Mathcad Prime 11 Application Advancements
Manual Calculation Mode
You can now choose when and how to calculate your Mathcad worksheets. Before Mathcad Prime 11, you could only recalculate your entire worksheet whenever you had a new change. With the new Calculate Now option, you can update only relevant regions up to the page currently in view.
Custom Unit Systems
You can create your own unit systems alongside the built-in SI, USCS, and CGS systems, which provides you with increased flexibility and control over the default units displayed in your worksheet.
Result Threshold Formatting
You can set thresholds for exponential, complex, and zero results.
Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal Support
You can now perform calculations and format results in these number systems, in addition to the decimal system. There is also a menu option to select the default format for displaying results.
Region Borders
You may toggle borders on or off for regions in the worksheet. These can be displayed for individual regions or with multiple regions selected.
Python for Advanced Controls
Python scripting can now be used for advanced controls, in addition to the VBScript and JScript languages that were available when advanced controls were first introduced in Mathcad Prime 10.
Mathcad Prime 11 Engine Enhancements
New decomp Keyword
Use decomp to decompose large symbolic expressions for easier analysis.
Symbolic Calculation Improvements
You should see improved performance for symbolic calculations, including the simplify keyword and calculus operators.
New vec() and IsRange() Functions
The vec() function creates a simple vector with start, step, and stop values, or by converting an existing range variable to a vector. IsRange() is a new data type identification type function, determining if an expression is of a range data type, returning a 1 if it is a range, and 0 otherwise.
Solve Block Improvements
The solve block has been enhanced, providing superior support for scaling objective functions and constraints and expanding the role of your worksheet’s CTOL settings during calculations.
Plot Processing Improvements
2D plots now have faster display times. This encompasses native XY plots, contour plots, polar plots, and Chart Components.
Mathcad Prime 11 Usability Improvements
Simplified Insert Image
Streamline image insertion into the worksheet. Instead of an empty Browse for Image… button region appearing, Mathcad Prime 11 will now immediately search your file browser system when clicking Insert Image.
Radio Button Selected by Default
The Radio Button Advanced Control now has a preselected choice for improved clarity. You can manage this with the SetSelectedButton State Property in the script. If placed in the Start event and if you have the option to run scripts on worksheet recalculate enabled, the Radio Button will default to this selection when the worksheet is recalculated.
Slider Invert and Min/Max Properties
New options include inverting slider points and displaying the minimum and maximum values on the slider control itself.
Page Number Format
There are new page number formats for headers and footers. These formats do not contain text.
Convert Password-Protected Areas
You can now convert legacy PTC Mathcad worksheets that contain collapsed password-protected areas, such as those saved in Mathcad 15. Those areas will remain password-protected with the same passwords they originally had.
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