Mathcad 15 files to Mathcad Prime 6.0 and vice versa possibilities???

According buying Mathcad and/or Prime:

You can't buy either software, you can only rent it (typically for one year). If you don't pay every year, you lose access to your IP.

If you rent Prime, you are also entitled to download and use Mathcad 15 - it uses the very same license file. At least thats the case now. I am pretty sure that PTC will change this in the future as one day they will not support MC15 anymore  (at the time being MC15 is not further developed, but its still maintained by PTC).

According the conversion - there is no way to convert back and forth.

There is no way (at least no official one and none that I would be aware of) to convert Prime files into MC15 format. You can't even save a Prime file in a Prime format of an earlier version of Prime.

You only can convert MC15 (and older) worksheets to Prime format using the converter that comes with Prime. This converter currently needs a full MC15 installation in parallel with Prime to work and I am pretty sure that PTC is working on a standalone converter and as soon as the conversion does not need MC15 anymore, MC15 may be dropped.

You also have to be aware that the conversion is far from being perfect and extensive post-processing of the files is usually necessary. And sometimes you will not be able to get the converted file to work in Prime at all. Of course, that depends on the features used in the worksheet - simple worksheets can usually be converted without any problems.

So your best choice seems to be that you install and use MC15, too, as long as the employer dos. After all MC15 is faster and more powerful than Prime anyway and in my opinion the few improvements in Prime do not outweigh the many drawbacks and flaws of Prime.

Fred, I fear you are answering to Spam!

The text of this answer was copied from

https://www.concurrent-engineering.co.uk/Blog/bid/83087/How-to-convert-Mathcad-worksheets-to-work-in-Mathcad-Prime-2-0

and I would not be surprised, if after a while a link will be added to that "answer" (maybe this will not be done if someone already answers the spam).
We had seen this behaviour quite a couple of times the last months - a new account is created and an (most of the times meaningless) answer which was copied from some technical articles you can find on the net is given and after some time it is edited and suddenly a spam link is added to that answer.

When I mousover the name of this poster I am told that he already placed two posts but in his profile page I only find this one - so probably one post was already deleted by a moderator.
We also experienced it with a more general text in which a respondent or the questioner is thanked and it is explained that one will keep an eye on the thread (a threat? 🙂 )

Apart from that (what Werner wrote), your reaction is spot-on and correct. Except for the fact that Maple was the symbolic engine until (and including) Mathcad 13.

Regarding ROFLMAO: I hope you're still in one part.

Stay safe,

Luc

Thanks for the correction!

Still in one piece; cracked, but whole!  😉