CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
15 February 2011
Company News
Catalog Data Solutions Provides Online Catalog and PTC Creo Elements/Pro Models for 2011 FIRST® Robotics High School Teams
Catalog Data Solutions Inc. (CDS) announced the availability of online CAD libraries of PTC® Creo™ Elements/Pro™ (formerly called Pro/ENGINEER®) models for the FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) 2010-2011 high school programs: FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) and FIRST ® Tech Challenge (FTC®) . Creo Elements/Pro is PTC’s 3D parametric CAD/CAM/CAE software. PTC has modeled the FRC and FTC’s Kit of Parts and, with CDS, made it available to the competing teams through an online CDS catalog for drag and drop download directly into Creo Elements/Pro.
FIRST strives to engage students in grades K-12 in exciting and innovative programs designed around the use of robotics to develop science and technology skills and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology and engineering. PTC is a sponsor and the highest level supplier - Crown level - of the FIRST Robotics Competition. PTC is also the CAD and Collaboration sponsor for FTC. In addition to Creo Elements/Pro, all participating teams have the opportunity to use Windchill®, PTC’s PLM software for team collaboration, Mathcad® for creating and sharing engineering calculations, and Creo Elements/View™ (formerly called Productview®) for visual collaboration.
“The annual FIRST competition encourages both practical collaboration and product design skill development in designers of the future. It has also proven to be an inspiring experience for all the students, coaches, mentors, volunteers and sponsors,” said John Major, CEO of Catalog Data Solutions. “At CDS we’re delighted to continue our support of PTC’s sponsorship by enabling the online CAD model libraries are for the use of all competing teams with our CDS Catalog and CDS ModelServer technology.”
According to Robin Saitz, PTC senior vice president and executive sponsor for PTC’s partnership with FIRST, "FIRST teams have six weeks to design, build and ship their robots to regional competitions. The only way to make this deadline is with strong teamwork, an efficient build process, and access to the FRC and FTC Kit-of-Parts CAD Libraries through CDS. Using Creo Elements/Pro, FIRST students and mentors can quickly begin to design a robot rather than spending valuable time modeling its standard components. It’s an exciting time for these teams, and we are proud to offer this capability with CDS to FIRST teams worldwide.”
To learn more about FIRST, go to http://www.usfirst.org.
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