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1-Visitor
May 11, 2013
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New plot functionality in MathCad Prime 3.0?

  • May 11, 2013
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I just renewed my subscription to MathCad and although there are some leaks concerning the forthcoming release, still there is very little information regarding plotting enhancements. For example does anyone know if PTC have reinstated gridlines on the graph plots and/or a second independent Y2 axis or can we include a raster image as a background to a plot; say a contour plot on land surface or radiative heat transfer to an object for example? If not then I am afraid I may have wasted my money. Considering the fact that Wolfram is soon to release their cloud version of Mathematica which has engineering unit support also; then MathCad 3, to me at least, seems to be trailing far behind in the technology stakes. If PTC ignores basic functionality then it is certain that it will go the way of the dodo. New Numerical Functions are all well and good but if one cannot interpret the output of functions in a coherent way then in my view the thousand lines of code that precede the answer are somewhat irrelevant particularly when all someone is trying to do is extract the relevant information to a report.

Regards, Mark

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10-Marble
May 24, 2013

Not good form when one has to reply to their own web posting but in the interest of making Mathcad the best mathematics program on the planet I believe PTC should be talking to this guy see: http://vimeo.com/66085662

1-Visitor
May 24, 2013

As far as I can remember gridlines and secondary Y2 axis have not been added.

Nor do I think you can add a raster image.

I'm afraid we have to wait for yet another release, which I think will not be up to scratch.

Mike

24-Ruby IV
May 24, 2013

There is a lot of Plots. It is impossible to have its all in Prime.

I use in Prime some plots what I need from others program - from Excel for example:

pie.png

15-Moonstone
July 6, 2013

Hello,

Here is a link with perhaps a little more information on MathCad Prime 3.0.

Do you know the release date of this version 3.0.

Cordially.

Denis.

http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/11444/SAXSIM_2013_Wuest_MathcadPrime3_0.pdf