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pay invoice #10637136 for onshape professional account. can't logon to where I can pay this bill. OnShape wants me to pay you. Why is this so difficult?

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FO_102660284-Participant

Mathcad Community Challenge November 2026 - Electrical Engineering - RLC Circuit

Fredo

I bought single user license for Mathcad from Mathsoft Inc, over 20 years ago, When I bought a new PC about 10 years ago, I reinstalled Mathcad on my PC from a PTC CD. Recently I bought a new PC and tried to reinstall Mathcad but couldn’t get a lice

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DaveMartin16-Pearl

The final community challenge of 2026 has an electrical engineering theme, combining one subject from college I enjoyed (differential equations), and one that really went over my head (Bode plots). We will use an RLC circuit to explore both. (R is fo

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MQ_140957944-Participant

Boundary Blend not working

Hello, I’m working on modeling a bird by using Boundary Blend. For some reason, it doesn’t work for the middle part of the body, but it works fine everywhere else. I made a bunch of datum points, axes, and planes. Currently, the four rightmost plan

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Posted In PTC Education Forum

DT_147490083-Newcomer

FRC Grants

Hello PTC Education Team,I am writing to politely inquire about the announcement timeline for the 2026–2027 PTC FIRST Team Grant results.We submitted our team's application on July 19, 2026, and we have not yet received an update regarding whether ou

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published in Mathcad Tips

amcgough14-Alexandrite

Why Is 60 rpm Not Equal to 1 Hz in PTC Mathcad Prime?

Scenario / QuestionThere is a built-in frequency unit "rpm" in PTC Mathcad Prime, which I assumed stands for revolutions per minute. But in Mathcad Prime 3.0 I find that 1 rpm evaluates to 6.283/min, or 0.105/sec, instead of 1/min, or 0.017/sec. I ex

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published in Mathcad Tips

11 hours ago

amcgough14-Alexandrite

How Do I Make Mathcad Trigonometric Functions Use Degrees Instead of Radians?

Scenario / QuestionI'm working on problems where all the angles are in degrees, and I want the trigonometric functions to read them that way. Converting every angle to radians before each expression is evaluated is a lot of work. Can I add a statemen

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22 hours ago

amcgough14-Alexandrite

published in Mathcad Tips

How Do I Convert N to kg in Mathcad, and How Do I Add the Unit ksc (kg/cm²)?

Scenario / QuestionI am working in PTC Mathcad Prime and I need my results in kilograms rather than newtons, so I want Mathcad to treat 1 kilogram as 9.81 newtons. I also need to display pressure results in ksc (kg/cm²), but that unit does not appear

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22 hours ago

published in PTC Jetstream

RyanOrwoll12-Amethyst

Welcome to PTC Jetstream

Dear Customers and Partners,Welcome to the Jetstream Community!I’m excited to have a central place where our customers and partners can connect, stay informed on the latest Jetstream news, ask questions, share experiences, and learn from one another.

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22 hours ago

RichardSteadman10-Marble

Posted In Arbortext

MathType alternatives?

Hi,I was just wondering if there is an alternative to MathType to compose and publish equations in Arbortext.I know PTC has a “Mathcad” product. Is that a possible alternative? But I don’t think it has an Arbortext integration. Or maybe it’s somethin

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SH_147439803-Newcomer

pay an invoice

pay invoice #10637136 for onshape professional account. can't logon to where I can pay this bill. OnShape wants me to pay you. Why is this so difficult?

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8 minutes ago

FO_102660284-Participant

Mathcad Community Challenge November 2026 - Electrical Engineering - RLC Circuit

Fredo

I bought single user license for Mathcad from Mathsoft Inc, over 20 years ago, When I bought a new PC about 10 years ago, I reinstalled Mathcad on my PC from a PTC CD. Recently I bought a new PC and tried to reinstall Mathcad but couldn’t get a lice

434

DaveMartin16-Pearl

The final community challenge of 2026 has an electrical engineering theme, combining one subject from college I enjoyed (differential equations), and one that really went over my head (Bode plots). We will use an RLC circuit to explore both. (R is fo

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3 hours ago

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MQ_140957944-Participant

Boundary Blend not working

Hello, I’m working on modeling a bird by using Boundary Blend. For some reason, it doesn’t work for the middle part of the body, but it works fine everywhere else. I made a bunch of datum points, axes, and planes. Currently, the four rightmost plan

316

Posted In PTC Education Forum

DT_147490083-Newcomer

FRC Grants

Hello PTC Education Team,I am writing to politely inquire about the announcement timeline for the 2026–2027 PTC FIRST Team Grant results.We submitted our team's application on July 19, 2026, and we have not yet received an update regarding whether ou

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RichardSteadman10-Marble

Posted In Arbortext

MathType alternatives?

Hi,I was just wondering if there is an alternative to MathType to compose and publish equations in Arbortext.I know PTC has a “Mathcad” product. Is that a possible alternative? But I don’t think it has an Arbortext integration. Or maybe it’s somethin

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mung3-Newcomer

3D Part Dimension Not Display

I open a part model in Creo 10 and double click on the model, but the dimensions are not displayed. Creo 7 is able to display the dimension on the same part number. I am not sure why and still cannot get it displayed.

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NB_110009694-Participant

CREO Exploding View Causing Fatal Crash

I'm working with one of our users who is unable to use the "explode" feature on an assembly. Every time they toggle the "Exploded View" on/ off - CREO just dies & has a fatal error. However, we tried exploding/ unexploding that assembly on 2 diff

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PTC-yzzyx3-Newcomer

Creo AI Assistant

Access denied: this session is not authorized to use Creo AI Assistant.Please contact the administrator or PTC Support for assistance.How can I use it?

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Posted In Windchill Customization

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lgrant16-Pearl

Sequence CN with subsequent CN's

Hello Everyone,Looking for some direction. Current company is using engineering CR to CN with Change Tasks (sequenced) with a downstream manufacturing CN (mCN). The task to create the mCN is within the template of the engineering Change Notice tasks.

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