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amcgough14-Alexandrite
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Oct 2, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
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PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 now available

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 is now availble for download - either as a CD Image or as a web installer. Active Global Support customers can download the CD image from this location:

https://www.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/product.jsp?prodFamily=MCD

You can follow the attached instructions to update your license file.

If you don't have a current license and want to try out PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 free for 30 days and then with a reduced functionality set for as long as you like, you can download Express by clicking this link:

http://free-dl.ptc.com/install/pim_installmgr_mathcad.exe

PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 includes new features sych as Templates, Math Formatting, Math in Text, the Global Definiiton operator, Custom Function support and many more upgrades. We're always inetrested in feedback so please do upgrade your existing installation or try the product for free and let us know what you think!

Andy McGough

Product Manager - Mathcad.

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    sbaty1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Mar 28, 2014 5:40 PM UTC

    Since I last checked in October, I note that PTC has updated their release calendar to extend "Standard Support" for Mathcad 15 to the release of Prime 5 (had been Prime 4). There are more updates to 15 (including one as recent as December) than all three releases of Prime; it is obvious what this says...

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    MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 4, 2014 1:38 PM UTC

    Steven Baty wrote:

    Since I last checked in October, I note that PTC has updated their release calendar to extend "Standard Support" for Mathcad 15 to the release of Prime 5 (had been Prime 4). There are more updates to 15 (including one as recent as December) than all three releases of Prime; it is obvious what this says...

    Yes, Prime 4.0 will not be in a position to replace M15.

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    Efried1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 4, 2014 12:20 PM UTC

    How risky and laborious ist the path from M15 to MP3? I do have programs with debugging and all of this stuff.

    thanks

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    RickMason1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 4, 2014 1:33 PM UTC

    Nearly impossible in my opinion. I have many, many worksheets to convert and the easiest ones only convert at about 40%. And that 40%, while they function, ain't pretty by a long shot. There are just way too many things still missing. I will personally be surprised if MP15 = M15 at this point.

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    MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 4, 2014 1:38 PM UTC

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    BESchmitt1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 7, 2014 6:18 PM UTC

    I agree with most posts that PRIME will not functionally replace MC15 until at least v5. FWIW - I think PTC is focusing more on CREO development as that seems to be more lucrative to them. We (my organization) have placed all conversions to PRIME on hold. We will continue with MC15 as long as MS provides technical support/updates for W7 (and likely W8). After that, if the next generation of OS are not compatible with MC15, we may opt to continue MC15 by using legacy OS via virtual PCs (e.g. VMWare Workstation) to extend life. Failing that, unless MatLab (or somebody else) steps up with something more user friendly, we revert back to EXCEL (yikes).

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    syaacoby1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 7, 2014 6:49 PM UTC

    This is exactly what we intend to do.

    I hope someone on PTC is reading these posts ...

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    MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 7, 2014 9:57 PM UTC

    shemy yaacoby wrote:

    This is exactly what we intend to do.

    I hope someone on PTC is reading these posts ...

    I wouldn't hold your breath.

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    ptc-37507781-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 24, 2014 3:50 PM UTC

    MATHCAD PRIME 3.0

    What is the deal with the serious loss of features when it comes to plotting simple XY plots?

    1. Why can I not change the font size? I can barely read the values

    2. Why can I not add labels to the plot, like what the plot is all about?

    3. Why can I not add a grid?

    need I go on?

    who decided this software was ready for "Prime" time in the first place???

    Any help on simple plot formatting...etc would help!!!

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    RichardJ19-Tanzanite
    19-Tanzanite
    Jul 24, 2014 4:20 PM UTC

    Way back in time, when MC11 was the latest thing, we asked for improvements to 2D plots. We got a few (such as two y-axes), but not many. Then with Prime 1.0 they took them all away again, along with most of the plotting features we had in MC11. Ridiculous, but true.

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    VladimirN24-Ruby IV
    24-Ruby IV
    Jul 28, 2014 6:53 AM UTC

    Compare the ribbon user interface lloks like in MATLAB R2014 and Mathcad Prime 3.0:

    MATLAB+R2014+program+window.png

    Mathcad+Prime+3.0+F000+program+window.png

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    MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    Jul 28, 2014 7:01 AM UTC

    Yes, all the latest software seems to be going down the same route with the UI.

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    Werner_E
    Werner_E25-Diamond I
    25-Diamond I
    Jul 28, 2014 8:20 AM UTC

    Mike Armstrong wrote:

    Yes, all the latest software seems to be going down the same route with the UI.

    Thank heavens not all, but unfortunately most.

    I don't like the ribbon UI but if implemented as in M$ Office or Matlab I guess I can fairly work with. Not so with the mediocre implemention of the ribbons in Prime (let alone all the other drawbacks of that software)..

    So ribbon != ribbon.

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