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Corporate Partners

PTC is a strong advocate of creating shared value in its worldwide community. Worldwide workforce development is a top priority of the PTC Academic Program, which oversees the PTC-FIRST Robotics sponsorship. PTC believes that FIRST programs are an exceptional way of promoting workforce development through exciting engagement of youth in the product development process.

Please join us in this exciting endeavor to change the world through promoting the youth of our communities by contacting Jordan Cox, FIRST Program Manager.

Learn more about Partnership Opportunities.

Jim Heppelmann, PTC President & CEO, 2012 FRC Kick Off Remarks video

About FIRST

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

Overall Reach - All Programs Combined

  • 294,000+ students
  • 26,900 teams
  • 24,300+ robots
  • 65,000 Mentors/adult supporters
  • 35,000 event Volunteers
PTC’s Sponsorship of FIRST

PTC, a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Strategic Partner, is proud to join forces with FIRST to build the engineers and innovators of tomorrow!

Through the sponsorship of FIRST, PTC is donating software (Creo, Mathcad and Windchill) to all FTC and FRC teams. In addition, we are providing funding to sponsor teams for all FIRST programs, sponsor events and scholarships, and have over 300 employee volunteers worldwide!

Software & Downloads

Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 Schools Edition (formerly Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0)

Note:

  • Installation may take 20 to 30 minutes on slower connections
  • For assistance with downloading or installing, visit the Support Discussion Forum.

Useful Resources:

Mathcad Prime Student Edition

  • Go to www.ptc.com/go/primeforfirst and download the Mathcad Prime 1.0 Trial Download (640 MB). You will need to setup a (or use your existing) PTC.com account.
  • Extract the files from the MathcadPrime.zip file and perform the installation using the Quick Steps to Installing the Mathcad Prime Free Trial on the download page.
  • Get started using Mathcad Prime – your free trial will last for 30 days and provides you with a Professional Edition of Mathcad Prime 1.0.
  • To acquire a free permanent license for Mathcad Prime, email firstsupport@ptc.com to request a Product Code that will enable you to activate a permanent license. Please make sure to do this promptly so that you can activate your permanent license within 30 days.
  • After your email request, you will receive a Product Code by email within a couple of days. Follow the instructions in the email to activate a permanent license for Mathcad Prime. (The license acquisition process occurs within the Mathcad Prime application. You do not need to download or install Mathcad Prime a second time.)

Installation or Licensing Problems:

  • For assistance with downloading or installing the Mathcad Prime free trial use the resources on the Mathcad Free Trial download page
  • For assistance with activating your free license using the Product Code email MathcadEducation@ptc.com.

Registration for a Windchill-based FIRST Team Project

Useful Resources:

To register for your Windchill-based FIRST team project, please fill out the necessary information below and submit.

Note: this form should only be filled out by your FTC and FRC team main contact.

Once the form has been submitted, your will be sent an email with instructions to create your own teams collaboration project. From this project, you will be able to manage your robot design, conduct team meetings and discussions and collaborate on the evolution of your design. In addition, you and your team will be able to download Creo Elements/Pro (formerly Pro/ENGINEER) and Mathcad.

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

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If not, please provide the main contacts email address.
 

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Training and Resources

PTC offers a wide variety of training options to help FIRST teams understand the value of the Engineering Process and how using PTC software can help you with your overall team and robot design.

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