Engineering calculation

Softwareinformation

Chinesename:Engineeringcalculation

Englishname:MathCAD

Region:UnitedStates

Language:English,French,German,Italian,Spanish,Japanese,Korean,SimplifiedChineseandTraditionalChinese

SoftwareIntroduction

Asacomputingmanagementplatform,MathcadcurrentlyhasmillionsScientificresearchers,engineeringandtechnicalpersonnel,educatorsandstudentsprovidedunparalleledhelp.Complicatedmathematicaloperationsaredifficultandcumbersome,butchoosingtherighttoolsiseasyandenjoyable.

Mainfunctions

MathCADSystem

MathCADisaninteractivemathematicssystemsoftwarelaunchedbyMathsoftCorporationoftheUnitedStates.Fromtheearlyversions1.0underDOSand4.0underWindows,totoday'sversion14.0,thefunctionshavealsochangedfromsimplenumericalcalculationstotheuseofMaple'spowerfulsymboliccalculationcapabilities,makingitaqualitativeleap.

Theglobalstandardforengineeringcalculations

Today,topengineersuseMathcadtoperform,record,andshareengineeringcalculationsanddesignwork.TheuniqueMathcadvisualformatandnote-basedinterfaceintegratestandardmathematicalsymbols,text,andgraphicsintooneworksheet-makingMathcadanidealchoiceforknowledgecapture,engineeringcalculationreuse,andengineeringcollaboration.

Mathcadpromotesinnovationandprovidessignificantpersonalandprocessproductivityadvantagesforproductdevelopmentandengineeringdesignprojects.Unlikeproprietarycalculationtoolsandspreadsheets,Mathcadallowsengineerstosimultaneouslydesignandrecordengineeringcalculationsusingdetailedappliedmathematicalfunctionsanddynamic,perceptibleunitcalculations.

Mathcad'slatestfeaturesandimprovements&Mathcad14.0newfeatures

Advantages:

·Easytolearnanduse-nospecialProgrammingskills

·Improveworkefficiency,therebysavingengineers’timeandreducingerrors

·Improvetheverificationandconfirmationofkeyengineeringcalculations

·PromoteengineeringcalculationsBestpracticesandreuseofengineeringcalculationcontent

·Completeengineeringcalculationdocumentsprovidesupportforcompliancewithregulations

Comprehensivemathematicalcalculationfunctions

Includesdynamiccalculationofperceptibleunitsandinteroperabilitywithhundredsofbuilt-infunctions

Easilyintegratewithotherapplications,includingPro/ENGINEERandPTC'sproductdevelopmentsystem.Scalableadd-onTheeasy-to-usehelpfunctionoftheengineeringlibrary,expansionpackageandMathcadcalculationserverprovidesguidanceforalloperations.Intuitivewhiteboardinterface

allowsyoutodesign,solveandrecordintegratedstandardmathematicalsymbols,textandengineeringcalculationsatthesametime.Thegraphicsareallcontainedinoneworksheet.

What’snewinMathcad14.0

Mathcad14.0isthefirstPTCsinceacquiringMathsoftinApril2006.AglobalversionofMathcad.ThisreleasecontainsanumberofmajorimprovementsthatimprovethepersonalandengineeringprocessproductivitybenefitscurrentlyprovidedbytheMathcadproductfamily.

FullsupportforUnicode

Unicodecanachieveconsistentworksheetdisplayregardlessofoperatingsystem,regionalsettingsorlanguagesettings.Userscanuseallnecessarysymbols(includingvariablenames,drawinglabels,etc.)appropriatetotheregionandprofessioninanyareaof​​theMathcadworksheet.MathcadnowbettersupportsAsiancharacters,improvesusability,simplifiestheinsertionofJapanesecharacters,andimprovespersonalproductivityandglobalcollaborationefficiency.

Improvedcomputingpowerandclarity

Worksheetanalysis

·ThenewworksheetcomparisonfunctionenablesuserstoCompare2similarworksheetsdependingontheway,andquicklyidentifyareasthathavebeenadded,changedordeleted.Thisenhancescollaboration,improvesworksheetreuse,andenhancestheengineer'sabilitytocreateandreviewengineeringcalculations.

·Theenhancedworksheetsearchfunctioncannowidentifythesearchresultsinthefolded(hidden)areaof​​theworksheet,sothatthesearchresultscanbereportedmorecomprehensively.Thisimprovestheefficiency,qualityandcollaborationofengineeringdesign.

In-linenumericalsolutionandimprovedexplicitcalculation

·Thisfunctionallowsuserstodefineandsolveequationsinonesentence(oneline),sothatThedocumentationbecomesconciseandsupportsstandardreportformats.Thissavesworktablespaceandimprovestheorganizationandclarityoftheworktable.

·In-linenumericalsolutionalsoenhancestheexistingexplicitcalculationfunctionbybindingvariablenamestotheresultofin-linenumericalsolution.Explicitcalculationsallowuserstoreplacevariablesinequationswithvalues​​torecordandverifythatthecorrectvalues​​areusedtocalculatetheresults.UserscantakeadvantageoftheenhancementsinMathcad14.0torecordintermediateequationsandresultsinexplicitcalculations.Theclarityofexplicitcalculationshasbeenimprovedandthespeedofverification,verificationandreviewofengineeringcalculationshasbeenimproved.Thisimprovementbringsbenefitstoengineerswhosubmitworksheetsaspartofdesignproposals,standardscompliancedocuments,orotherformalreports.

Improvedsymbols

·Mathcad14.0hasmajorupdatestosymbols,includingnewandenhancedfeatures,suchassymbolvectorization,completeSolving,newandimprovedkeywords,continuedfractionexpansion,extended/segmented/repeatedsolutions.Thisenablesuserstoderiveformulas,demonstrateprocesses,andrecordengineeringreasoning.Superusers,researchanddesignengineers,andotherdoctoraluserswhoneedtousesymbolswillbenefitgreatlyfromtheseimprovements.

·NewgradientoperatorandJacobianmatrix.Thesenewsymbolicfeaturesmakevectoranalysispossible,especiallyasinputtogenfitandstiffODEsolvers.Thesefunctionsareapplicableinbothsymbolicandnumericalanalysis,andtheymakevectorsmoreconciseandclear.

Enhancementsinthemathematicalsolver

Theseenhancementsallowuserstosolveanddocumentawiderrangeofengineeringdesignproblems.

·Newandimprovedordinarydifferentialequation(ODE)solversmakecalculationsfasterandmorereliable.SolveODEsfasterandmorereliablyfordesignproblemswithvaryingscalesandsolutioncycles.ReducetheexpertiserequiredtosolvedifficultODEproblems.Thisimprovementhasbenefitedalargenumberofengineers(especiallymechanicalengineers).

·ThestatespaceofODEmatrixoperations.EnterthelinearequationsoftheODEusingstatespacesymbolscommensuratewiththeprofession.Moreprofessional-specificsymbolsareusedtorecordandcaptureintellectualassets.Thisbenefitsuserswhodevelopandanalyzecontrolengineeringdesigns.

Enhancedfunctionsindrawingformatsettings

Allowuserstocreatebettergraphicalreports,improvingrecording,communicationandcollaborationthroughouttheproductdevelopmentprocess.

·Provideanewtabforcustomizingthenumberformatonthe2Ddrawingaxis,allowinguserstoquicklycustomizegraphics.

·Supportingthenegativeradiusonthepolarcoordinatemapcreatesanotherstyleofpolarcoordinatemap,therebyimprovingthequalityandclarityofthedrawing.TheimprovedpolarplotsinMathcad14.0areusefulforelectricaldesignengineerswhoanalyzeelectromagneticradiationincommunicationsorantennadesignapplications.

PTCprovidesmoresupport

·ForMathcad14.0,customerswhohavesignedaneffectivemaintenanceagreementcannowusePTC'sglobaltechnology24hoursaday,7daysaweekSupportservices.Thissignificantlystrengthenstheprevioustechnicalsupportservices,enablingcustomerstogetthesupporttheyneedanytime,anywhere.

·AsingleuserwillusePTC'sautomatedlicensinginfrastructuretoactivatenewandupgradelicensesforMathcad14.0.ThenewFlexLMlicensemanagementimplementedbyMathcadforindividualusersprovidesamorereliableactivationprocessandimprovestheenduserexperience.

Documentationimprovements

Localizeddocumentation

·Mathcaddocumentationandhelpresourcesarenowlocalizedtoall9supportedbyPTCMultiplelanguages,includingEnglish,French,German,Italian,Spanish,Japanese,Korean,SimplifiedChineseandTraditionalChinese.

NewlyaddedMathcadresources

Mathcad’sonlineresourcescontinuetoprovidehundredsofworksheets,whichillustratethedepthofMathcad’smathematicalcapabilitiesandtheapplicationsthatMathcadsupportsTypeofprogram.Alloftheseworksheetsarereal-time,sowhenyoureadthetutorialorQuickSheet,youcanseeMathcadatwork,changetheinput,andseetheresultsintheoutputastheoutputisupdated.Now,Mathcad14.0comeswithanewsolutionandoptimizationlibraryE-book.

MigrationGuide

Inadditiontotraditionalhelpandresources,theMathcad14.0documentationalsoprovidesimportantresourcesforexperiencedusers.Theupgrademigrationguidediscussesthemathematicalstructuresthathavebeenupgradedinthelatestversion,andanyincompatibilitieswitholderversionsofMathcadthatthesestructuresmaycause.ThisenablescustomerstoquicklybecomefamiliarwiththelatestversionofMathcadandleveragetheirexistingintellectualassets.

EnhancedfunctionsofMathcadcalculationserver

·MathcadcalculationserverincludesallthepracticalfunctionsofMathcad14.0.

·MathcadcalculationservernowincludesallMathcadextensionpackagestofullysupportthistypeofMathcadworksheet:usingcalculationfunctionsthatareonlyprovidedintheextensionpackagebutnotintheMathcadbaseproduct.

·Localizeddocuments

Mathcadcalculationserverdocumentsarenowlocalizedintoall9languages​​supportedbyPTC,includingEnglish,French,German,Italian,Spanish,andJapanese,Korean,SimplifiedChineseandTraditionalChinese.

ThelatestreleaseofMathcad15.0

Thedesignpurposeofthisversionistohelpcustomerssolvethemosturgentengineeringcalculationneedsandimprovetheoverallproductdevelopmentprocess.Calculateandrecordwork.

DesignofExperiments(DoE)

DesignofExperiments(DoE)providesmorethan25newfunctions.TheyunderstandtheinteractionofvariablesthatwillaffecttheexperimentanduseDoEtoreducetheamountofexperimentationrequiredTimeandcost.DoEhelpstoidentifythekeyfactorsandoptimalsettingsforcomplexprocesses.Itprovidestemplatesforsmallerbutmoreintelligentexperiments;thesetemplatesareessentialiftherearemultiplevariablesandlevels.

KnovelMathContent

QuicklyviewallMathcadworksheetsfullydocumentedbyKnovelprovidedinthetrustedRoarkandHickreferencebooks,thusshorteningthetimerequiredtosolvecomplexmathematicalproblemstime.

TrueNumberintegration

UsingTruenumber,youcaneasilytransfervalues​​betweenapplicationsandorganizationswithoutlosingthenumberorunitintegrity.Theresultsandvalues​​canbeexportedfromMathcadtodifferentdocumenttypes,makingiteasytosharedata.

SupportforExcel2007

UsethefollowingExcel2007functionsandfunctions:READEXCEL(),WRITEEXCEL(),READFILE,dataimportwizardandExceladd-in.

SupportforWindows7

SupportforMicrosoftWindows7platform

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