Calling START-UPs – Looking for an excellent Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software, but worry about investment cost?

PTC, through their partner PLM Central have the solution – PTC Creo Creators Program. This program equips innovators with everything they need to design and manufacture products, turning all product ideas into reality – at 50% off for all startups. Find out more in our webinar, where our customer Carnot will share their experience with the program, and our partner PTC will delve into the program details.

The Creators Program will turn even the most ambitious ideas into reality faster than anyone else.

Syed Hussain will explain how the PTC Creators Program is designed to support early-stage companies on their journey to success. Start-ups get access to a wide selection of product design technologies, effective learning methods, and professional user support – all at a fraction of the commercial market price. Do not just take it from us find out yourself from Nadiur Rahman who has successfully utilised the program for his start up.

Hear what Carnot had to say: “We are really pleased to have selected PTC platforms for our Digital Product Development and our Product Life Data Management. The vastly experienced team at PLM Central have supported us in implementing, integrating and transitioning us to the PTC platforms which will form the critical backbone of our product development and data management infrastructure. PLM Central have stood by us in our battle against climate change and their Creators Program is a huge support for cleantech start-ups, providing them with the tools and capability to bring green solutions to the world.

If you want to read more see our dedicated page here.

For those who missed out on this webinar a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Creo 8 is now available!

PTC have announced the release of PTC Creo 8 which is full of user-focused productivity enhancements and new capabilities for companies committed to innovation.

Do not worry! As with every Creo release, you can expect dozens of improvements to core design capabilities that make it easier for you to get things done.

• Usability and productivity improvements to core functions you will use every day
• Improvements to detailing and MBD (Model-Based Definition) to enhance quality and communication of design intent
• And improvements to simulation, generative design, and CAM to help take your design process to the next level

Best of all, you can see it all in just a few minutes. In fact, there’s no faster way to catch up with what’s new in Creo software. Watch our webinar to see the new enhancements in action.

If you want to read more see our dedicated page here.

For those who missed out on this webinar a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

And you, what is your experience with PTC CREO 8, share your thoughts with us on our Social Media !

Discouver Now the New CREO 9!

Glen Whittington,  Edale Design Office Manager, said

“Speaking to PLM Central was a breath of fresh air. They quickly and efficiently identified cost-effective gains and brought back efficiency to my whole team. We have signed a long-term deal with them, so they can guide us through our new ‘Digital Transformations Vision 2025’ initiative over a three-staged period.”

Niketh Shetty, PLM  Central’s Director also had a few great words to say,

“After speaking to Glen, listening to all his fears and doubts regarding PTC products, I delved deep into both the needs of the company and the capabilities/functionalities of our amazing PTC products. Glen Passion for Creating innovative products inspired us to showcase the amazing solution these PTC products offer.”

Harness the power of AI and deliver your best designs in less time thanks to this webinar about AI Driven Generative Design!

Introduced by:- Kolawole Agoro, an Applications Engineer at PLM Central
Speaker:- Muhsin Ali, a Senior Applications Engineer also at PLM Central.

Are you looking to create optimal CAD model designs from a set of requirements you specify, produce high-quality designs at a lower cost and ready-to-manufacture products? Then look no further.

Generative Design allows you to:
• Rapidly explore innovative designs
• Cut costs
• Improve quality
• Reduce time-to-market
• Faster exploration
• More in-depth examination of different combinations of materials and manufacturing processes

For those who missed out on this webinar about AI Driven Generative Design a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Another month in lockdown has past, but we are filled with positivity as the vaccination rollout is suppressing the virus infection in the UK. This will be great for businesses as well as our mental well-being as we look forward to things opening up in Easter and beyond.

This month, we have reached the end of the financial year and end of the quarter. I’m really proud to announce that this has been an excellent quarter for PLM Central as we’ve obtained more than 160% of our quarterly sales target for PTC.

We have to thank all our customers who have trusted in our products, support & services.

Just to highlight a few of them, we confirmed a large Digital Transformation order from a UK based “Flexographic printing machine maker”, who will be taking advantage of our support services, as well as our products (more information to be announced soon!). They will be fully utilising our Engineering & Manufacturing solutions, which you can learn more about in the like provided. And a first for PLMc – A major design house recently purchased our Creo Ansys Driven Simulation (CSL) software.

In terms of activities, our premier Engineering Calculation software PTC MathCad has had an upgrade to PTC MathCad Prime 7.0 . To celebrate, we hosted an excellent webinar exploring all the new features, which received fantastic feedback and engagement. Watch the full webinar here.

We’re looking forward to April with hope and anticipation for business to resume back to normality.

We would like to wish all our customers a lovely and Happy Easter!

PTC have announced Mathcad Prime 7.0 to replace all versions of Mathcad which precede. So no more Mathcad 15 or Prime 6.0!

The industry-leading engineering mathematics programme Mathcad Prime enables you to share your engineering calculations and solve the most challenging situations. With new features, improved usability, and more than a dozen improvements to the new symbolic engine, Mathcad Prime 7 makes this process simpler.

PTC has announced the end-of-sale and support for PTC Mathcad 15.0 and PTC Mathcad Prime 1.0 – PTC Mathcad Prime 6.0 effective December 31, 2021.

This webinar will cover everything you need to know to move from Mathcad to Prime. Included are the new features and benefits which come with this all new version.

For those who missed out on this webinar about “Mathcad Prime 7 Released!” a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

After a tough year of lockdown, which was no doubt challenging for all businesses, there is finally a roadmap out of the Pandemic and back to a sense of normal. As with most businesses, PLM Central will be returning to the office in phase’s, aligned to the new government guideline. It is our priority to ensure all our clients are well looked after and we are ready and geared up to serve your every interest. Working remotely or in the office, we are always here to support you!

2021 has started of positively for PLM Central, after signing up a few really exciting clients.  We’re extremely happy to have acquired a long term commitment from Edale Ltd. They were looking for better service and more tailored relationships, and PLMc’ customer success strategy was a key driver for Edale aligning with us. We are very proud of what we offer to our customer and with our personal support, Edale‘s investment in technology will be justified.

In other news, MathCad primes 7.0 is planned to be out on the 9th of March with exciting new features. PTC have announced plans to retire MathCad 15 and any other prior versions, making MathCad 7.0 the a must have. We have a specially dedicated our March Webinar toward this important crossover. Sign up here to find out what’s new.

We are also developing some amazing AR capabilities we will have some update for our customer in the coming weeks and months. PLM Central are on a roll and have some exciting things coming up!

I’ve never considered myself a huge science buff. Whilst I do work in Digital Marketing, an ever-evolving technology industry, I never questioned how the platform were built or how the technology spoke to each other. Then, six months ago I was invited to an interview at PLM Central, a Digital Transformation company, who upskill organisations with transformative software that changes how the day to day operation of businesses work. 

As a creative person, diving into a variety of different projects and industries has always been exciting for me. Initially, I was completely overwhelmed by the technological advancements offered by PLM Central, but I was equally fascinated. 

I may not be a ‘Women in tech’ in the traditional sense of the term, but over the last 6 months, I’ve loved learning about how Computer-Aided Design or Augmented Reality can drastically change how industries function.  Appling my marketing skills to boosting the awareness of these complex, yet life-altering, software’s, has been an absolute joy, and women everywhere need to jump in.

Being the only women in the team is strangely something I expected but desperately want to see evolve.  This world of tech is fascinating and ever-growing.  Whilst massive progress has been made in removing the gender gap and stigma, I want to encourage more change, in all areas of science and tech. I’m not a scientist, but have found my place, and this international women’s day, I encourage women everywhere to do the same. 

PLM Central have recently been selected the ADS’s Aerospace 4.0’s Steering Group, with representatives from member companies serving all sized organisation including academia and members from the Catapult organisations. 

The steering group see their mission as educating, facilitating and fostering the adoption of these digital technologies in the UK Aerospace Sector. It isn’t only about the technology, it’s about the successful adoption and deployment of digital technologies to create value for all the stakeholders in our particular industry…from the end consumer of the service/product all the way through the value chain to raw material producers. To be effective in tackling this issue, we will need to collaborate, share knowledge across the industry and encourage the development of business cases to support the industrial-strength deployment of Industry4.0 technologies that will create a competitive advantage for UK aerospace.

This will be done through regular events at a local, regional and national level which will be proactive and encourage adoption and deployment, whilst also influencing UK Government policy and strategy. We have big ambitions…but it’s an important time for all of us in UK manufacturing, particularly in the aerospace sector.

Check out the original article about ADS’s Aerospace 4.0 and find our much more

We teamed up with our partner company PTC and The Hertfordshire Chamber of commerce to bring you the latest on remote support technology, a trend which has become ever important in the face of Covid19. Some of the benefits of remote support technology include… 

• The fact it allows companies to comply efficiently with social distance regulations 
• It reduces the impact on the environment
• Helps to cut company costs 
• Benefits the general health of staff 
• Increases productivity by reducing travel time   

For those who missed out on this webinar a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

Revolutionise product design by removing the barriers between Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE). Powered by ANSYS, PTC have integrated best in class design and simulation capabilities into one product: Creo 7.0!

Watch our informational webinar, which will highlight the capabilities and demonstrate the ease of use, speed, and interactive nature of Creo Simulation Live and how it can benefit businesses.

If you have any queries regarding Creo or Simulation Live, kindly contact one of our team members:

Moll Holmes, Digital Transformation Consultant
molly.h@plmcentral.co.uk

Muhsin Ali, Applications Engineer
muhsin.a@plmcentral.co.uk

Our team showcases the inspirational digital transformation journey of a large manufacturing company, starting with sales enquiries all the way through manufacturing and warranty. We used technologies like CAD/PLM, IIOT, and AR to achieve this transformation.

A webinar hosted by PLM Central Ltd details the new enhancements that can be found in PTC Windchill 12.0 and how these can benefit your enterprise.

Watch the video to gain more insight about what’s new in Windchill 12.0 and feel free to contact us for any further inquiries.

The coronavirus crisis of 2020 is changing the way we work, perhaps forever. Travel bans, lockdowns, and social distancing policies disrupted business around the world, forcing companies to find new ways to work. The trend toward a more distributed, mobile, and agile workforce was already unmistakable, but the crisis has dramatically accelerated this shift for workers who can thrive in the virtual world. But perhaps the bigger news coming out of the crisis is that the larger front-line workforce operating in the physical world participated for the first time in digital transformation in a meaningful way.

This webinar will explain how AR can greatly benefit and support the practice of social distancing in industry.

For those who missed out on this webinar about “AR in the Face of Covid” , a video has been made, if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

For those who missed out on the interactive webinar, hosted by PLM Central Ltd, which demonstrated PTC Creo’s capabilities to produce variants of a product efficiently.

Watch the video to gain more insight and feel free to contact us for any further inquiries.

Providing State of the Art Sofware to Help Your True Digital Transformation

PLM Central Ltd are delighted to feature in the latest issues of:
• C&W in Business
• Business Matters WCNW
• Southwark Business Today
• Thinking Business
• Business Connexions
• Borough Business
• Inspire
• Masthead
• Well Connected
• Economic Focus

These magazines are issued to all members of the Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce & more.

We are delighted to get the exposure in the regions and look forward to creating relationships with other businesses for a prosperous future.

Generative Design

Creo 7.0 will revolutionize Generative Design. Create the best possible designs based on engineering and manufacturing requirements.

Real-Time Simulation

New Computational Fluid Dynamics capabilities and product enhancements take Creo Simulation Live to the next level.

Multibody Design

Powerful new workflows will empower generative design, real-time simulation, additive manufacturing and core product design!

Today, PTC is announcing the retirement of Pro/INTRALINK and the 11.2.1.0 version, released in December of 2019, will be the product’s final release. Pro/INTRALINK will continue to be supported through the planned end-of-support dates for the 11.2.1.0 release, currently scheduled for Q2 2021. During this support period, PTC will continue to provide software updates per the 11.2.1.0 patch schedule and Creo compatibility updates.

To transition customers from Pro/INTRALINK, PTC is offering an exchange of existing Pro/INTRALINK licenses to Windchill licenses (providing Creo data management and visualisation support). Unlike Pro/INTRALINK’s concurrent licensing, Windchill licensing is based on a registered user. To address this difference, PTC will offer customers a 1:3 Pro/INTRALINK license to Windchill license exchange for each Pro/INTRALINK multi-site license and a 1:1 Pro/INTRALINK to Windchill exchange of Pro/INTRALINK single-site license for Windchill.

These new licenses deliver additional value at no added cost and include access to change management, project management and execution, project collaboration, desktop integration and licensing rights to integrate with non-PTC systems. The transition to Windchill packaging also provides the ability to extend the value of your engineering data. For example, grant engineering data access to non-expert users for procurement with Thingworx Navigate. Or grow your solution beyond traditional PDM to PLM with such capabilities as BOM management, classification, supplier management, and manufacturing process planning.

For additional information about this transition, Contact a PLM Central sales representative.