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smorton1-Visitor
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April 14, 2016
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convert simple mathcad prime 3.1 file to mathcad prime 3.0

  • April 14, 2016
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I created a very simple (basic arithmetic), but long Mathcad file in Prime 3.1 express while away from my home PC.

I have a fully licensed Prime 3.0 that I would like to use this file on.

Am I out of luck?  Do I need to re-enter this data again in Mathcad Prime 3.0?  Is there any way to convert this file?

Best answer by RichardJ

PTC does not allow backward compatibility even for minor version changes, such as 3.1 to 3.0. A stupid policy that does them more harm than good, but that's the way it is. So yes, you have to manually recreate everything.

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RichardJ19-TanzaniteAnswer
19-Tanzanite
April 14, 2016

PTC does not allow backward compatibility even for minor version changes, such as 3.1 to 3.0. A stupid policy that does them more harm than good, but that's the way it is. So yes, you have to manually recreate everything.

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MJG1-Visitor
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April 14, 2016

Has anyone tried modifying the XML files contained within the .mcdx file?  I tried this a while ago, but I think the file I tried it on had some content that was not available in the older version of Prime that I wanted to open it in.  I've always wanted but have never taken the time to try it on a very basic file.

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RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
April 14, 2016

I've never tried it, but it's an interesting idea.

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ValeryOchkov24-Ruby IV
24-Ruby IV
April 14, 2016

See please

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Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
April 14, 2016

Some time ago Andy reported that he was able to modify Prime 3.0 files in a way so he could read them with Prime 2.0.

-> Opening Prime 3.1 in Prime 3.0

So it may be possible to modify 3.1 files so they could be opened in 3.0. But who would be willing to spend the time finding out what has to be changed and maybe write some kind of converter?

In a blog (which I couldn't find anymore) some PTC staff reported that its possible to have Prime 3.1 and 3.0 installed on the same machine and that way its possible to run them at the same time and copy the regions from a 3.1 file to a blank 3.0 file.

But I am not sure if anybody of us ever tried and has the ability to do this for you.

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smorton1-VisitorAuthor
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April 15, 2016

Thanks for the feedback!

For what it's worth -- I thought I was really slick last night and tried to:

1) open my Prime 3.1 file

2) copied its contents to a clipboard

3) uninstalled Prime 3.1

4) installed Prime 3.0

5) tried to paste the contents

... which did NOT work.

Maybe it was a dumb idea, but I've had worse.

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Werner_E25-Diamond I
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April 15, 2016

Guess it only works when both applications (Prime 3.0 AND 3.1) are running at the same time.

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