September 2010

Why Don’t My Students Love Mathcad As Much As I Do?

As September comes to a close college students all over the country are experiencing Mathcad for the first time in their physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and engineering classes. In this regard September 2010 is a noteworthy one within the Mathcad Education Program. The students’ widespread use of Twitter has given us a new perspective on their first experiences with Mathcad. …

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What is the Mathcad Blog For, Anyway?

Hey everyone… We’re excited to see an uptick in blog readership, both in terms of daily activity, and e-mail and RSS subscription (you are signed up to get blog posts by e-mail or through RSS, right?).  We spent some time giving the blog a refresh – a shave, new shirt, and set of cufflinks.  Perhaps we never explicitly stated it, …

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Why is Mathcad so Keen on Units?

In an earlier Blog Mona Zeftel writes about units checking and conversion in Mathcad. Sure it is a convenience, but why is unit handling such an important part of Mathcad’s product strategy. If I am an engineer designing a spacecraft to orbit Mars (this blog is not about criticizing NASA engineers), sure it would be nice if the program checked …

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Mathcad with SharePoint – Engineering Collaboration

Our Director of Product Development, Jakov Kucan, had a few spare minutes this week (can you believe it?).  So I asked him to create a quick demo showing how to use Mathcad worksheets with Microsoft SharePoint – an application that makes it easier for people to work together by sharing information.  Mathcad 15.0 integrates seamlessly with SharePoint, letting engineers share …

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Mathcad Virtual Conference – Sept 8th!

Due to great attendance and positive feedback we received from the first Mathcad Virtual Conference held in March, we decided to hold a second, full-day virtual conference called PlanetPTC Virtual – Mathcad, on September 8th from 8am to 4pm EST. I’m excited about this event because it gives us another opportunity to engage with you in an exciting online forum …

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