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PTC FIRST Tech Challenge Grants is sponsored by PTC. PTC offers financial grants and free software (Creo, PTC Mathcad, Onshape) to select FIRST Tech Challenge teams.

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Unlock Your Team’s Full Potential PTC’s Product Development Software will enable collaboration, increase efficiency, and enhance accuracy during your team’s Robot Design Process. Save time and your team’s budget by designing, assembling, and testing your robot in Creo before building it.

Register for your free copy of Creo PTC’s Engineering Calculation and Documentation software Perform and document your team’s critical engineering calculations in Mathcad’s live document environment. Create reusable worksheets for important engineering calculations.

Download a Free Trial and Request a Free Permanent License PTC’s Product Lifecycle Management software Securely manage and share Creo, Mathcad, and Office documents online using Windchill’s program management and data vault capabilities. Never again ask, “Does anyone have that file on their hard drive? ” Register your Team for a Windchill project (Team Mentors Only) Mathcad Prime Student Edition Go to www.

ptc. com/go/primeforfirst and download the Mathcad Prime Trial Download (640 MB). You will need to setup a (or use your existing) PTC.

com account. Extract the files from the MathcadPrime. zip file and perform the installation using the Quick Steps to Installing the Mathcad Prime Free Trial on the download page.

Get started using Mathcad Prime – your free trial will last for 30 days and provides you with a Professional Edition of Mathcad Prime. To acquire a free permanent license for Mathcad Prime, email [email protected] to request a Product Code that will enable you to activate a permanent license. Please make sure to do this promptly so that you can activate your permanent license within 30 days.

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You do not need to download or install Mathcad Prime a second time). Installation or Licensing Problems: For assistance with downloading or installing the Mathcad Prime free trial use the resources on the Mathcad Free Trial download page For assistance with activating your free license using the Product Code email [email protected] .

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Minimum Software Requirements for Creo Supported on certified 32-bit and 64-bit and Windows platforms Windows XP (Base OS Service Pack 1, 2, and 3): Windows XP Professional Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (Base OS Service Pack 2) Windows 7 (Base OS, Service Pack 1) : Windows 7 Professional Edition Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition Windows 7 Enterprise Edition Windows 7 Enterprise x64 Edition The following specifications are the minimum requirements to successfully run this edition.

Main Memory : 2 GB or higher Available Disk Space : 2. 0GB Swap Space : - 1 GB or higher CPU Speed : - 1 GHz (2. 4GHz recommended) Graphics : OpenGL supported card* Browser : Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

0, 8. 0, 7. 0, 6.

0 SP1; Mozilla based browser Network : Microsoft TCP/IP, Ethernet network adapter Monitor : 1024 X 768 or higher resolution with 24-bit or higher color Mouse : Microsoft approved 3 button mouse Distribution Media : Downloadable installation executable or DVD *Understanding the user demographic for all edition, it is required that the edition be able to run without OpenGL.

This is primarily due to the fact that users might be using this edition on home desktop machines and the available graphics cards may not support OpenGL. In order to address this issue in the event that users graphics card does not support OpenGL, PTC will include Software OpenGL technology into the installation. This will be controlled by a new config.

pro option called use_software_opengl=yes. When activated, Creo Elements/Pro will utilize the software OpenGL and ignore the standard graphics config. pro option.

For additional information on platform support details, please review the official Creo 2. 0 Platform Support Matrix Download the FTC and FRC Kit of Parts Download the FTC and FRC CAD Models PTC offers a wide variety of training options to help FIRST teams understand the value of the Engineering Process and how using PTC software can help you with your overall team and robot design.

Hands-on-Workshop Curriculum Robotalk register for weekly webinars PTC provides opportunities for scholarships to the University of Minnesota and the University of Massachusetts Amherst Engineering programs 2011 University of MN application 2011 University of MA application 2012 applications coming soon!

2012 PTC/University of Massachusetts Amherst Scholarship 2012 PTC/University of Minnesota Scholarship 2013-2014 PTC/University of Massachusetts Amherst Scholarship 2013-2014 PTC/University of Minnesota Scholarship PTC would like to recognize those FTC and FRC teams that use PTC software, and who are also in need of funding. We do this through sponsorship of team grants.

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