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GO_1089897812-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
January 16, 2024
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MathCAD Express (9.0?) installed with CREO 7.0 - will it work?

  • January 16, 2024
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Hello I'm new to CREO. My company uses CREO 7.0 even though I believe latest is 9.0.. I want to download and install MathCAD Express to be used inside CREO. Will the latest version of MathCAD Express (I believe 9.0) work inside CREO 7.0?

 

BTW I added this to Simulation since there was no specific MathCAD section.

 

Thanks

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 16, 2024

Hi,

just FYI ... Mathcad Express is limited to usage for personal purposes, and may not be used to benefit any business or for any commercial purposes or for any business purposes.

You will find this sentence in https://www.ptc.com/-/media/Files/PDFs/legal-agreements/licensing-basis-table/2020-March/Licensing-Basis-Table-EN-March-2020.pdf document.

 

According to https://release-advisor.ptc.com/releaseMatrix?releaseId=1319 page, you can use Mathcad Prime 9.0 with Creo Parametric 7.0.7.0+

 

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GO_1089897812-AmethystAuthor
12-Amethyst
January 16, 2024

@MartinHanak thanks for responding. I'm a bit confused. I was told by someone once you purchase CREO you get a free license to MathCAD. Under "Applications" on the CREO toolbar there is an option to activate MathCAD. This is greyed out for me. We started the CREO installer to see if installing MathCAD was an option - and we couldn't find an option to install MathCAD.

 

- So here's my confusion - again I thought if you own CREO you own MathCAD for use within CREO.

- At the moment - since I have Excel installed on my computer - there is an option to use Excel for tables. There is also - under "Analysis" an option for "Excel Analysis", as well as, "MathCAD Analysis" and "Prime Analysis" - both options are greyed out.

- I definitely don't want to purchase a license to MathCAD Prime if I don't have to since company won't support this - but I thought there is a free version -> Express that can be downloaded and integrated into CREO.

- Why is there MathCAD options within CREO - but no way to access them - are you saying the only way to use MathCAD is buying Prime?

 

If I can't use MathCAD within CREO without paying money that is a disappointment.

 

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SweetPeasHub17-Peridot
17-Peridot
January 16, 2024

I was kind of surprised by this too and wonder if something changed since Mathcad express first came out. When it first came out after Mathcad was purchased by PTC it was included on the CREO installation CD and was often installed in commercial settings. I have always needed the full capabilities of Mathcad so I maintained a locked seat for about 30 years now. The Creo Advanced and higher package seats now come with full Mathcad, but the Creo Essentials do not.

 

If you open Mathcad independently from Creo there is an option to set the license.

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If your company has a floating license system, and a high enough package type, there may be floating licenses of Mathcad available from the license server. If you are using locked licenses and a package that includes Mathcad, the license may not have been selected when generating the license file for your local machine, and Mathcad would need to be added and a new license file generated. Also, if a locked license file was used for Mathcad for a previous user on your computer, it may just be a matter of the license file not being in a location that you have user rights to access.

 

Finally, as a new Creo user, there is much for you to learn and learning to integrate with Mathcad seems like something to look at further down the road. Creo can do math in its parameters(variables) and relations as well as most number entry boxes understand mathematical entries in addition to plain numbers. Some boxes can even take a parameter name and will ask if you want a relation added to equate to the parameter.

 

I guess to sum up, what are you going to do in Mathcad that makes parameters / relations unsuitable or undesirable? Or maybe you were unaware of that capability?

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