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Customer Review: Alpha Tester Says “PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 is Clearly a Productivity Enhancer”

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 review

Whenever a new version of PTC Mathcad software is released we gather a group of people called Alpha Testers to review and experiment our new software before it gets released to the public. Alpha Testers help us to better understand how users who use PTC Mathcad every day will respond to our new release of software, in this case PTC …

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Points, Lines and Triangles… Oh My!

Hi folks, This article is targeted at those users who are interested in using PTC Creo Parametric and PTC Mathcad together. Hopefully readers are aware of the bidirectional integration of the two products which has existed since ProEngineer WildFire 3.0 M030 (Sept 2006). This integration is a supported product and sends dimensions and parameters from PTC Creo to PTC Mathcad, triggering …

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An Inside Look at Mathcad Prime 3.0: Part 2

In my last post, I discussed some of the new features that will be available in Mathcad Prime 3.0 having to do with documentation and presentation. In this post I will be exploring some more of the new functionality of Mathcad Prime 3.0 that Mark Walker, Director of Product Management for Mathcad, shared with me. Walker explained that in addition …

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Design World Calls Mathcad Prime 2.0 “A Solid Tool for Documenting Engineering Calculations”

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On April 17th, Evan Yares, Senior Editor and Analyst of Software at Design World reviewed both Mathcad Prime 2.0 and Maple 16 in an article titled, “Math for Engineers: A Look at Mathcad Prime 2.0 and Maple 16.” In this article Yares explored how more and more frequently engineers are running into hidden errors when using spreadsheets and how important …

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Preliminary Feedback about Mathcad Prime 2.0

After speaking with Jakov Kucan about customer input and the alpha testers, I got in touch with a few of these testers to hear some of their preliminary feedback about Mathcad Prime 2.0. I heard from two Design Engineers- Gnouni Yengoian and Mike Armstrong, a Senior Technology Engineer- Bert Beirinckx, a Professor Emeritus- Clyde Metz, and a current professor- Michael …

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Customer Input and Hard Work- Building Mathcad Prime 2.0, part 1

Mathcad Prime 2.0 will be available to you in just a few short weeks. I thought it might be interesting to explore the story behind this particular version of Mathcad and find out what users can expect. So, I took the time to sit down with Jakov Kucan, Mathcad’s Director of Software Development, to discuss these particular topics. When I …

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Mathcad Prime 2.0′s 3D Plots: Improving Communication Visually

My last post discussed the improvements that have been made to 3D plots in Mathcad Prime 2.0. Some of the highlights included new control options for the 3D plots, like the pan and reset options. I also spoke with Chahid Ghaddar, a Software Development Engineer and Senior Technical Consultant, and Marion Raikhlin, a Product Definition Engineer, about 3D plots. They …

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Mathcad Prime 2.0: Discovering the Different Dimensions of 3D Plots

Last week we explored the Excel component of Mathcad Prime 2.0. This week we’ll take a look at the 3D plots feature of Mathcad Prime 2.0, which will be released in early 2012. Users often need to get a quick qualitative and quantitative understanding of their models or data. This is most effectively achieved by creating and using plots. Many …

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Share Your Thoughts — Best Practices for IP Capture

You may not realize it, but the thinking you do when you’re designing a model – to lighten some braces, or make the finished product easier to assemble – will likely have value that goes beyond your immediate task.  It has so much value, in fact, that it’s typically considered intellectual property, or IP. While it is understood that IP …

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