Opening MC3 documents with MC2.

[ptc-3935512]

Is it possible to preview a MC3 file with a MC2? Currently MC2 will open the document as a blank sheet.

[RichardJ]

No. And we can't save from Prime 3 to Prime 2 format either. There is zero backward compatibility.

[VladimirN]

But you can use Mathcad Prime Express 3.0 as a viewer.

[RichardJ]

But can you install Prime 3 Express without uninstalling Prime 2? I think not.

[tdevaraj]

You can install Prime 3 even if you have Prime 2 installed. The last version installed will be used for the converter.

[RichardJ]

OK, but that would still be a problem because then you could no longer import .mcd or .xmcd files to Prime 2.0, even further limiting what you could do with it.

[VladimirN]

Yes, the converter will only work for the latest version of Prime.

[MikeArmstrong]

I have only just seen this and cannot believe what I am reading. Why on earth would PTC write Prime 3.0 like this, basically making Prime 2.0 redundant when Prime 3.0 is installed.

[g_macrae]

I am sure that the previous post by PTC has very fundamentally not answered the original question.

[tdevaraj]

My response is in response to Richards question about installing Prime 3.0 after installing Prime 2.0

Richard has answered the original question.

[ptc-3935512]

I have both installed (MC2 & MC3) unfortunately the rest of my co-workers use MC2 so I can not share my MC3 templates or documents with them. Furthermore it is a nightmare trying to copy work done in MC3 to MC2 as stated in the prior posts. Thank you for the help, I hope there is a solution to this soon.

[MikeArmstrong]

Let's prey that all of these issues are ironed out in Prime 4.0.

[BertBeirinckx]

If that would be the case, then I'm gonna start believing in Santa Claus...

[MikeArmstrong]

Hahahaha - maybe he might bring us something. I don't think Prime 4.0 will be where we want to be.