What's New in PTC Mathcad Prime 10?

[@aadyak_2019]

One of the best engineering mathematics notebook

[@PTC_Mathcad]

I'd say it's THE best! Thank you!

[@JuanRamirez-ht1iu]

An excellent and very useful program, getting better and better, a question that I loved in the video, how can I do the ''Design Check Point'' that changes color, I marveled and I had not seen it before, thanks in advance.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

The basic idea there is that it's a scripted Text Box that uses TMax as an input, and then there is a scripted (in JScript) if/else statement comparing TMax to the threshold of 50. Basically, if TMax > 50, set the textbox background colour to green and change the text to PASS. Else, set the colour to red and change the text to FAIL. The properties and such to refer to in the scripts are available in Mathcad Help Centre. As the year goes on, PTC will try to provide more detailed examples on this channel and/or the mathcad.com blog on interesting examples of stuff you can do with the advanced controls, and this will also include the scripts.

[@SevereIlya.23679]

When will custom units of measurement be available? I really need it! Sort of promised in version 10 and I'm really looking forward to it.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

I don't currently have an exact availability version for custom unit systems, but I do know it's already near the top of the product roadmap.

[@SevereIlya.23679]

@@PTC_Mathcad I'm looking forward to it. API compatibility with Python and Rust is also very much needed. Really hope this is also on the roadmap. Or at least convey my humble wish to the developers.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@SevereIlya.23679 I have conveyed your humble wish to the product manager.

[@serb194584]

Hi! When you will provide an ability to hide keywords? It is small feature which can make documents look much better. This function was available in Mathcad 14, why you've deleted it?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

Hello! I can't give a firm release number for this, but "Hide symbolic keywords" is on our product roadmap!

[@FedorPalmin]

In which version will it be possible to add a grid to a 2-D chart? That’s why it exists in Mathcad 15, which is very convenient. Why was this functionality removed?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

Mathcad Prime 5. See our videos on the Chart Component.

[@FedorPalmin]

​@@PTC_MathcadYes, I know that, thank you) What about the “X-Y plot”, when will it be possible to add a grid?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@FedorPalmin Mathcad Prime's developers are looking into "Plot consolidation" (the exact phrase on the roadmap), but it is more likely that would happen after Mathcad Prime 11. There are workarounds people have developed on PTC Community to have gridlines on XY plots that you may be interested in the meantime: community.ptc.com/t5/Mathcad/Grid-on-a-2D-Plot/m-p/672767/highlight/true#M190679

[@FedorPalmin]

@@PTC_Mathcad Not a bad decision. Thanks for the answer. I will use this solution for now and wait for your next updates) Thanks again!)

[@FireTomlin]

Is there any kind of guide to how to use conditional formatting in text boxes? I can't find anything.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

Not yet, but we're working on an "Advanced Controls Series" for each kind of control (video and blog), as well as an Advanced Controls Crash Course webinar taking place on August 20: ptc.co/mP9i50SEman The basic structure of you'll want in the Text Box is something that takes two inputs, and then... function TextBoxEvent_Exec(Inputs, Outputs) { V = Inputs[0].Value; R = Inputs[1].Value; if (V>R) { TextBox.BackColor(0x00F8AA); TextBox.Text("Pass"); TextBox.Font.Size = 14; var Size = TextBox.Font.Size; } else { TextBox.BackColor(0xFD7F7F); TextBox.Text("Fail"); TextBox.Font.Size = 20; var Size = TextBox.Font.Size; };

[@FireTomlin]

@@PTC_Mathcad Thanks for the reply. Been trying to play around with this for a few minutes. No luck yet. Could a better interface for the conditional formatting be set up so its more useable? Maybe something similar to the interface in Excel? Also, for the new slider, how do you tie units to that?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@FireTomlin Thank you for the feedback. The code will be more obvious on how to use it in the context of a worksheet. (When we have the blogs and videos and such it'll be much more clear.) If you want to make a thread on PTC Community and attach your worksheet, myself or the Community regulars could rather easily attach a worksheet back with things working: community.ptc.com/t5/Mathcad/bd-p/PTCMathcad As for the slider or all advanced controls, you can't directly tie units to it, but what you can do is define another variable with units based on the slider. So if you have, say, X: [slider between 1 and 10], you could have X2: X * metres and then use X2 in all of your subsequent calculations, so it'll still be based off the slider.

[@mehedihassan6389]

I am just using last 3 month . That is wow some soft. One thing i have to know . How can i import or copy acad file to mathcad?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

As far as I know, you can add an Autocad (assuming that's "acad" here) files as an object embedded into the sheet (and if that doesn't work you can save an Autocad sketch as an image file and insert that), and you can create an integration between Mathcad's and Autocad's APIs to feed values from Mathcad to Autocad or vice-versa.

[@krzysztofbiesiekirski9454]

How can I access Prime 10? Do I need to cancel subscription of Prime 9 and get newer version, or does it update automatically?

[@nealc8424]

You get it automatically.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@nealc8424 If you're on a subscription, you get the entitlement to download it automatically, though you still need to manually download/install it. support.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/product.jsp?prodFamily=MCP

[@krzysztofbiesiekirski9454]

@@PTC_Mathcad so I have a subscription, yet yesterday when I tried to upgrade to prime 10 I was notified that I "customer number not found" and website did not allowed me to upgrade which is rather odd. I have all receipts, and my subscription began around march/February this year. Do you have recommendations how can it?

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@krzysztofbiesiekirski9454 I don't know where you live, but depending on that, you should try calling PTC's support line. (There's a Europe page if you keep navigating the below) www.mathcad.com/en/support/customer-support-guide/contact/contact-by-phone-americas

[@Farzan__Bayat]

I want to have parametric shapes in Mathcad which gets updated after changing a parameter. How can i do that? Thank you.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

There's several ways you could do that, depending on your idea of changing the parameter and shape. I dunno how deep you wanna get into this, but... The basic thing is having variable definitions that you can change, or you could make them into controls (basic or advanced) that can be a menu, or have the parameters be based on a function defined by something else. For shapes, you could plot something in Mathcad, or you could pass along Mathcad values into an Excel component, or you could do something with Mathcad's API to interface with dedicated graphics programs. The reason I waited a few days to answer this is that the Mathcad Community Challenge May 2024 is coincidentally based on using Mathcad to define Platonic solids. It just opened here: community.ptc.com/t5/Mathcad/Mathcad-Community-Challenge-May-2024-Polyhedrons-and-Platonic/m-p/947292 Throughout May community members should be answering that, and you will probably see examples of several different kinds of approaches to your question.

[@Farzan__Bayat]

@@PTC_Mathcad Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately as a civil engineer, I don't know anything about coding. I just wanted to have parametric sections of retaining walls, beams, etc. Parametric 2D Revit families are very easy to use, but I don't know how to bring them inside Mathcad.

[@PTC_Mathcad]

@@Farzan__Bayat There isn't an official out-of-the-box integration with Mathcad and Revit (you're not the first to ask for it), but other people who do know how to code things have went and developed such integrations where you can input/output values between Revit and Mathcad, for example this (but it's in Spanish): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4eqdqZ5f7uJhtk Both Mathcad and Revit have APIs, and Autodesk products have Dynamo to help with that.

[@Farzan__Bayat]

@PTC_Mathcad Thank you. An original Mathcad tool for parametric shapes might be a good idea for Mathcad 11.

[@MrCzarnm]

One of greatest tools for engineers with the most frustrating way of programming. Try to do "spaghetti programming" and you will by really angry. In mathcad i only try algorithm then i go to Delphi to program from beginning when i have nested loop in convinient way and goto function. Do the programming right way and I save time and skip Delphi programming.