24-Ruby III

Question

Mathcad Prime 7.0

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
September 7, 2020
7 replies
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New release date for Mathcad Prime 7.0:

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LucMeekes

23-Emerald IV

It used to be this month...(https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad/When-MathCad-Prime-6/m-p/623814#M186938)

What is PTC promising regarding changes in Prime 7 w.r.t. Prime 6?

(In other words: What are they so busy working on, and appears to be so hard that it takes more time than anticipated?)

Luc

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Konrad_A

1-Visitor

Come on, when was the last time you've seen any roadmap presentation at PTC?

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wzelik

12-Amethyst

These are jokes, how can you make fun of users.
My company pays for annual subscriptions.
I'm asking for what?
All math software producers I know have an annual publishing program.
In the meantime, they issue a lot updates if nessesery.
They stick to deadlines. They take care of the software development.
I loved Mathcad for many things.
I thought that something changed.
But it's time!. I'm definitely finishing my adventure with Mathcad (or rather with PTC).
I would not recommend this (PTC) company to anyone.

lizew

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

My company pays for annual subscriptions.
I'm asking for what?

For the privilege to be able to access your own intellectual property packed in the worksheets you created.

Unfortunately, you're right - you can't seriously recommend PTC Mathcad as a tool for engineering calculations these days. PTC did not intend for this either - they just wanted to buy a calculation module for their CAD software.

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RichardJ

19-Tanzanite

I heard a rumor that Prime 7.0 will have an option to print to toilet paper. A new archival format for your engineering calculations.

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tietjee

15-Moonstone

Is this a surprise? Hopefully they will be release the upgrade in February.

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VladimirN

Author

24-Ruby III

And here's what's planned:

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ChrisKaswer

16-Pearl

The input controls/drop-down is many years overdue (as is a very long list of other items)...I just hope they provide a proper conversion for the countless number of Mathcad 15 sheets I have with these embedded in them...PTC, please surprise me!

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VladimirN

Author

24-Ruby III

Few details about the upcoming release in March:

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Konrad_A

1-Visitor

Yeah, that's a sad joke, isn't it? Who cares, anyway.

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AS_9824434

1-Visitor

Hi mate,

It isn't a sad joke if PTC actually deliver what they promise in prime 7. The symbolic engine is extremely useful for an engineering student like me and I'll explain why. The new ability to convert worksheets into pdf is again also useful for submitting homework. Many times university teachers ask for full workings instead of the final answer.

Why symbolic engine is useful:

1- When analysing electrical systems, their transfer functions are in Laplace form. The symbolic engine can quickly give the inverse Laplace transform of that. Taking Laplace transforms and partials fractions are also required for similar problems. This can all be done on the symbolic engine. If you do it by hand it would take long with high chance of error.

2- For electrical signals analysis, the Fourier series(in complex form as well) and Fourier transform are used very often. The symbolic engine once again comes to the rescue for Fourier transform.

3- The symbolic engine is also good for checking intermediate steps for any calculus calculations.

If ptc genuinely improves the symbolic engine that would be huge plus. However, the guys seem pessimistic about this as PTC might not have delivered their promises in the past.

(Edit: I am not sure about the price for mathcad prime. If it is around 450 euros as stated on their website then that is unjustifiable)