Tag: Mathcad

The Spreadsheet Spooktacular: Mathcad Takes on Halloween

Here in the United States, October 31st is when we celebrate one of my favorite holidays, Halloween. What’s not to love about free candy, carving pumpkins, and goofy costumes? In this post I’m going to tell you one of the scary stories that have been circulating through the Needham office, a story so frightening, you’ll be clutching your computer keyboard …

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Meet the Mathcad Users: Tom Marshall, USA

Tom Marshall, Mathcad User

We had recently introduced a new promotion  where we ask our Mathcad users who are on Twitter, to spread the link of the Mathcad Prime 1.0 tryout by re-tweeting a short message . In turn, we add everyone who participates in this initiative, to a designated Twitter list. Once on the list, they automatically take part in a monthly prize …

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Real-time Computation and Interactivity Is Gaining Ground as a Key for a Successful Calculation Strategy

Recently, Wolfram released their Computational Document Format (CDF).  According to Wolfram: The idea is to provide a knowledge container that’s as easy to author as documents, but with the interactivity of apps—for CDFs to make live interactivity as everyday a way to communicate as spreadsheets made charts. The Mathcad folks here at PTC couldn’t agree more.  We’ve long known that …

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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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