PTC Mathcad Prime - Solve Blocks (Part 1) - Solving a System of Equations

[@conradofmf]

Great video, straight to the point and helpful indeed!

[@HOODLAW]

Thank you very much for your videos! My professors are really pushing us to use MATLAB for solving problems. Although, MATLAB is a very powerful tool, it is much more difficult to learn than MathCad. I doubt I'll use MATLAB much as a mechanical Engineer, but I use MathCad nearly every day. It should be tought in school along with CREO.

[@CADPLMGuy]

I find Mathcad to be more like the engineering version of a calculator that you use every day. I administer MATLAB at work and it’s used by the computer scientists for their software simulations.

[@33276344]

Great for Solve block starter tutorial

[@vannyyam972]

Many thanks for this video

[@presidentevil9951]

Is it possible for the solution of the solve block to converge to an incorrect solution?

[@CADPLMGuy]

I do believe it is possible for a Solve Block, like other optimizations, to converge on a local minimum or maximum. In complex problems where the variables act in different directions, it's a good idea to graph the values against the measure of interest to confirm the solution. You can see examples of how people do that in the May Mathcad Challenge on the PTC Community site.

[@presidentevil9951]

@@CADPLMGuy I meant is it possible for a solve block to converge to a solution where the constraints are not being met?

[@CADPLMGuy]

@@presidentevil9951 Not that I'm aware of.

[@presidentevil9951]

@@CADPLMGuy that did happen to me

[@CADPLMGuy]

@@presidentevil9951 Why did you ask a question you already knew the answer to? Did you submit the problem to PTC Tech Support?

[@anthonyvelasquez4184]

Very very helpful!

[@CADPLMGuy]

Thanks. It reminds me I need to make more videos on Solve Blocks.

[@Dlon_h3y]

@@CADPLMGuy pls is there a way to solve a simultaneous equation of two variables using graph method

[@ojhurtado]

the million dollar question: how to use the "solve" function within a program?