Innovation in product development doesn’t wait. And neither do the technologies that support it. From AI-powered engineering tools to cloud-native collaboration and product lifecycle management (PLM) enhancements, manufacturers today are navigating a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Staying informed about the latest capabilities is critical for maintaining a competitive edge.
PTC NEXT On Demand brings PTC’s latest innovations to whenever and wherever you need them, giving engineers, product developers, IT leaders, and executives the flexibility to explore product updates, AI innovations, and strategic insights. Missed the live event or want to revisit a session? Here’s an easy way to stay current with the technologies shaping the future of product development.
What Is PTC NEXT?
PTC NEXT is PTC’s flagship innovation event, bringing together customers, partners, and industry experts to showcase the latest advancements across its portfolio of engineering and product lifecycle management solutions.
Rather than announcing new capabilities throughout the year, PTC NEXT delivers a consolidated look at the newest releases, emerging technologies, and product roadmaps across solutions including Creo, Windchill, Codebeamer, Onshape, and more. It also offers valuable insights into broader industry trends, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and the connected digital product lifecycle.
The event is designed to help organizations understand not only what’s new, but also how these innovations work together to improve collaboration, accelerate product development, and drive smarter business decisions.
Fortunately, you don’t have to attend the live event to take advantage of everything PTC NEXT has to offer.
The On-Demand Experience
Engineering teams rarely have the luxury of blocking off multiple days to attend an event. PTC NEXT On Demand removes scheduling challenges by providing access to the event’s most valuable content whenever it’s convenient for you.
Instead of trying to fit your schedule around an event, you can:
- Watch keynote presentations on your own time
- Explore technical product demonstrations relevant to your role
- Learn about new features at your own pace
- Share sessions with colleagues across your organization
- Revisit presentations whenever you need a refresher
Whether you’re interested in high-level strategy or deep technical product updates, the content is organized to help you quickly find the sessions most relevant to your responsibilities.
Explore PTC NEXT On Demand
Whether you’re looking for executive insights, technical product demonstrations, or the latest AI innovations, PTC NEXT On Demand makes it easy to access the content that’s most relevant to you.
Discover What’s New Across the PTC Portfolio
One of the biggest advantages of PTC NEXT On Demand is the breadth of product content available.
Creo: Smarter Product Design
Creo users can explore the latest enhancements designed to improve engineering productivity, including updates to model-based definition (MBD), simulation capabilities, composite design, electrification workflows, and manufacturing support.
Sessions also highlight how AI is becoming a practical design assistant, helping engineers automate repetitive tasks and make more informed design decisions without disrupting existing workflows.
Windchill: Advancing the Digital Thread
Windchill sessions showcase enhancements that improve collaboration, usability, and lifecycle management across the enterprise.
Learn how new capabilities strengthen the digital thread, simplify access to product data, and help engineering teams collaborate more effectively throughout the product lifecycle. You’ll also see how AI is beginning to streamline PLM workflows and surface insights from complex product data.
Codebeamer: Modernizing Application Lifecycle Management
As software becomes increasingly central to today’s products, application lifecycle management (ALM) plays a larger role than ever before.
PTC NEXT sessions covering Codebeamer explore improvements in requirements management, traceability, product line engineering, and AI-assisted development. This all designed to help organizations build increasingly complex software-enabled products with greater confidence.
Onshape: Cloud-Native Innovation
Onshape users can discover the latest advancements in cloud-native CAD, including new collaboration tools, AI-powered design assistance, robotics simulation, ECAD/MCAD integration, and enhanced compliance capabilities.
These sessions demonstrate how cloud-first engineering continues to reshape product development by making collaboration easier across distributed teams.
AI Becoming a Core Focus
Artificial intelligence was one of the defining themes of this year’s PTC NEXT, and the On Demand experience provides multiple opportunities to explore how AI is transforming engineering and manufacturing.
The dedicated AI in Focus sessions go beyond theoretical discussions, offering practical insights into how AI is being integrated across the PTC portfolio today.
Highlights include:
- Executive perspectives on the future of AI in manufacturing
- AI strategy and technical architecture for enterprise adoption
- AI capabilities within Creo
- AI-driven enhancements in Windchill
- AI-assisted workflows in Codebeamer
Rather than asking whether AI will impact product development, these sessions focus on how organizations can begin leveraging AI responsibly and effectively using the engineering data they already manage.
Dive Deeper into PTC’s AI Vision
Curious how AI is being applied across engineering, PLM, and ALM? The AI in Focus sessions provide practical demonstrations and strategic guidance to help organizations understand where AI delivers real business value.
Who Should Explore PTC NEXT On Demand?
PTC NEXT On Demand isn’t designed for just one audience. Whether you’re responsible for designing products, managing product data, overseeing IT infrastructure, or leading digital transformation initiatives, there’s content tailored to your role.
The platform is especially valuable for:
- Mechanical Design Engineers
- Product Development Teams
- Windchill Administrators
- PLM Managers
- Creo Users
- Codebeamer Users
- Onshape Users
- Engineering Leaders
- Manufacturing Executives
- IT and Digital Transformation Teams
Even if you primarily work with a single PTC solution, exploring sessions across the broader portfolio can provide valuable context for how emerging technologies like AI, cloud collaboration, and the digital thread are reshaping product development.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Technology evolves quickly, but staying informed doesn’t have to be overwhelming.
PTC NEXT On Demand gives you the flexibility to learn on your own schedule while providing direct access to the product experts, strategic insights, and technical demonstrations that can help your organization get more value from its PTC investment.
Whether you’re interested in the latest Creo enhancements, exploring AI within Windchill, evaluating Codebeamer capabilities, or learning how cloud-native engineering continues to evolve with Onshape, you’ll find the resources you need in one convenient location.
Ready to Explore? Don’t miss the opportunity to see what’s new across the PTC portfolio.
Visit PTC NEXT On Demand to watch keynote presentations, explore product highlights, and discover how AI and modern engineering technologies are shaping the future of product development.
The EAC Product Development Academy can help you advance your career, improve department performance, and transform the way you design your products. Our training options (shown below) can turn a great designer or administrator into an expert!
Take Our On-Site or In-Center Courses
Our Certified Instructors can come to you, or your students can come to us. We’re flexible! Let us sweat the small stuff. Our training coordinators will arrange for all the necessary tools including laptops, course material(s), and software.
Sign Up for eLearning
Are you a self-starter that prefers online training on your time? Then eLearning® a solution from PTC might be perfect for you. Students can access full course material on PTC’s subscription based learning management system. Every subscription includes up to 6,000 hours of customizable self-paced training content, including training exercises and skill checks. It is a great option for customers to track the progress of their employees as they go through onboarding or training.
Mentoring
We also offer this unique training option. Students can also choose to mentor with one of our Certified Instructors. This allows students to address specific topics in which assistance is needed and develop specific skill sets in the context of their job.
Configured or Customized Training
If you feel like “out-of-the-box training” doesn’t quite fit your needs you can utilize the EAC Training Department to help create a unique training path. We will work with you to accommodate your time and knowledge through configured or customized training.
Configured Training allows the student to subtract or add modules from an out-of-the-box certified PTC Academic Program Course; combining or shortening current curriculum.
This training type gives the student access to:
Add and Subtract Module(s) from a Course
Access Customized Printed Training Manual
Customized Training allows the student to build their own training course specific to their needs and their environment.
This training type gives the student access to:
- Add and Subtract Module(s) from Course
- Custom Course Content Development
- Custom Training Delivery
- Custom Documentation
- Integrate Images from Customer Environment
- Recorded Training Videos
Interested in training around Windchill or Creo? Explore our offerings today!
It has been a great year looking back upon 2011! Many of us have been very busy and have accomplished many goals. I was asked to continue my PTC U Certifications within the Windchill course offerings alongside keeping up with the new Creo Elements Pro 5.0 (ProEngineer Wildfire 5.0) courses. I will continue to talk about Windchill during next week’s topic. This week I would like to reflect on those customers that have accomplished their goal of learning a new CAD system. Here is one perspective on switching CAD software from someone who has done it before.
Lately, I have had many customers that have taken my Introduction to Creo Elements Pro 5.0 course with extensive prior knowledge of a different CAD system. These experts of the other CAD system usually always appear a little reluctant to learn something new. I can totally understand! These customers are being asked to take a week off from being productive at work as well as their productivity will be down while trying to produce work within a new CAD system. In addition to this their old habits, comfort, etc. will be put the test and will most likely have to be either lost or recreated. All of this equals stress!
As I teach these customers I like to take away that stress. The less stressful I can make the training environment the better it is for learning. Switching CAD software is a process. I too made a similar switch a dozen years ago when I learned Pro/ENGINEER being a prior AutoCAD user. This switch from a 2D CAD system to a 3D CAD system can be the most difficult scenario I run into. I like to let the customer know this fact to ease any of their frustrations they are having during class, as well as reassure them that they are doing really well in the learning process. I also like to let the customer know of similar or different terminologies and concepts. However, they soon learn that this 3D element opens a whole new world of capabilities and precision.
Another common customer I run into during these Introduction classes are ones switching from a smaller company to a larger company. Sometimes smaller or startup companies go with a less powerful CAD choice like Inventor, Solid Edge, or Solid Works. When customers leave those positions in search of new opportunities they tend to find themselves having to now learn a version of Pro. This switch is not as difficult if the learner is actually willing to except the change. Meaning, I sometimes find an individual in my class that will not be 100% to the change even though they openly admit that Pro is a much more powerful CAD system and they even understand that many of the other parametric 3D CAD systems are based off if it. This customer will still wish they can continue to use their old CAD system.
Both situations go back to the customer’s habits and comfort. To ease the transition of switching CAD software I tell them that the only cure I know of is to make switch with an open mind and build more models. The more models they build, the more time on the system, and the more they will understand it. I can even see this during the one week I spend with them. Thursday and Friday are always easier for all learners during the Intro class than Monday was. I must run and prepare for some Windchill training next week…Take care!
