Good Modeling Practices" - tips on using modeling techniques that enhance the usability and robustness of the model, Synthesis Engineering Systems, December 2003

Relation-Driven Family Tables - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using family tables to create multiple versions of similar parts, Kenneth S. Johnson, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2003

Better Structural Simulation of Welded Assemblies - Pro/E tips, David M. Reid, Pro/Clues Digest, December 9, 2003

Loading and Constraining Models in Static Equilibrium - Pro/E tips, John Buchowski, Pro/Clues Digest, December 9, 2003

Managing Workspaces in Pro/INTRALINK 3.0/3.1 - how to transfer a Pro/INTRALINK workspace created in one system to another, Natarajan K. Murali, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2003

Solving 2D Electrostatic Problems Using the Thermal Module of Pro/MECHANICA -  Pro/MECHANICA tips, Johannes Tredoux, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2003

Work Smarter, Not Harder - Pro/ENGINEER techniques to help you be more productive when modeling high feature-count models, Ron Grabau, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2003

Linking Model Notes and Parameters to Display Family Table Instance Information - Pro/E tip on combining model parameters and dimensions into a single note that will then be displayed in parts as well as drawing tables, Jim Wehner, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2003

Creating a Wire Whisk - Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire tutorial, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central, November 2003

Using Envelopes to Simplify Large Assemblies - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial shows how to reduce memory usage by using envelopes for simplified representations of parts and subassemblies, Lino Tozzi, PTC Express, November 2003

Managing Non-Pro/ENGINEER CAD Data in Windchill PDMLink - learn how Windchill CAD workgroup managers extend Windchill’s data management capabilities into a wide range of MCAD and ECAD design tools, Chad Hawkinson, PTC Express, November 2003

Using Microsoft Excel to Sort Global Interference Check Information from Pro/ENGINEER - Pro/E video tips, PTC Express, November 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Formatting with Drawing Text - tips on working with Text Style functions, Synthesis Engineering Systems, November 2003

Creating Complex Shapes with VarSecSweep and Relations - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial illustrates how to use the Variable Section Sweep option to create complex shapes, S.K. Nawaz, Pro/E Central, October 2003

Pro/ENGINEER Tips 2 - another large collection of Pro/E productivity and trouble-shooting tips, Pro/ENGINEER User Resource Site, October 20, 2003

Pro/ENGINEER Tips 1 - a large collection of Pro/E productivity and trouble-shooting tips, Pro/ENGINEER User Resource Site, October 20, 2003

Adding a Recursive Purge as a "Right-Click" Option in Windows - Pro/ENGINEER tips, EERN, October 20, 2003

How to Use Pro/Batch to Create PDFs in Batch Mode - Pro/ENGINEER tips, EERN, October 20, 2003

Component Interfaces - Pro/E Wildfire tutorial explains how to use component interfaces to define assembly constraints in the part model before assembling the component into the assembly, CADQuest, October 10, 2003 (pdf)

Involute Gears - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explains how to create an involute gear, CADQuest, October 10, 2003 (pdf)

Layouts - Pro/E Wildfire tutorial explores creating layouts, which are like engineering notebooks, containing key design information and rules and allowing you to create parameters that control the model, CADQuest, October 10, 2003 (pdf)

Pro/E Standard Practices - discusses both standard practices and recommended practices for Pro/ENGINEER and PT/Modeler, Chris Andrews, Illustrative Design, September 4, 2003

Pro/E Search Paths for Dependent Reference Files - Pro/E tips on how to tell Pro/E where to find components not in the standard location, Synthesis Engineering Systems, October 2003

Working with Drawing Symbol Groups - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores the Detail mode, which enables you to create symbols that include pre-defined groups of text, lines and more, Ed Muirhead, Pro/E Central, September 2003

Using Family Tables to Create Similar Solid Models - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial illustrates how a generic part can be created by modifying various characteristics of the solid model, PTC, September 17, 2003

Settings for Commonly Used Appearances - provides a set of Appearance settings to be used for Pro/ENGINEER Photorender, PTC, September 17, 2003

Searching the Product Structure and Color Coding the Results - Pro/ENGINEER tips on how to use complex queries to locate items that fulfill specific criteria, and how to color code results when running multiple searches simultaneously, PTC, September 17, 2003

Solving Engineering Problems with BMX - Pro/E Wildfire exercise on getting started with BMX, PTC, September 12, 2003

Creating an Involute Gear - Pro/ENGINEER tips, PTC, September 12, 2003

Creating Image Effects - Pro/ENGINEER tips, PTC, September 12, 2003

Searching Made Easy, with Pro/LOCATE - Pro/ENGINEER tips on how Pro/LOCATE helps find data in the Pro/INTRALINK Commonspace, Rodger Premeau, PTC Express, September 2003

Adding Constraints to Windchill PDMLink Soft Type Objects - simplify your use of Windchill PDMLink's Soft Type mechanism, including adding constraints, Bruce Hulse, PTC Express, September 2003

Using a User-defined Analysis and Behavioral Modeling Extension to Maximize Projected Areas - Pro/ENGINEER streaming video tips, PTC Express, September 2003

Using Swept Wall Features To Create Barrel Shaped Geometry - Pro/ENGINEER tip describes how to create barrel shaped geometry using a swept wall feature, and how to unbend the feature once created, PTC, September 12, 2003

Using Effects to Display Notes in ProductView Animations - Pro/ENGINEER tips on how to add notes to an animation using Effects, PTC, September 12, 2003

How to Use Flexible Components in Wildfire - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using flexible components to allow a model to be presented within the assembly in different states, PTC, September 12, 2003

Reducing the Workload of Pro/E Administration - tips on automating tasks, Edwin Muirhead, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

Need to Get a Head in a Hurry? - exercise offers surfacing tips for beginners, John Driscoll, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

Shedding a Little Light on the Matter - how to change and save a more desirable setting for the default light, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

Creating Sheet Metal Walls - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores the  Pro/SHEETMETAL module and how to create Flat, Extruded, Twisted, Swept and Extended Walls, FroTime, September 8, 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Overcoming the 30 Degree Draft Limitation - Satyanarayana Raju, Synthesis Engineering Systems, September 2003

The Dos and Don'ts of Family Tables and Pro/INTRALINK - tips on using family tables in a Pro/INTRALINK environment, David Graham, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

PDF Creation Using GhostScript, FreeDist and Pro/BATCH - how to convert a Pro/ENGINEER drawing to Portable Document Format (PDF) so that the file can be distributed easily and securely, Anthony Troglio, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

Spinning and Fixing a Component's Placement During Assembly - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Keith Ebling, Profiles Magazine, Fall 2003

Translate from Pro/ENGINEER to CATIA with IronCAD/Inovate - a step-by-step slide show illustrates the import and export capabilities of Inovate, Novedge Newsletter, July 2003

Associative Shrinkwrap Using Envelopes - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores a special kind of part called an envelope, which can be used to represent a pre-determined set of components, PTC, August 25, 2003

Loading and Constraining Models in Static Equilibrium - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial highlights a technique for loading and constraining models that are part of a linkage with no clearly defined constraints to ground, John Buchowski, PTC, August 8, 2003

Modeling Gears in Pro/ENGINEER - offers step-by-step instructions for modeling a gear in Pro/Engineer, Daniel Grattan, The Gear Industry Homepage, August 29, 2003

Feature-Based Interoperability Makes Noise in Pro/ENGINEER World - explores some of the new approaches available that allow engineers to share feature-based Pro/E models with design teams working with other CAD applications, Ken Klapproth, ProfilesMagazine, July 2003

Using Wildcards in Pro/INTRALINK Object Operations - how to use wildcards when finding Pro/ENGINEER objects in Pro/INTRALINK, Keith J. Ebling, ProfilesMagazine, July 2003

Four Tips on Shrinkwrap - Pro/E tips on using the shrinkwrapping functionality, John Randazzo, ProfilesMagazine, July 2003

Solving Engineering Problems with BMX - Pro/E Wildfire tutorial offers help on using the BMX tools, PTC E-Newsletter, July 28, 2003 (pdf)

Speedy Activity Creation - Pro/ENGINEER tips for quickly creating a project plan in the ProjectLink interface if you are not using the Microsoft Project integration, PTC E-Newsletter, July 28, 2003 (pdf)

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Working in Multiple Windows of the Same Pro/E Drawing - Madhusudhana Rao Pinnu, Synthesis Engineering Systems, August 2003

Creating BOM Balloon Symbols - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial shows how to create new user-defined symbols and how to use them as BOM balloons, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central July 2003

Comparing Part Geometry - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using the analysis tool in Pro/E to compare part geometries, Eric Horn, Pro/Clues, July 8, 2003

Pro/TOOLKIT: The First Steps Are the Hardest - tips on how to get started using PTC's tool for enhancing and customizing Pro/ENGINEER, Vojin Jovanović, July 2, 2003

A Case Study: Trail Files - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using trail files, plus a skills test on parts, David Tate, Pro/E: The Magazine, May/June 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Changing Pro/E's Model Window Text Size - Synthesis Engineering Systems, July 2003

Dynamic Balancing of a Rotating Mechanism - tutorial explains how to optimize geometry and eliminate both static and dynamic imbalance by using Pro/E Mechanism Dynamics in conjunction with Behavioral Modeling design studies, Michael Shay, PTC Express, June 2003

Windchill PDMLink Desktop Integration with Microsoft Office - how to save time and simplify engineering-grade document management using Windchill PDMLink’s desktop integration with Microsoft Office, Tom Ladka, PTC Express, June 2003

Pre-defining Simple and Multi-level Cables - Pro/E video tip shows how to increase accuracy and accelerate the design process by pre-defining cables, PTC Express, June 2003

Creating Surfaces with Variable Section Sweeps - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial presents seven examples of surfaces using variable section sweeps, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central, June 2003

Better Structural Simulation of Welded Assemblies - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial shows how to achieve better assemblies in fewer steps, David M. Reid, PTC Express, May 2003

Improved Form Features in Sheetmetal Design - Pro/ENGINEER streaming video explores using UDF to create and place form features more quickly and efficiently, PTC Express, May 2003

Using Windchill PDMLink to Customize Parts - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explains how to add a new attribute to a Part Object, Satish Ponnaluri, PTC Express, May 2003

Pro/TOOLKIT: Setting Up Your Environment in VC++ .NET - the first in a series of tutorials on using Pro/TOOLKIT to enhance Pro/E to customize the standard user interface, automate repetitive steps, apply design rule verification and drawing automation and more, Vojin Jovanović, CADdigest.com, April 30, 2003 (Part 1)

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Sign Changes and other Relations Issues - how to handle certain problems that crop up with the Relations functionality, Synthesis Engineering Systems, May 2003

Launching External Applications from Pro/ENGINEER - Pro/E tutorial shows how to create mapkeys to launch external applications from your Pro/E session, without getting locked out of Pro/E at the same time, Jason Turk, Pro/E Central, April 2003

And Now, Our Feature Presentation - a series of brief video clips demonstrating Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire's new functionalities, Lou Murphy, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Putting the Extras in Drawing Notes - add various control character extras to spruce up your drawing notes, Synthesis Engineering Systems, April 2003

Imported Data with Downstream Applications - Pro/E tutorial explains how to import data, such as geometry, and successfully assimilate it into your design, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003

Using Windchill ProjectLink to Collaborate on Files in Pro/INTRALINK - explores how to collaborate on a design stored in Pro/INTRALINK when you’re working on a Windchill ProjectLink project, using Pro/E, Pro/ENGINEER Express, April 2003

2-D Repeat Regions for Family Tables - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial explores what to do if you must create a repeat region of parts that are members of a family table and you want to show the parameters of these parts in a 2D repeat region, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central, April 2003 (may require free registration)

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Dimensioning Curvature for Continuity - how to dimension curvature at the end of a spline, Paul Delong, Synthesis Engineering Systems, March 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Putting the Extras in Drawing Notes - add various control character extras to spruce up your drawing notes, Synthesis Engineering Systems, April 2003

Basic Design Automation with Pro/PROGRAM - tutorial explores the basic concepts of using Pro/PROGRAM to manipulate and automate a model, Jason Turk, Pro/E Central, April 2003

Get All "Geared Up" with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire - video tips explore the kinematic gear functionality in Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire and how to extend into the real dynamic world with Mechanism Dynamics Option, PTC Express, March 17, 2003

Project Template Functionality in Windchill - video tips illustrate how Project Templates can be used to automate a repeatable procedure, such as a Six Sigma DMAIC process, PTC Express, March 17, 2003

Using Project Templates in Windchill ProjectLink - Pro/E tips show how automating repeatable processes with project templates can increase productivity, PTC Express, March 17, 2003

Put an End to Endless Iterations With Behavioral Modeling - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Dana Coombs, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2003

Getting Rid of Those Pesky Ghost Objects - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial on how to banish virtual files that contain metadata but no physical file, Karen Dougherty, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2003

Import Multiple Versions of Pro/E Data Into Intralink While Maintaining Version History - Pro/ENGINEER tips, Keith J. Ebling,  Profiles Magazine, Spring 2003

How to Cut a Part at a Plane - Pro/ENGINEER tip, Erik Sherwood, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2003

Creating a Constant Cross-Section Twist - Pro/ENGINEER tip, John McDougall, Profiles Magazine, Spring 2003

Schematic-driven Piping Technical Tips - tips on using Pro/E Wildfire schematic-driven piping functionality, which provides the ability to re-use information from a pipeline schematic to create 3D pipeline assemblies, Danae Isakov, Pro/E Express, February 2003

Let's All Work Together - PTC's online collaboration tool,  Pro/COLLABORATE, allows PTC maintenance customers to create shared virtual workspaces to share Pro/E designs and other project information, Mark Clarkson, Pro/E Express, February 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Creating Model Animations That Anyone Can View - tips on showing how a model works by using animations, Synthesis Engineering Systems, February 2003

Pro/ENGINEER Hints - a large collection of Pro/E tips ranging from general issues to advice on views, dimensions, text and printing, University of Minnesota Mechanical Engineering, January 28, 2003

Model Tips - Pro/ENGINEER advice dealing with model tree, calculating weight, patterning and groups and user defined features, Edwin Muirhead, January 28, 2003 Pro/E Central, January 28, 2003 (may require free registration)

Feature Tips - Pro/E tips examine center of gravity, graph-based features and references, Edwin Muirhead, January 28, 2003

Creating Features Based on Graphs or Equations - a Pro/ENGINEER tutorial, Ed Muirhead, Pro/E Central, January, 2003

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: Moving the Scale & Rotate Center Icon - how to use this icon to unconditionally manipulate a sketch, Synthesis Engineering Systems, January 2003

Ask the PLM: What is Design-in-Context? - Pro/ENGINEER advice on how to use design information created by an outside (non Pro/E) source, Asa Trainer, PTC Express, January 2003

Pro/INTRALINK 3.1 Videos - three streaming tutorials for INTRALINK, workgroup management solution for product development using Pro/ENGINEER, KinetiVision, December 24, 2002

Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: "Select to Keep" by Default - how to make the "Select to Keep" button the Drawing Show/Erase default option, Synthesis Engineering Systems, December 2002

Ask the PLM: Routed Systems Designer Technical Tips - Pro/ENGINEER tips on physical splices, datatables and portmaps, Jim Barrett-Smith, PTC Express, December 2002

Pro/ENGINEER Tutorials - a series of five lessons, with step-by-step instructions, from the basic