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IA_1269937210-Marble
10-Marble
Dec 2, 2025 12:11 PM UTC
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Matrix Formatting Issue

To whom this may concern, 

 

Looking for help on how to setup Matrix headers for the attached. 

 

I would like to have a Title above each column for each variable, and the corresponding units shown in the matrix. See remarks in red within the attached. 

 

Many thanks,

Iain 

 

FYI, I use Mathcad Prime 10.0.0.0 

Werner_E
Werner_EAnswer
25-Diamond I
Dec 2, 2025 2:53 PM UTC

In Prime 10 we could also use the Linefeed character #10 to create a multi-line string.

Werner_E_3-1764687446521.png

But as Stuart noted in a thread not that long ago this was broken in Prime 11 and another character code has to be used instead of 10 (I forgot which one).

 

So I guess to be on the safe it might be better to simply use two matrix rows. Which we could get rid of the nasty looking quotation marks:

Werner_E_2-1764687155585.png

 

Prime 10 sheet attached

 

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Dec 2, 2025 12:38 PM UTC

Unfortunately Prime still does not allow to choose units inside of a matrix, so we can't show kN or KN'm inside of the matrix.

We can only change the unit after the matrix in the appropriate place holder, which looks a bit strange

Werner_E_0-1764678599193.png

and also does not allow to add a header line.

 

So the best we can achieve is by stripping the units and adding the unit information in the header:

Werner_E_1-1764678853848.png

 

Another option would be to use an embedded Excel component. Because Excel does not support units you are again forced to display unit-less numbers and name the units in the header, but you have all of Excel's formatting capabilities (like colors, different typefaces, conditional formatting, etc.) at your disposal. You have to decide if the display of some values would justify the effort.

Werner_E_3-1764679716573.png

Prime 10 sheet attached

 

 

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StuartBruff23-Emerald V
23-Emerald V
Dec 2, 2025 1:54 PM UTC

Does the Prime 11 Custom Units options allow the user to set, say, kN as the base unit?

 

Stuart

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Dec 2, 2025 2:19 PM UTC
@StuartBruff wrote:

Does the Prime 11 Custom Units options allow the user to set, say, kN as the base unit?

 

Stuart

Yes, custom units in Prime 11 can solve this problem. We can set kN as base unit for force.

It took some time to get the desired kN*m.

The custom units are not very flexible and we can only select the base unit for a dimension from a list of preset units.

To get the kN*m it was necessary to delete the dimension "energy" and add the dimension "torque", where kN*m is offered for selection.

That way we can display the matrix with the desired units and can easily add a header line:

Werner_E_0-1764685033139.png

So once @IA_12699372  updates to Prime 11 or higher, this is an additional way to solve the problem with the added benefit that any force would be displayed in kN and every torque (and also ever energy) value in kN*m without the need to change the unit manually every time.

 

On the other hand, a table with unitless values might be clearer and less confusing to look at anyway.

A compromise might be a nested matrix

Werner_E_0-1764685882098.png

but now after creating it I must confess that I don't like it that much 🙂

 

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