Do newer version handle units better?
- April 23, 2012
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I own MathCad 14 and in general love it to death, but I don't like the way it handles units using Solver, as the final answer in Solver never has any units. But if you solve the equation for the unknown and type that in, the answer will have the correct units.
This is inconsistent. I have attached a MathCad 14 worksheet that illustrates what I mean.
My question is: Are there any later versions of MathCad where Solver solves the equation and attaches the correct units? If so, I will put in on my wish list. If not, I will wait until it does appear.
(It has become clear MathCad was written by a bunch of pure mathematicians who don't know anything at all about these flaky things called "units" and really don't want to know. Should they be flying along in an airplane and the wings suddenly fall off, as they plunge to a fiery doom the thought might wander through their fuzzy-academic brains perhaps that attitude was a mistake.)
Jeff Corkern
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