ONLINE Training and Workshops

PROSTEP offers FREE webinars and affordable online training events and workshops. These events cover everything from general overviews of topics like integration and migration best practices, to deep dive technical training on topics like visual mapping / OMG PLM Services and STEP. Below is our current listing of upcoming events. We also have on demand offerings, so if you don't see the topic you are looking for, please just contact us.

PDM - Expert Series Webinars & Workshops

PROSTEP has combined its most popular webinars into groups of related topics and created an "Expert Series" with a focus on a deeper level of coverage for each topic. Each Expert Series is built around a central theme and consist of 3 short Webinars, and an online Workshop.

 

Each Webinar session is about 45 minutes long, and broadcast online at the times indicated below. The webinars are designed to introduce the attendee to the topics and provide a generalized education from beginner to intermediate.

 

Each Workshop is designed with a more personal and interactive approach. Through the workshop, the attendee is presented with in-depth use cases, and has the opportunity to work on situations unique to them and their company. The goal of the workshop is to help the attendees form a customized approach to their special situation. Because of this hands on approach, the workshop sizes are limited, and early registration is strongly suggested.

 

Please see the links below to view more information about each specific Expert Series. Attendance is not required for each session. The webinars and workshops are designed to be stand alone, as well as building upon prior concepts. However, attending all of the webinars prior to the workshop will provide a greater foundation for the concepts presented in the workshop.

 

Expert Series Schedule Webinars

PDM MIGRATION - EXPERT SERIES (September 16 Webinar and September 23, 2010 Workshop) 

ENTERPRISE DATA MODEL DESIGN - EXPERT SERIES (November 16 Webinar and November 18, 2010 Workshop)

 

 

PDM MIGRATION - EXPERT SERIES (September 16 Webinar and September 23 Workshop)

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The PDM Migration Expert Series is designed to give the attendee a comprehensive overview of the advantages of various types of migration strategies (Big Bang, Incremental, Hybrid, and Federation).  Through real life customer examples and the introduction of standards based technologies, the attendee will gain a firm understanding about the big picture of PDM Migrations.

 

The Optional Workshop expands upon the topics introduced in the webinars, and provides for a more in-depth and interactive experience.  The Workshop attendee will be able to bring their unique issues and obtain personalized recommendations.  Templates, case studies, and white papers are also provided.

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September 16 (1pm EST) PART 1 Ready Set Migrate - Options for Substituting PDM Infrastructures

September 16 (2pm EST) PART 2 When to Flip the Switch - Effective Big Bang Migrations

September 16 (3pm EST) PART 3 Incremental Migrations vs. Integration Solutions

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September 23 (1pm – 3:30pm EST / NY Time)  WORKSHOP & EXPERT SERIES WRAP-UP
Seven Key Steps in planning for your PDM Migration project

 

 

 

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PDM MIGRATION - EXPERT SERIES (March 18 Webinar and March 24 Workshop) - Additional Details

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Changing customer demands and frequent enhancements to applications from various system vendors create complicated choices for the engineering consumer. Should one stay with their current design infrastructure? Can one afford to upgrade? Is the thought of a large migration project daunting?

 

Expenses arising out of these decisions are often not license related, but caused by the process of moving all Engineering data to the new infrastructure without loosing content and context.

 

This Webinar Addresses:

- What data need to be migrated? (Meta data, properties, relationships and documents) - How does data volume challenge the existing infrastructure? - What migration options exist? (Weekend migration versus incremental approaches) - What are the Pros and Cons for different migration options? - PROSTEP customer examples.

A common option for migrating from one PDM system to another is the so-called Big-Bang Migration (Weekend migration, bulk export and reload). This strategy intends to replicate all data in the target system over a short amount of time (e.g. just a weekend), thus enabling the immediate shut-down of the source system. This is an attractive option, however in reality, it also faces some challenges that must be carefully considered for optimized success.

 

This Webinar Addresses:

- How to plan a Big-bang-migration? - Specification, data model selection and mapping - Hardware considerations reflecting requirements for metadata and structure transfer - Addressing document handling and document translation (e.g. IDEAS to CATIA ) - Challenges and Risks for implementing this option - PROSTEP customer examples.

 

In many cases "weekend migrations" are not feasible.  This may be due to the pure volume of data, the number of employees working with the system, or because of quality reasons that don’t allow for replicating the data without quality checking and mapping.

 

In such cases Incremental Migrations are an attractive alternative option. Incremental migrations keep both infrastructures (source and target) alive until all data are 100% replicated and all users are trained and moved to the target system

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This Webinar Addresses:

- Concept and architecture of incremental migration solutions - Differences between incremental migration and integration platforms - How to synchronize once replicated data ( metadata, structure and documents / files) - Separates migration architectures from engineering integration solutions - PROSTEP customer examples

 

 

 

The Optional Workshop expands upon the topics introduced in the webinars, and provides for a more in-depth and interactive experience.  The Workshop attendee will be able to bring their unique issues and obtain personalized recommendations.  Templates, case studies, and white papers are also provided.

 

This Workshop Addresses:

1. The Importance of thoroughly specifying scope, requirements and processes for the project 2. Identifying volume and quality of engineering data that need to be migrated 3. Defining an Enterprise data model that covers the scope of the migration project 4. Mapping Source Data Model to Enterprise Data model to Target Data Model. 5. Identifying hardware requirements based on data volume and process requirements ... (e.g. with CAD translation or not) 6. Testing to fail - Best Practices and Horror Stories 7. Executing for success

 

 

 

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ENTERPRISE DATA MODEL DESIGN - EXPERT SERIES (November Webinar 16 & November 18 Workshop)

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The Enterprise Data Model Design Expert Series is designed to give the attendee a broad overview of concepts that can greatly assist in the development of a corporate Enterprise Data Model for managing engineering data. It is tempting to want to start from scratch with a completely customized model, however existing standards can provide the organization a vast head start.

 

Through real life customer examples and the introduction of standards based technologies the attendee should gain a firm understanding of approaches helpful in creating and refining an Enterprise Data Model.

 

The Optional Workshop expands upon the topics introduced in the webinars, and provides for a more in-depth and interactive experience.  The Workshop attendee will be able to bring their unique issues and obtain personalized recommendations.  Templates, case studies, and white papers are also provided.

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November 16 (1pm EST) PART 1 Standards demystified - Learn the jargon the comes with standards.

November 16 (2pm EST) PART 2 ISO STEP Deep Dive - Take a closer look at Core Data Models

November 16 (3pm EST) PART 3 OMG PLM Services Deep Dive - Web Services based Data Models

 

November 18 (1pm – 3:30pm EST/ NY Time)  WORKSHOP & EXPERT SERIES WRAP-UP
Framework for planning an effective Enterprise Data Model

 

 

 

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ENTERPRISE DATA MODEL DESIGN - EXPERT SERIES (Nov. 16 Webinar & Nov. 18 Workshop) - Details

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Engineering data can be characterized by its richness of information.

The CAD system defines the geometry (e.g. simple geometry definitions, B-Splines, and volume model data)

PDM / PLM infrastructures contribute metadata, properties, product structure, configuration, effectivity and positioning.

Requirements data is managed in a Requirements Management system.

Crash data is collected with the CAE infrastructure.

 

With all these sources of related information any company is tempted to create their specific data model from scratch, reflecting its unique processes. However, it makes much more sense to take a look in already existing international standards and see what can be found to use as a starting point.  

 

This Webinar Addresses:

- ISO (10303) STEP, General Overview - ISO STEP AP214: comprehensive data models for reflecting mechanical Engineering - ISO STEP AP239 (PLCS): lifecycle management with pre-defined models - Short introduction to industrial standards like PLM XML, 3D XML and others - OMG PLM Services: XML data and Web Services for implementing SOA-compliant Engineering integration platforms

 

ISO STEP application protocols are a reach source for predefined Engineering data models, covering fields like mechanic, electric and electronics, CAE-analysis and test, mechatronic and others. However, it might look challenging to navigate through such a data model without any training.

The Webinar intends to transfer necessary prerequisites to its participants that enable them to use the standards for their specific business.

 

This Webinar Addresses:

- STEP: How the standard is structured - STEP AP214: introduction to available documentation - Managing PDM Metadata, properties and classifications in STEP AP214 - Structure data in STEP AP214: document structure (eBOM) and positioning, product structures and configurations, manufacturing BOM - Data representation: choosing between a STEP physical file or XML - Introduction of engineering integration and collaboration projects implemented based on ISO STEP, using Automotive and Aerospace examples

 

While all types of XML implementations can be found in a wide variety of industries, most of end users are still apprehensive about executing a standard-based implementation on their own.

 

A standard based integration concept adds much more value to ones business than a proprietary point-to-point implementation, by transferring not only XML strings, but also adding semantics for metadata, properties and structures.

 

This Webinar shows that a standard based implementation can be based on XML technology. Using the OMG standard OMG PLM Services one can have the best of both worlds (a comprehensive XML schema derived from STEP AP214 as well as Web Services for creating and updating engineering data on-the-fly).

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This Webinar Addresses:

- The OMG (Object Management Group) standard OMG PLM Services - How to define metadata and properties in XML - The definition of an Engineering BOM by using OMG's XML definitions - How to analyze an existing XML file containing an Automotive eBOM - Integration and collaboration projects that are using the OMG standard

 

 

 

 

The Webinar Series "PDM Enterprise Data Model Design - Expert Series" created for all participants a base understanding of what an international standard can add to your enterprise data model project.

 

The Workshop additionally is targeting all those who are ready to start with their data model project. Participants will learn how to access standard body documentation, how to use them and how to select appropriate standard portions for their real life project.

 

This Workshop Addresses:

- Choosing the right standard from which to begin (mechanics, electrics and lifecycle-related requirements) - How to incorporate company specific requirements - Definition of a standard based XML Schema, test and deployment - Web Services Demonstration - How a standard based SOA-compliant Web Services implementation can access your PDM/PLM System - Demonstration of two System integration projects, e.g. PDM LINK 2 Teamcenter Engineering, and ENOVIA Matrix 2 SAP ERP

 

 

 

 

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* Attendance is not required for each session. The webinars and workshops are designed to be stand alone, as well as building upon prior concepts. However, attending all of the webinars prior to the workshop will provide a greater foundation for the concepts presented in the workshop.

 

Space is limited in the Free Webinars and Paid Workshops so please register early.

 

 

Look for PROSTEP at these key industry events

 

 

PROSTEP INC is pleased to be sponsoring and/or exhibiting at the following events.

COE (Catia Users Group) - COE 2010 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair April 18-21, 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada

The nation's premier event designed by and for Dassault Systèmes PLM solutions users

 

PTC/USER World Event 2010 - June 6-9 Orlando Florida

 

The premier conference for professionals who use PTC products and services, including Arbortext®, CoCreate®, Mathcad®, Pro/ENGINEER®, ProductView™ and Windchill®.

 

Look for PROSTEP and Partners at other events to be announced soon.