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PTC is hosting a webinar in early September about using templates in PTC Mathcad Prime. We want to promote how thoughtful template use saves users time and are great for efficiency. We’ll be going into quite a bit more detail than the basics of putting your company logo in the header. While our internal PTC expert presenters will present great insight, you may also have great use cases or experiences that we haven’t even thought of that all Mathcad users could be inspired by!In this thread, please share or describe your Mathcad Prime templates and how they help you: be it function libraries that you regularly reuse, or sophisticated set-ups for accelerating the creation of client reports. (Note: This is a public forum; please don’t share your confidential or critical intellectual property. I may also collate your responses and share them in a PTC.com blog at a later time so everyone can benefit from best practices!)
This month’s challenge is about tautochrone curves and isochronous curves. They are very similar. Both involve placing an object on the curve and allowing it to slide without friction. With a tautochrone, an object placed at any point on the curve will take the same time to slide to the bottom. With isochronous curves, objects allowed to slide from any part of the curve will have the same period of oscillation. You can think of the tautochrone as “half” of the isochronous curve, as it is only concerned with how long it takes the object to reach the bottom.In this scenario, the “top” of the tautochrone curve is at a height of 10 meters on the left side. The end point is at ( 0, 0 ). (The “top” of the isochronous curve on the other side is 10 meters on the right side.) Design a curve such that an object placed at any point on the curve will take the same time to slide without friction to the end point under the effect of uniform gravity. Examples of three possible solutions from Creo 13.
Mathcad Prime Worksheets Collection OverviewThis set of Mathcad Prime worksheets is a curated collection of ready-to-use examples, templates, and solved problems organized by engineering and math discipline. All worksheets created in PTC Mathcad Prime 2.0. What you’ll find in each categoryAlgebra & Geometry - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering core mathematical concepts such as complex numbers, interpolation methods, eigenvalue analysis, geometric modeling, and iterative computation techniques. Calculus, Statistics, and Data Analysis - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering differential equations, statistical modeling, regression, simulation, and data analysis techniques for mathematical and real-world problem solving. Chemical Engineering - A collection of Mathcad worksheets covering solution chemistry, thermodynamics, equilibrium modeling, and process engineering calculations to support chemical analysis and system design. Civil Engineering - A comprehensive collect
We would like to transfer our Mathcad 14.0 installation to a new hardware due to a hardware replacement. Is there any advice about how to get an updated license file?
The following Mathcad code attempts to use a formula from Wikipedia to expand cos(n*z), but appears to get the wrong result. Comments? Mathcad code implementing expansion formula
After a Wibdows 11 update some weeks ago, Microsoft Edge version 150 closes a few seconds after it is opened. This is not a problem for me normaly because I prefer to use Google Chrome. However Mathcad Prime seems to insist on using Edge.I have set Chrome as the default browser and then installed Prime 12.0.0.1 even though I use English as the Prime language. Still no good.Does anyone know how to get Mathcad Prime to use Chrome?Thanks for your help.
PTC is hosting two live webinars about Mathcad Templates: on September 8 and September 10. The content of the webinars is similar, but the times and presenters are different, so sign up for the timing which is most convenient!“Build Once, Reuse Always: Mathcad Templates” promotional imageYou’ll learn about how Mathcad templates work and why you’ll want to use them. Our PTC technical experts will be sharing best practices to get the most out of templates, going beyond the basics. That said, we strongly encourage beginner Mathcad Prime users to attend; this free event will accelerate your Mathcad adoption and have you greatly speed up your ability to make new projects in Mathcad.We’ll also be taking live Q&A at the end of each session. The webinars will be recorded, and we’ll make the replays for both available after the event. We’ll also make the presentation materials available for download as part of that replay experience.
PrimeConnect is also by request now a python library that connects python engineering applications with PTC Mathcad Prime. It allows python programs to generate editable Prime worksheets, and retrieve Mathcad calculated results as native python and numpy objects.What is still needed is a brief manual on how to use it, but it is simple.CheersTerry
A PTC Mathcad Prime XML Writer in C++File created with PrimeWriter v1.1 Alpha, an Embracadero RAD Studio 12 C++ Builder program. Program creates a rudimentary worksheet as a starting point. It is intended for further enhancement to create more elaborate worksheetsStarted with a simple request of ChatGPT"create a PTC Mathcad Prime file that creates variables a and b of 3 and 5 respectively and adds them together for variable c."This started a week long Monday to Sunday, long hours each day focused chat with chatGPT and has produced a simple programmable worksheet generator in C++. It has some functions already defined; operators +,-,/,* sqrt, sin, cos, tan, exp, pow, nthroot, max, min, atan2, lsolve, concat, det, trace, rank, eigenvals, augment, and submatrix. Adding a new Prime function type only takes two lines of code. So more will be added over time. Greek symbols can be used.It is intended as a quick visual report writing method for my C++ FEM work.The new advantage is C++ progra
I would like to READTEXT from text file which would form a two-column matrix. That part is easy. Then I would like to copy the contents of the first matrix to a second matrix, then use that second matrix for other purposes, but unlinked to the first matrix.
If I upgrade my web account to a global support agreement will a mathcad 14 license be issued using the https://support.ptc.com/appserver/lm/mathcad/call_logger/callLogger.jsp tool. I understand mathcad 14 and 15 are no longer supported however this tool mentioned above is still present and mentioned in forums. I just want to know if it still will grant licenses if I upgrade my account to global support. If it does how do I update/upgrade my account to this? Has anyone else done this? We have used the non prime version of mathcad(s) for decades at our structural firm with hundreds of mathcad spread sheets. I have tried the trial of the latest prime and the conversion of the sheets is worrisome. ebooks using roarks and young will also not work. Not to mention probably not backwards compatible if edited with a machine on prime, then trying to open on one of our other machines with Mathcad 14.
Hello. My account has a new activated license for mathcad. When I try to download the software appears a message saying that I dont have enough privileges. Could you solved this issue. Thanks by advanced. Regards. Alejandro
I have installed Mathcad 14 on my new computer and tried transferring my license file .dat from my old computer to new. It gives me host Id errors. I have found the ptc support website. https://support.ptc.com/appserver/lm/mathcad/call_logger/callLogger.jsp?as=1 to try to get a new license file. I enter in my product code and it says. Your web account does not hold the following required privileges to access the application: License Management Reporting for read-only access. License Management Licensing for configuration and license file generation access. If I update my web account will a new Mathcad 14 license be issued that matches my new computer? If so how to I go about updating my web account?
I own a perpetual Mathcad 14.0 M020 Single User license purchased directly from PTC. The legacy MCLicense.exe utility authenticates to my PTC account, but the activation request fails with HTTP 403 Forbidden before a license.dat is generated. Since license.dat is never created, Mathcad reports that C:\Program Files (x86)\Mathcad 14\licenses\license.dat does not exist. Can someone generate a replacement license.dat or License Pack manually?My old PC crashed so I am unable to locate the old file.
I have an existing permanent node-locked educational license for Mathcad 15 and am moving Mathcad from my old computer to a new Windows 11 computer. I still have the original product code and existing license file. Mathcad 15 is installed and running to the point where it requests licensing. The Mathcad Single User/Student Get License page accepts my product code but redirects me to License Management, where my PTC account reports insufficient privileges. The Single User/Student Log Case option also does not proceed. I need assistance re-hosting my existing permanent Mathcad 15 license to the new computer and obtaining a replacement license file for the new Host ID. I can provide the old and new Host IDs, product code, and existing license file privately if required.
HiI have a parabola and *n* circles that need to be plotted simultaneously.The idea is that the value of *n* can be changed, and the plot updates automatically without me having to manually add plots.I have managed to plot the circles individually as upper and lower segments—this works fine, provided I can set up the indexing so that it plots all of them automatically.Additionally, I would like to plot the tangent slopes at the intersection points of the parabola and the circles—I have already calculated these—is this possible? My current go to- where i need to ajust number og circles as the number of piles change: Hope someone can helpBest regreads
Hi There , I want to use this function ( filterNAN) , but I’m not sure how it works . I have a nested array f2 . I tried three different approaches but non is working , in f2 I’m using M and sigma they also have NaN in their values , but not all the values are NaN. Regards, Yusra
Is there any way to send excel data into Matchcad using VBA. I have many claculation work on mathcad but I want excel to be use as an input body which send the specific cell data to a variable in mathcad and the mathcad run the calculation. after that vba send the message to print the mathcad worksheet Example is here to understand Step 1 In excel sheet, we have let say three values in three cells variable with values such as a is 350, b is 505 and c is 900 and so on (actually I have more than 100 values) Step 2 Excel vba open mathcad using COM or API (I do not know the code yet and how to open mathcad from excel vba) Step 3 Excel sent a, b, and c value in mathcad. where many operation are performed such addition, square and many more using these a,b and. Step 4 Excel send signal to print mathcad and then close the mathcad worksheet. Note: Please note the actual work is much more complicated it has atlead 60 pages of calculation in mathcad and more than 1
Hi There ,I have two functions are exactly the same but in two different sheet in the first sheet . it works perfectly and I’m getting the expected answers for f2In the second sheet it doesn't work and I suspect the reason is M has different arrays . How can I fix this function : the error says : This array index is invalid. The index must be an integer, not less than ORIGIN, and not greater than the last element."I can’t attached simplified sheet even in zip file. I hope you can help Thanks in advance , Yusra
Hi. I am trying to use an advanced list box to select a beam section from the first column in a matrix that I can then use to lookup related properties further on in my calc sheet. The problem I have is that the selection does not get parsed to the output variable. Any help with this would be appreciated, I can’t seem to find anything useful online, but I am clearly missing some detail.Here is the list box code and MathCAD file attached. // TODO: Add your initialization code herefunction ListBoxEvent_Start(Inputs, Outputs) { // TODO: Add your code here};function ListBoxEvent_Exec(Inputs, Outputs) { // 1. Clear the list box contents FIRST to reset it ListBox.ResetContent(); var options = Inputs[0].Value; // 2. Loop through and add the strings for(var i=0; i < options.length; i++) { ListBox.AddString(options[i]); } // 3. Set your output Outputs[0].Value = options[ListBox.CurSel()]; //Outputs[0].Value = ListBox.get_text(ListBox.CurSel());};function ListBoxEvent_Stop(Inputs,
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Hello,I am new to developing custom functions for Mathcad Prime.I already managed to create a working custom function in C, but I still cannot understand how to do the same in C++.To be honest, I do not understand the internal structure of Visual Studio C++ projects yet. I am learning step by step and using AI to help me understand the code and project structure.My goal is to move large engineering calculations from Mathcad into C++ DLL libraries. I hope to use AI to help convert my Mathcad algorithms into C++, but first I need to understand how a working C++ custom function project is organized.At the moment I cannot even create a very simple function like:int add(int a, int b){ return a + b;}I am not asking anyone to write my project for me.I would simply like to have a minimal Visual Studio C++ project that builds into a DLL and is recognized by Mathcad Prime. Even a project containing only one simple function would be enough.Once I have one working example, I believe I will be a
I have purchased a new computer because my old computer can not be updated to windows 11. I have Mathcad 14, #15, Mathcad Prime 3.1 on my old computer. I want to put them on my new computer and my question is whether I can copy the files to a usb drive and put them onto my new computer? Or cand is download the from and old download file? Or do I new to get a new download from PTC?Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Users who do not know their Mathcad product code can refer steps below on how to get the Product Code: Solution: Product Code consists of 22 alphanumeric characters in length. General format of product code is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxx – xxxx If Mathcad is purchased from PTC Web Store, product code can be found on the order confirmation E-mail as “Digital Rights” or you can locate the product code printed in the card inserted in the DVD package Customers who purchased Mathcad through the PTC web store can obtain their product code by contacting the Academic Assistance
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