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AlanStevens19-Tanzanite
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March 8, 2012
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Graphs

  • March 8, 2012
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One of the major drawbacks of Mathcad, compared with, say, Matlab, or even Excel ( much though I hate to say it!), is its very limited graphing capability. Currently, of course, Prime is even worse than M15 in this respect. Prime 3 needs to address this (among many other things) if it is to become a serious contender in the world of engineering (it might not be such a problem for academia). Here is my initial list of things that need to be made available just for 2D graphs:

Gridlines

Title

Axis labels (and orientation of words)

Control of tick spacing and labelling

Legends (that can be dragged anywhere).

Boxed.

Copy and paste to other, non-Mathcad documents (e.g. Microsoft Word).

Two y-axes.

Plotting multiple lines from a single variable rather than having to separate out its components and list them explicitly.

Inserting text, arrows, numbers etc. (as an intrinsic part of the figure) - with user choice of fonts.

Alan

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
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March 8, 2012

I have been whining and complaining vociferously about the inadequacy of Mathcad graphing for about a decade. Going from MC11 to MC14 (more than 5 years) it improved slightly. Going from 15 to Prime it fell off a cliff. I prefer not to think about how long it might take to get back to the inadequate graphing capabilities of MC15.

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
March 9, 2012

Richard Jackson wrote:

I have been whining and complaining vociferously about the inadequacy of Mathcad graphing for about a decade. Going from MC11 to MC14 (more than 5 years) it improved slightly. Going from 15 to Prime it fell off a cliff. I prefer not to think about how long it might take to get back to the inadequate graphing capabilities of MC15.

Sorry, it is an old story - http://communities.ptc.com/thread/33599

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AlanStevens19-TanzaniteAuthor
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March 9, 2012

But since this group is about suggesting items to be considered for inclusion in Prime 3.0 (unless it's just a way for us to think we're having a say!) a positive list of what we would like to be included might be worthwhile.

Alan

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    Joeboy1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    March 9, 2012

    add these : probability scale, log probability scale, subscripts and superscripts in plot title, ability to put comments into plots (drag and drop), I thought zoom and trace were already available, did they disappear in "2" ? If so put'em back.

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    AlanStevens19-TanzaniteAuthor
    19-Tanzanite
    March 11, 2012

    Dixie Griffin wrote:

    ... ability to put comments into plots (drag and drop), ...

    You can sort of do this already, as long as you are willing to have a transparent plot background - see attached. It's unsatisfactory though, as the comment label isn't an integral part of the figure.

    Alan

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    Joeboy1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    March 11, 2012

    Yes, but I don't like the fact that the comment is not "tacked down" on the plot, too easy for it to get moved

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    ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    March 11, 2012

    AlanStevens wrote:

    Plotting multiple lines from a single variable rather than having to separate out its components and list them explicitly.
    Alan

    See please http://twtmas.mpei.ac.ru/mas/Worksheets/2D_Plot_y_x_a.mcd

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    VladimirN24-Ruby III
    24-Ruby III
    March 12, 2012

    AlanStevens wrote:

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    Two y-axes

    ...

    At least three "Y-axes".

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    AlanStevens19-TanzaniteAuthor
    19-Tanzanite
    March 12, 2012

    VladimirN. wrote:

    At least three "Y-axes".

    Hmmm, a Y-axis fetish. I hope it's treatable!

    Alan

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      mzeftel1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      March 12, 2012

      We are improving plots as a major feature for Mathcad Prime 3.0. Some of the features we are planning include:

      Title

      Axis labels (and orientation of words)

      Legends (that can be dragged anywhere).

      Boxed (not positive)

      Copy and paste to other, non-Mathcad documents (e.g. Microsoft Word).

      Two y-axes (sorry, not 3)

      And improving the look and layout on the page. I plan to do some remote testing as soon as there's something to share (towards May).

      Mona

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      GeoffreyStone1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      May 3, 2012

      I would like to see dynamic graphing so a function can march in time.

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      BertBeirinckx1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      May 4, 2012

      Sounds like an animation to me. I second this. Animations are one of those basic features which Prime lacks.

      The same goes for webcontrols.

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      ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
      24-Ruby IV
      May 4, 2012

      Bert Beirinckx wrote:

      Sounds like an animation to me.

      See the #1 here http://communities.ptc.com/polls/1134

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