COE Insta-Poll Results and Next Topic

We want your feedback. Every month we will be asking you a different question on topics concerning your Dassault Systemes software installation, your experiences, or to help us improve COE member benefits. Next month we'll provide the results to our August poll and introduce a new question.

Results of the July poll:
In what location do you reside?

Please be sure to provide your input on our August poll: What age group represents you?

Register Today to Save $100 on COE 2005 Industry Workshops – Automotive and Aerospace

Register by September 13 to attend the COE Your Way 2005 Industry Workshops, for both Automotive and Aerospace and save $100! Conveniently located in industry hotspots, COE 2005 Industry Workshop – Automotive will be at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, Michigan, from October 10-11 and COE 2005 Industry Workshop – Aerospace will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita, Kansas on October 17-18.

Don’t Miss Exceptional Focused Education at the COE Industry Workshops

Featured automotive industry experts will address the following threads:

• Powertrain/Chassis
• Body in White
• Business Processes
• Supplier Integration
• Electrical
• Concept and Design – sessions presented by ICEM and Dassault Systemes

Featured aerospace industry experts will address the following threads:

• Supplier Integration
• Solving Your V4/V5 Challenges
• Product Information Management in a Heterogeneous Environment
• Extending CATIA to Meet the Needs of Your Enterprise
• PLM Implementation Internal Strategies and External Enterprise
• Preparing for Your Deployment of V5

These events are the most comprehensive, industry-related CATIA®, ENOVIA®, DELMIA® and SMARTEAM™ education events available, so be sure to mark your calendars to attend. Be sure to bookmark these pages and visit back often for the latest workshop updates. Register by September 13 and save $100!

Attendees of the COE 2005 Industry Workshop – Automotive will have the opportunity to add an additional two days to their education by attending the DELMIA User Conference. These two days will bring you presentations from high-level executives from companies that are at the top of their industry as well from expert DELMIA user professionals, shared common exhibitors, a joint networking reception, plus so much more. Register by September 13 for both conferences and save up to $125!

Register Today for COE's Member-Only September 13 "Ask the Expert" Teleconference

CATIA V5 System Administration: Performance Information and Tuning
Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
Presented by Bill Duke

The COE Your Way: “Ask the Expert” Teleconference is your way to learn about all the hottest topics in the industry. There is no fee for COE members! This teleconference is just one more year-round benefit of COE membership. These interactive presentations allow for a great learning experience and direct access to a Q&A session with the experts, without ever having to leave your desk; all you need is a telephone! Any program material as well as the 800 number will be provided prior to the teleconference.

As the capabilities of the V5 CATIA code increases, the data files become more complex and larger, yielding heavy performance demands on the operating system. In order to obtain the best performance for CATIA, it is important to understand CATIA's hardware and software requirements, CATIA's threshold limitations in regards to data sizes, and some memory management tuning methods for CATIA on the different operating systems. This session will provide the administrator information for understanding these three areas that effect performance. The presentation will also show some design methodologies for use by the end users which will yield additional performance benefits. Don't miss this session if you are responsible for administering V5 CATIA and your users work on large CATIA data files.

Bill Duke is a member of the IBM PLM Technical Support Team with twenty-four years of experience working on CAD/CAM systems at IBM. He initially worked in Manufacturing Engineer on mechanical designs using CADAM, GDP and CATIA, and has been a part of the support team for the last ten years. Bill is currently the Team Lead of the Administration Support Team and is the System Administrator of the Support Center Laboratory. Bill continues to develop and share expertise in these areas with both authorship and presentations at COE on these topics. Duke earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University.

Click here to register for this teleconference. Registration ends September 8, 2005.

Mark Your Calendar for the COE 2006 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair

The COE 2006 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair will take place March 19-22, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. This conference allows you to join more than a thousand of your industry peers for exclusive training and networking for Dassault Systemes and IBM technology.

Call for Presentations is now live! COE invites users to share ideas and experiences with fellow Dassault Systemes and IBM users. Visit the Call for Presentations page of the COE 2006 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair web site for complete details to submit your presentation for consideration.

Submit your presentation and SAVE! Accepted COE 2006 Annual PLM Conference speakers from user companies will receive $275 off the registration price. This discount will apply to COE members who are in good standing with a maximum of one speaker discount per accepted session. All presentations must be submitted by Friday, October 14th to be considered.

Stay tuned to www.coe.org and the upcoming events page for the latest Annual Conference information including schedules, speaker names, abstracts, and more.