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September 2011
A Simple Trick for Increasing Readability
Recently, I have been working on a Mathcad Prime Programming tutorial for middle and high school students. I think that taking full advantage of Mathcad to develop students’ computational thinking skills requires early exposure to programming. Since I am not a computer scientist, however, the prospect of teaching programming, in any context, is a little intimidating. My goals for the …
How to Use the Brand-New Online Mathcad Support Center
In last week’s blog, one of the tools I pointed out was our brand-new, online Mathcad Support Center. Today I want to walk you through what this tool can do. The tool was designed to answer the most frequently-asked questions we get about installation and licensing. Because Mathcad has gone through so much transition on this front, from being acquired …
Posted in Tips & Tricks
Tagged enterprise, installation, licensing, single user, support, trial, troubleshooting
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Chancellor Angela Merkel Visits International Auto Show
At the StreetScooter booth, Mrs. Merkel was welcomed by Arndt Kirchhoff, CEO of KIRCHHOFF Automotive, one of the major partner companies of the StreetScooter network. “As shareholders, we are proud to present a roadworthy vehicle after only 15 months of development time,” Kirchhoff said. Professor Achim Kampker of RWTH Aachen University and CEO of StreetScooter GmbH, provided a firsthand explanation of the …
SSLM for All the Right Reasons – Music to My Ears
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with a customer who builds advanced industrial control systems. Like many others in the high tech electronics space, this customer has seen software become an increasingly important part of their overall product development. The topic of this particular meeting was the benefits of… Continue reading
Mathcad Prime & The Digital Natives
As the Academic Program Manager for Mathcad my job runs in seasonal cycles. Summer is the busy season for teacher and student workshops. PTC sponsors a large number of workshops through its Corporate Participation in the FIRST Robotics Program. These workshops introduce FIRST participants to PTC’s Product Development System (PDS) to give them a better understanding of the product engineering …
Designing a Timeless Toy
LEGO bricks have been a mainstay of a child’s learning and development ever since 1932 when Ole Kirk Kristiansen, a Danish joiner and carpenter, began making wooden toys. The mission of the company’s products is to “inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow.” LEGO has stayed true to this philosophy especially through programs like FIRST LEGO League (FLL). Transcending generations, …
Licensing and Installation – Getting Started With Mathcad Quickly
My first blog on Mathcad licensing has generated enough conversation and feedback that we have decided to create a series, in bite size chunks, to address the most pressing questions we receive from users. The most common request for help I receive is along these lines – ‘I can’t get Mathcad running on my computer’. This is certainly a scenario …
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Tagged case logger, help, installation, licensing, troubleshooting
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Test Drive for New Electric Car
On Friday, September 2nd, after a total assembly time of eight weeks, the first StreetScooter prototype was completed, generating a great deal of excitement in the auto industry. Although StreetScooter is not the only electric car being developed in Germany, it is keenly followed by media and industry because of its radically forward-looking and innovative approach to technology and manufacturing. Assembly of the prototype began …
Mathcad & Environmental Technologies – A Conversation with Prof. D. M. Griffin, Louisiana Tech University
We at PTC recently launched Engineering Resources, powered by Mathcad, a resource center which can be found on PTC’s Mathcad product page. This resource center allows you to explore hundreds of engineering design and applied math resources created by experts from around the world who use Mathcad. Today, I’d like to tell you about one such contributor, a professor and …
Industry Looks to High Schools for Next-Generation Engineers
As she begins to describe her work, Paige Grody transforms from serious and solemn to wildly enthusiastic. She’s learned about programming in her internship at a major software corporation, and about the complicated language used by engineers. Only one thing bothers her: It’s almost time to go back to high school. Grody is part of a small but growing number of …
