What’s new in PTC Mathcad Prime 11

PTC Mathcad Prime 11 empowers technical professionals to solve and document complex calculations. New manual calculation mode provides users the choice of when, and what, to calculate. Custom unit systems provide control over default display units. Create advanced controls scripting in Python. Upgrade to PTC Mathcad Prime 11 to solve, analyze, document, and share your engineering calculations.

Application updates

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PTC Mathcad Prime 11 introduces several updates to application-level functionality, including important features requested by users.

  • Manual Calculation Mode: Users can now choose when to calculate the worksheet, either recalculating the entire worksheet or only updating relevant regions up to the page currently in view.
  • Custom Unit Systems: Customize the behavior of a unit system with increased flexibility and control over the worksheet’s unit system.
  • Result Threshold Formatting: Set thresholds for exponential, complex, and zero results.
  • Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal Support: Perform calculations and format results in these number systems.
  • Region Borders: Toggle borders for regions in the worksheet.
  • Python for Advanced Controls: Use Python scripting for advanced controls, in addition to VBScript and JScript (first introduced in Mathcad Prime 10).

Engine enhancements

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  • New decomp Keyword: Decompose large symbolic expressions for easier analysis
  • New vec and IsRange Functions: Create vectors and determine if a variable is of a range datatype
  • Solve Block Improvements: Enhanced support for scaling objective functions and constraints and expanded CTOL settings
  • Plot processing improvements for 2D plots
  • Symbolic Calculation Improvements: Improved performance for symbolic calculations, including the keyword simplify and calculus operators

Usability updates

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  • Simplified Insert Image: Streamline insertion of images into the worksheet
  • Convert Password-Protected Areas: Convert areas in legacy worksheets that are password protected and collapsed
  • Radio Button Selected by Default: Radio button from Advanced Controls now has preselected choices for improved clarity
  • Slider Invert and Min/Max Properties: New option to invert slider points and display min/max values on slider control
  • Page Number Format: New page number formats for headers and footers

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