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12-Amethyst
August 19, 2010
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PlanetPTC Virtual - Mathcad Challenge

  • August 19, 2010
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On September 8th, 2010, hear about the Mathcad Technology Vision and Strategy as well as Product Update and Roadmap, including the upcoming release of Mathcad PrimΣ 1.0 without leaving your desk.This is an exclusive, complimentary, online virtual event.

Here are few highlights:

  • 2 sessions and demos presented by Mark A. Walker, Director of Product Management, Mathcad and Jakov Kucan, Director Software Development, Mathcad
  • A session featuring one of our customers who is using Mathcad as a standard tool in their product development process
  • A session from Knovel – one of our key partners
  • PTC and partner booths in the exhibition hall
  • Discussion forums with Mathcad product experts

At the conclusion of each of the four conference sessions, the presenter will provide a clue to the audience. Collect all four clues, answer the problem statement below using Mathcad and upload (attach) your worksheet by replying to this thread.

The first correct solution* will win a $500 AMEX gift certificate!

Registration for the event is still open. For additional details about the agenda, the exhibition hall and our partners, visit the event website or contact us at -.

*The winner will be chosen based on time of response, accuracy of solution, and best use of Mathcad to derive the answer. The deadline for submission is Monday, Sept 13 at 11:59PM EST. All members must have a completed PlanetPTC Community profile to be eligible to win. Completed profile is defined as filled out Expertise, Fun Fact, Personal Interests, Tags and a selected Avatar

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12-Amethyst
September 1, 2010

The Challenge Problem Statement <click image to enlarge>

Problem Statement.png

The first 25 runner ups will receive a community t-shirt for participating. Sizes are subject to availability.

For complete contest rules, please click here

1-Visitor
September 21, 2010

Is the challenge still open?

12-Amethyst
September 24, 2010

The Mathcad Challenge is closed. The winner is Chris Kaswer.

Congratulations to Chris for his creative use of Mathcad to solve the Mathcad Challenge. He will receive a $500 America Express gift card.

Thank you all for participating. I will be getting in touch with everyone that submitted an entry for their respective mailing addresses.

I hope you had fun and looking forward to running more challenges in the near future.

-Dan

12-Amethyst
September 8, 2010

Come join PlanetPTC Virtual – Mathcad event that is live until 4:00pm EST today. Meet our technical experts, visit partner booths, hear a customer-use case and download valuable resources. Registration is still open - http://bit.ly/Mathcad_VC

Mathcad Booth.jpg

1-Visitor
September 8, 2010

Dan,

I have done and tutored it in about 2 days. All done in the Mathcad forum under: "Cannonball" attached again. What's missing is the statistical analysis of the cannon accuracy. No problem, easy to imagine a ring of random shots and calculate the X, Y deviation for the "cannoner" to adjust . I may complete and post an update. Please, don't hesitate to post more questions about this project.

Cheers, Jean

1-Visitor
September 8, 2010
1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

Tom, Chris,

I might have committed the enormous mistake that the "Cannonball" project was for *.xmcd and not for *.mcd . Were there other restrictions ?

1-Visitor
September 9, 2010

I don't think that was a restriction, but it was my understanding that we would get the information (g, h, v0, theta) from the sessions. You posted your answer before the last piece of info was released and didn't use any of them.

16-Pearl
September 8, 2010

Here's my attempt ....