PTC Academic Program: Professors
Deliver an Academic Advantage for you and your students with six key technologies.
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The PTC Academic Program provides solutions to the main challenges professors face in teaching Computer-Aided Design.
Challenge One - Ease of Use
For years, educators have faced a constant compromise between usability versus capability. Often the learning curve synonymous with early CAD adoption in education is associated with new users having to navigate a complex user interface and breadth of functionality despite only using a small portion of the tool at first.
Challenge Two - Limited Class Time
Educators have limited class time to provide an education, never mind contemplating moving curriculum and demonstration models that have painstakingly created and refined over the years into a new CAD platform.
Challenge Three - Employability
Engineering jobs have changed. The globalization of the design process, increased product complexity and increased regulatory pressures means that an understanding of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the important of collaboration is a necessary skill for graduates. Plus, with graduate recruitment now more competitive than ever, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to find placement in worthwhile, meaningful careers for your students.
The PTC Academic Program solves the three solves challenges with six key technologies, find out more below or contact us to see a personal demonstration.
The PTC Academic Program is committed to solving the three main challenges faced by educators by providing six key technology solutions:
Challenge One - Ease of Use
Interoperability: Eight applications to deliver the right functionality, to the right student, at the right time so you can freely mix-and-match between the superior capabilities of 3D parametric modeling with truly easy-to-use applications such as 3D direct all in one tool.
- See evolutionary concept design with PTC Creo Parametric
- Easily simplify the geometry on part models, perform the analysis and analyze results
Usability: Provide instant access to context sensitive eLearning and instructor content all within a customizable, searchable user interface to access the right tools for your class all with a lightweight graphics mode. Download the free Learning Connector trial to see more.
- Configuring PTC Creo for your specific CAD course
- Compare the user experience of PTC Creo & Pro/ENGINEER
- See how you can utilize the Learning Connector inside of PTC Creo
Design Agility: Dynamic access to make direct edits, while preserving the intelligence of existing models and applying intelligence to dumb models without sacrificing your students’ design intent and imagination.
- Easily select and edit a range of geometry and features and late stage design changes with PTC Creo Flexible Modeling
- Seamlessly switch between modes without losing intelligence or design intent
Challenge Two - Limited Class Time
Course Creation: Choose from over 5,000 hours of online content available through PTC University eLearning Libraries to develop and customize your curriculum.
Assessment Automation: Assess student models automatically in order to deliver grades quicker and easier and provide quality feedback to your students.
Challenge Three - Employability
Career Connection: Connect your students to the most innovative companies using a dedicated career database where students can upload resumes, learn of skills gaps, and find LinkedIn career connections with PTC customers.
- View an introduction to the PTC Global Talent Hub
- Browse the PTC Global Talent Hub and be sure to send the link to your students, talent.ptc.com
PTC Creo University Plus Package
The PTC Academic Program provides the tools to deliver a Modern Product Development Education by providing industry standard design and calculation software used by the world's leading product development companies. In addition to campus wide licensing, a vibrant user community of professors and instructors , free online tutorials and industry recognized training, the University Plus package also includes:
- PTC Creo 2.0 Academic Edition with eight right sized applications for drawing, design, simulation, manufacturing and visualization. See a full list of modules.
- PTC University eLearning Libraries which include 5,000 hours of online content to configure curriculum. Learn more about obtaining Precision LMS in the classroom as part of your curriculum and gaining access for your students.
- Free personal editions of PTC Creo for all students to utilize the software at home. Download the free PTC Creo Student Edition.
- Contact a PTC Academic Program representative to learn more.
Find free tutorials made from users like you in the PTC Learning Exchange.
Download a trial version of PTC Creo 2.0 and enable the PTC Learning Connector to see it in action.
Send your students the link for their free version of PTC Creo: www.ptc.com/go/creoforstudents.
Provide your students with the opportunity to connect to potential career opportunities for free in the PTC Global Talent Hub: talent.ptc.com
Get in touch with the PTC Academic Program by contacting us here.