Mathcad Prime 11 is here to help engineers do more with their time. Of course, being Mathcad, version 11 doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it makes calculation processes smoother, faster, and more responsive where it matters. If you’re already using Mathcad Prime, you’re sure to discover some valuable improvements with version 11. If you’ve never used Mathcad Prime before, you’re in for a treat.
In this article, we’ll run you through the most significant new features in PTC Mathcad Prime 11. We’ve grouped them into three broad groups:
- Application updates
- Engine improvements
- Useability enhancements
Let’s get started.
Application updates
Mathcad Prime 11 brings several practical improvements to application-level functionality:
- Manual Calculation Mode: Users can now choose when to calculate their worksheet—recalculating everything or only the regions currently visible.
- Custom Unit Systems: Greater control and customisation over how unit systems behave throughout a worksheet.
- Result Threshold Formatting: Set thresholds to automatically display results in exponential, complex, or zero formats.
- Binary, Octal, and Hexadecimal Support: Perform and format calculations in these additional number systems.
- Region Borders: Toggle borders on worksheet regions to help organise and present content more clearly.
- Python for Advanced Controls: Extend functionality with Python scripting, in addition to VBScript and JScript.
Engine improvements
Mathcad Prime 11 strengthens its core calculation engine with several updates. A new decomp keyword allows large symbolic expressions to be broken down for easier analysis. Two new functions, vec and IsRange, offer more precision when working with vectors and range datatypes.
Solve Block has been upgraded with better support for scaling objective functions and constraints, as well as expanded CTOL (constraint tolerance) settings. Improvements to 2D plot processing streamline performance, and symbolic calculations have been optimised to better handle calculus operations and the simplify keyword.
Useability enhancements
PTC has made a series of refinements to make using Mathcad Prime 11 smoother. The image insertion process is now more straightforward. Users working with legacy worksheets can convert password-protected and collapsed areas. Advanced Controls benefit from a default-selected radio button for clarity, and sliders now support inversion and min/max display options.
In addition, users can now apply new page number formats to headers and footers, improving documentation presentation.
Get started with Mathcad Prime 11 today
With Mathcad Prime 11, PTC continues to refine and extend the tool’s capabilities to make engineers’ lives easier every day. When it comes to making calculations more efficient, customisable and visually accessible, nothing compares to Mathcad Prime 11.
Are you ready to get your hands on Mathcad Prime 11? Visit www.concurrent-engineering.co.uk/mathcad-prime today.