The Problem Recently, a European colleague asked American teammates how to express the dimensions 3’ 1/8” x 3’ 1/8 (a 36.125-inch square) in centimetres. She explained that American metrics made her feel lost. It was a very simple unit conversion request. The answer is 91.7575…
Not long ago, I used PTC Mathcad to uncover some real-world truths about Star Trek and its implausible use of “warp speed.” Of course, Start Trek is fiction, but I thought exploring some of the concepts found in the popular science fiction series would be…
Editor’s note: This blog article was originally written as a PTC Mathcad Prime worksheet. For the best reading experience, please download the Mathcad Prime worksheet here. If you need a Mathcad Prime worksheet viewer, download Mathcad Prime for free here. A truck driving on a…
Fancy a small challenge? Let’s create a Mathcad Prime worksheet that: Calculates the event horizon (Schwarzschild radius), last photon orbit, last stable particle orbit, and temperature if our solar system’s Sun, Moon, and planets were to become black holes. (You can choose whether to include…
Mathcad Prime 9 is the latest version of industry-standard calculation software. It delivers numerous productivity and functionality enhancements so users can accurately solve, analyse, document, and share their engineering calculations faster than ever. Learn more details in the blog post, What’s New in PTC Mathcad…
Contact us to find out more about your licence upgrade to Mathcad Prime 9. Get Your 30-Day Free Trial of Mathcad Prime 9 Today! Mathcad Prime 9 is the latest version of Mathcad Prime, a technical computing software which allows engineers and scientists to create…
PTC has recently released a new Mathcad version – Prime 8. So let’s take a look at the improvements. 1. Redefinition Warnings With the redefinition warnings functionality in Mathcad Prime 8, warnings automatically appear on redefinitions in regions that contain them. You can turn warnings…