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Update! Video and slides posted here.

Please join us online for our regular meeting:

“Deploying and Maintaining a Large Single-Sourcing Solution: Now What?”

Presented by Todd Nowlan, a large Canadian Telecom

Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010, 9:00-10:30 AM Pacific/US

Location: Online via GoToMeeting. You must Register to receive the GoToMeeting invite.

Cost: Free and open to all who wish to attend.

Registration Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/987710090

Topic

Your organization has gone through the pains of developing business cases and acquiring funds to implement a single-sourcing solution. How do you proceed with choosing and implementing a solution, what are the steps you need to take to deploy the system, what are the critical success factors and pitfalls you need to consider? Once you’ve deployed your solution, what is it that you need to do to maintain the system, how do you handle the inevitable mountain of requests coming from all stakeholders to improve and extend capabilties?

This session will outline some of the key items to consider and plan for in each phase of a single-sourcing solution’s lifecycle based upon a high-tech company’s experience and learnings. The presentation will take you through some of the approaches they found to be effective for implementing and managing their combined Arbortext PE/DLM and Documentum system.

About the Speaker

Todd Nowlan is currently IT Project Manager responsible for maintaining and supporting the documentation and training CMSs for a large telecom equipment provider. Todd has more than 16 years experience with the methods and toolsets associated with structured authoring, XML authoring, and content management. He has held various technical and management roles supporting small and large user communities, including experience developing XML business cases, deriving technical requirements, testing, and deploying processes and systems.

Note

This meeting will be held online. You must RSVP to receive the GoToMeeting invite. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Acknowledgements

This meeting is brought to you by the SF Bay Arbortext PTC/User Group.

We want to thank Single-Sourcing Solutions for coordinating our meeting logistics, administration, and for providing access to their GoToMeeting resources and conference bridge facilities.

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Update: The video for this meeting has been posted here.

Please join us online for our regular meeting:

“Combining Projections to Create Enhanced Lineart Images“

Presented by Rick Ernst, Newbook Production

Date: Saturday, 24 July 2010, 9:00-10:30 AM Pacific/US

Location: Online via GoToMeeting. You must Register to receive the GoToMeeting invite.

Cost: Free and open to all who wish to attend.

Registration Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/674447594

Abstract:

In this demonstration, we explore a series of steps that can be used to create a title cover page images comprised of a continuous tone image (Photograph) and lineart. This technique is ideally suited for title cover page illustrations for a technical manual or publication. This type of technique was utilized in the 1950s-1970s where illustrators created lineart images on clear acetate on top of airbrush retouched photographic images to improve the visual impact of the image.

We will explore the basic operations involved with combining projections to create enhanced lineart images.  After completing this demonstration, we will understand the advantages of associativity, be able to access the Image browser and apply an associative link to to 3-D CAD solid models. Next we will apply colors to selected assemblies, parts and apply 3-D projections to convert the 3-D data to a 2-D illustration. Next, we will apply adjustments to the Background layer and duplicate the associative link to the Standard layer. Then we will apply a 3-D Transformation to return to the 3-D environment where we will convert the image to 2-D lineart. Finally we will adjust the thick and thin pens as necessary and export the file as a raster image.

Audience:
This demonstration is intended for Authors and Illustrators of technical information who work with 3-D CAD data and want to create title cover page illustrations.

Topics:

• The Advantages of Associativity
• Access the Image browser
• Apply an associative link (to a 3-D CAD solid model)
• Apply colors to assemblies and parts
• Apply 3-D Projections and convert to 2-D image.
• Adjust the Background Layer
• Duplicate the associative link
• Apply 3-D Transformation
• Convert to 2-D and apply Thick and Thin lines
• Adjust Thick and Thin Pens as necessary
• Export a file

About the Speaker

Rick Ernst was born in 1967 in Kitchener, Ontario. Rick attended Sheridan College where he studied Scientific (Technical) Illustration and Computer Graphics.  Rick has more than 14 years of accomplished experience in the areas of Technical Publications and Illustration. Experience working with military, telecommunications and construction equipment standards. His related experience includes two years at PTC as a Technical Writer and less than a year at ITEDO as a technical support Engineer. At PTC he rewrote the Arbortext IsoDraw curriculum consisting of three courses: Arbortext IsoDraw Foundation, Arbortext IsoDraw CADprocess and Arbortext IsoDraw Update. Currently Rick works for Newbook Production Inc. as the training co-ordinator where he fulfills a variety of tasks to support customer learning, engagement, and training.

Note

This meeting will be held online. You must RSVP to receive the GoToMeeting invite. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Acknowledgements

This meeting is brought to you by the SF Bay Arbortext PTC/User Group.

We want to thank Single-Sourcing Solutions for coordinating our meeting logistics, administration, and for providing access to their GoToMeeting resources and conference bridge facilities.

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This video goes with the meeting notice posted here. This video is a recorded version of:

“Dynamic Publishing with Arbortext Data Merge”
Presented by Clay Helberg, TerraXML
April 2010 Arbortext PTC/User Group Meeting

This is a recorded version of a live Go2Meeting webcast. The video is posted as is. It has not been edited. You should go read Clay’s biography here. Every last bit is completely live.

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