Past EventsUK Mechanica User Group Meeting, July 2008This took place at the Technology Innovation Centre, Birmingham City University, on 9th July, 2008. It was considered to be a great success, with 95% of attandees voting it 'Good' or 'Excellent'. We would like to thank all those who contributed and the attendees for making it a successful day. Details of the presentations are now available. They can be downloaded from the Mechanica User Group page on the Elite Consulting web site, http://www.elite-consulting.com/mech_user_group.htm Agenda 09:30 Registration/Coffee 10:00 Welcome to TIC (Tim Burden - TIC) 10:10 Welcome to Revived Mechanica User Group (R. Ellender - Elite Consulting) 10:20 Presentation -What’s New in Pro/Mechanica Wildfire 4 (A. Deighton - PTC)
11:05 Coffee Break 11:20 Case Study/Demo – Mechanica Non-Linear Analysis (R. Giles - Polaris Ind./Elite Consulting) 11.50 Case Study/Demo – Mechanica Contact with Friction (R. Giles - Polaris Ind./Elite Consulting) 12:20 Case Study/Demo – Mechanica Thermal with Thermal Resistance (R. Ellender - Elite Consulting) 12:35 Lunch 13:30 Paper from NAFEMS Conference – Robust Design using Mechanica and CETol (R. Ellender & R. Giles - Elite Consulting) 14:00 Reminder – What Was In Wildfire 3.0 (Inertia Relief, Weighted Links, Pro/E Materials) (R. Ellender - Elite Consulting) 14.30 Hints & Tips (Open Forum) 15:00 Coffee Break 15.15 What’s Coming in Pro/Mechanica Wildfire 5.0 (A. Deighton - PTC) 15.30 Question & Answer Session (Open Forum) 16:00 Summary & Close Other Past EventsOver the next few months we will try to retrieve some of the information from past events Mechanica is a Registered Trademark of Parametric Technology Corporation | 
