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Export in MathML / Conversion in Prime

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July 21, 2021
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Hello

I used Mathcad 15. Due to termination of Mathcad 15 I am forced to switch to Prime.

I used the internal conversion tool in Prime 7. The converter shows me several hundred conversion problems (converter is unsure if the conversion is correct...)

Sometimes the conversion works. Sometimes not. Even if I converte the same file several times.

I also observed the behavior that if I convert the same file multiple times I receive different conversion results.

Now I want to export my Mathcad15 in MathML. Not in simple HTML. I want a real MathML.

I already exported the mathcad to HTML. But this export is .... "suboptimal".

The formulas are exported as images. I can not copy them in a useful way.

--> Is there a way to export from Mathcad 15 into MathML? (Export from Prime in MathML is not suitable for me because the conversion into Prime does not work).

--> Is there a plan/date when the converter (MC15->Prime) is fully functional?

Best regards

Martin

Mathcad Usage

Best answer by LucMeekes

QED

(and that's not Quantum Electro-Dynamics, but latin: Quod Erat Demonstrandum).

Luc

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

Its no surprise that the conversion from real Mathcad to Prime often fails or give undesired and useless results. After all Prime is way back behind Mathcad in functionality and usability. Given the glacial "progress" in "development" of Prime so far, I guess that will not change in the next few years, probably never.

But I am surprised to hear that multiple attempts to convert the very same file using the very same converter resulted in different Prime sheets. Thats really hard to believe. Can you give an example?

According the MathML export I guess there is no easy way to do. You'll have to write your own converter, examining the XML of the Mathcad file.

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Raiko

17-Peridot

"Given the glacial progress in development of Prime..."

Well, a glacier moves but I wouldn't call that progress 😉

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StuartBruff

23-Emerald V

@Raiko wrote:

"Given the glacial progress in development of Prime..."

Well, a glacier moves but I wouldn't call that progress 😉

Maybe anthropogenic global warming will speed things up? 😇

... On the other hand, a melted glacier is a non-existent glacier, and they don't move at all! 😈

Personally, I'd like to see LaTeχ export/import.

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LucMeekes

23-Emerald IV

-> Mathcad 2001, 2001i and 11 have an option to 'Save as' a "HTML/MathML File (*.htm)" .

The expression:

creates this MathML:

Did they drop that 'Save as' modality in Mathcad 13, 14 or 15?

-> What do you understand by 'fully functional'?

Considering the fact that Mathcad (15 and before) outperform Prime on a number of items, and there appears to be no plan to fill certain gaps, there will always be Mathcad 15 sheets that require additional (hand-)work after 'conversion' to Prime...

Success!
Luc

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

Did they drop that 'Save as' modality in Mathcad 13, 14 or 15?

Yeah! Here is what MC15 offers with "Save as":

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Hello

as requested the comparision of two conversions: MC15 in Prime 7 Converter - Comparision of several conversions.png

cite: You'll have to write your own converter, examining the XML of the Mathcad file.

TBH: If it would be so easy as you said then the competitors would generate a input interface. But they don't do it. Second: I am a HW engineer and I do not write a script to parse XML. This is not my job. My employer pays much money to get a maintenance and I receive a converter which works sometimes sometimes not. I want to trust the converted scripts. And I don't want to check each formula if there is an error or not. If I would print the WCA on a paper I would waste 200 pages of paper.