Selective Linking to Another Mathcad Sheet

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April 27, 2020
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I have two Mathcad sheets that I am using to design a structural member. The reason I have two sheets is for two different design cases that have different loading. Although there are two different design cases, the member geometry input for both cases needs to be the same. I was wondering if there was a way to selectively link only certain inputs/ variables from one sheet to another? My initial thought was that if you could initiate a link then then end/break it partway through the sheet, that may work, but I am not sure. Due to different loading inputs the output will change, thus if I cant end/break the link, I will get duplicate output variable errors. Thank you!

Civil_Engineering

Best answer by terryhendicott

Hi,

One way to handle it is:-

Create three sheets. One for the geometry, one each for the load cases.

Include the two load cases as references on the geometry sheet after the geometry is input.

Cheers

Terry

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terryhendicott

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21-Topaz II

Hi,

One way to handle it is:-

Create three sheets. One for the geometry, one each for the load cases.

Include the two load cases as references on the geometry sheet after the geometry is input.

Cheers

Terry

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coberg

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6-Contributor

Terry,

Thank you for the suggestion. I didn't think of that, but that should work and solve my problem. Thank you!

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-MFra-

21-Topaz II

Hi,

A few weeks ago I presented some examples regarding the reference files (M15), I think they are very useful to understand the procedure and the rules to be respected. Search for "Pulses & Waveforms" or "Use of reference files.".