PTC (Nasdaq:PTC) today announced that FourthWing selected PTC Creo® software to dramatically condense development time. Using PTC Creo, FourthWing was able to quickly and easily incorporate new designs along with thousands of legacy parts into new aircraft designs in time for the 2014 growing season.

1. FourthWing Cuts Time to Market by 50% with PTC Creo
NEEDHAM, Mass., September 30, 2014 — PTC (Nasdaq:PTC) today announced that
FourthWing selected PTC Creo® software to dramatically condense development time.
Using PTC Creo, FourthWing was able to quickly and easily incorporate new designs
along with thousands of legacy parts into new aircraft designs in time for the 2014
growing season.
FourthWing designs and manufactures sensor payloads and fully integrated small
unmanned aircraft systems for agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, and public use
markets. Their systems are distinguished by the quality of the data they produce, their
ease of operation, and their affordability. With electrical engineering, software,
mechanical CAD and design divisions, the company needed a CAD solution that would
allow for easy communication, sharing and modification.
“We have always turned to PTC for our CAD solutions,” said Todd Colten, Lead
Aeospace Engineer, FourthWing. “Now with the improved productivity elements
incorporated into PTC Creo, I can do tasks such as cross-sectioning in 1/4 the time –
including the critical component of sharing it for review.”
“As a result, ultimately we were able deliver our new precision agriculture aircraft
system in four months, half the time usually needed, which was critical to meeting
demand for the 2014 growing season,” continued Colten.
FourthWing embodies the rapidly growing model-centric manufacturing trend.
Companies need to be able to easily convert CAD files into a 3D printed part. PTC Creo
models are easily leveraged in both Computer Numerical Control and 3D printing
technologies.
“With PTC Creo, we made a commitment to giving our customers the flexibility and
control they need to develop higher quality, better designed products,” said Brian
Thompson, VP of Product Management, CAD Segment, PTC. “We are thrilled that
FourthWing is capitalizing on that flexibility to not only communicate with internal
divisions, but to fully engage with the new path that manufacturing is taking.”
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2. About PTC (http://www.ptc.com)
PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service
advantage. The company’s technology solutions help customers transform the way they create
and service products across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to
sourcing and service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more
than 27,000 businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries
worldwide. Get more information at www.ptc.com.
PTC, the PTC logo and Creo are trademarks or registered trademarks of PTC Inc. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.
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Contact Information
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Corporate Communications WeberShandwick
Julie Blake Anand Savani
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