Excel blamed for multibillion dollar financial losses.
Interesting article in the New Statesman about the dangers of Excel, highlighting some of the problems with Excel workbooks, particularly it would seem the difficulty of validating them and the poor...
View Articlerendering xmcd file without Mathcad
Hi,is it possible to render a xmcd file readable without using mathcad? The intention is to use a requirements management system to store the source files and make them available for inspection and to...
View ArticleSafeCast
I recently upgraded to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 on my Windows XP Pro machine. The Mathcad 11 files came to 107MB, not bad all things considered. However, Mathcad also installed something called...
View ArticlePTC Mathcad User Forum
== PTC has started a Mathcad User Forum at http://www.ptc.com/forums/== We are not closing these forums. At some point, these User Forums will move to PTC.com. At the present, we plan to keep both sets...
View ArticleMathcad Prime
Will the new Mathcad Prime coming in December be able to display results on the worksheet with comma delimiters? In other words, can the result one million be displayed as 1,000,000 instead of 1000000...
View ArticleFailed to create Compute Engine
I had to reinstall MathCad 12.After that the Mathcad Window startet but I could not do any calculations. The error message "failed to create compute engine" appeared.Has anybody an idea what I could...
View Articleadding single line to a vector/matrix
Hello!I have a simple, but rather interesting question here: does anybody know, how to simply extend a vector (or matrix) with a single element (or line). Whenever I came to the point of adding one...
View ArticleResize issue
Hi, I have AutoCAD drawings embedded in my Mathcad worksheets. Whenever, I edit and update the drawing (by double clicking on the embedded drawing) Mathcad expands it greatly, almost to the entire...
View ArticleInstallation problems with Mathcad 15 / Windows 7
I have a student licence of Mathcad 15 and I am trying to install it to a computer with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system and Intel-7 processor. The problem is, that the installation stops...
View ArticleProblems linking mathcad and excel spreadsheets
Hello! I have a problem which I have been working on for several days. I have a large excel spreadsheet, roughly 300 rows by 75 columns, and I need to access the spreadsheet in Mathcad. I need to have...
View ArticleMCAD 4.5 Anyone?
I have several very old drawing files, which were readable in Mathcad 4.5 (probably, since they are not readable in v5.0). I have long since upgraded, one version after another, and dumped all my old...
View ArticleChange text color on several different regions
is there any way to select multiple text regions and change the color on all of them?thanks.
View ArticleMatrix to vector (M2V)
Could someone help me to with drafting a simple short function that would be able to transform a large matrix into a vector - say M2V function. I need one M2V function for transforming matrix rows (row...
View ArticleHow to use Knovel
Hello,I have just installed MathCad15, and I am curious to check the new Knovel functionality. However, when I try to open any of the PDF files in the Knovel Library nothing happens, except getting an...
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disappearing toolbar
My math toolbar has disappeared, and I can't find it. I have run 11.2a for years on my XP PC, and have always had the this toolbar to launch the others. It's the one shown below, the one that has,...
View ArticleStrange Problem with MathCAD 15 Installation
I was on an extended trip to Moscow recently and found I needed a copy of MathCAD for my notebook (I had it installed on my desktop in my office but did not anticipate needing it on my notebook as...
View ArticleDo newer version handle units better?
I own MathCad 14 and in general love it to death, but I don't like the way it handles units using Solver, as the final answer in Solver never has any units. But if you solve the equation for the...
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Displaying values in an equation
Hi! I am new at using PTC products, including PTC Mathcad.Few hours ago, I downloaded and installed Mathcad Prime 2.0, trial version, and of course I ended up with a problem.In fact, maybe it isn't a...
View ArticleDeleting Rows from Data Tables
I have created a Mathcad 14 sheet with a data table that I use to provide input variables. The number of rows of data in that data table vary from problem to problem, so I need to be able to increase...
View ArticlePost Formatting
Does anyone know if the default font and settings can be changed? Also, is there a way to set a signature up?Mike
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