Essential PTC Mathcad© Prime© 3.0 : a guide for new and current users /: a guide for new and current users. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Brent Maxfield.
• Authors: Maxfield, Brent
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 An Introduction to PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 -- Before You Begin -- PTC Mathcad Basics -- Creating Simple Math Expressions -- Grouping -- Editing Expressions -- Selecting Characters -- Deleting Characters -- Deleting and Replacing Operators -- Modifying Expressions -- PTC Mathcad Workspace -- PTC Mathcad Button -- Quick Access Toolbar -- Open Worksheets Bar -- Status Bar -- Ribbon Bar -- Math Tab -- Operators -- Symbols -- Constants -- Summary of Equal Signs -- Regions -- Math Regions -- Text Regions -- Plot Regions -- Functions -- Built-in Functions -- User-defined Functions -- Units -- Assigning Units to Numbers -- Evaluating and Displaying Units -- Arrays and Subscripts -- Creating Arrays -- ORIGIN -- Subscripts -- Range Variables -- Plotting -- X-Y Plots -- Plots Tab -- Setting Plotting Ranges -- Programming, Symbolic Calculations, Solving and Calculus -- Getting Started Tab -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 2 PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 for Current Mathcad 15 Users -- Differences to Become Accustomed to -- Tab Key -- Extra Spacebar -- Editing Expressions -- Creating Text Boxes -- Literal Subscripts -- Page Breaks -- Regions to the Right of the Right Margin Do Not Print -- Units -- Creating a Range Variable -- Single Quote Does Not Add Parentheses -- Highlighting Regions -- Exciting New Features in PTC Mathcad Prime -- Labels -- Ribbon Bar -- Open Worksheets Bar -- Status Bar -- Ability to "pin" a Worksheet on the Recently Used Worksheets List -- Remove Empty Space -- Mixed Units in Arrays -- Operators -- Features from Mathcad 15 that Are Not in Mathcad Prime 3.0 -- Summary -- ch. 3 Variables and Regions -- Variables -- Types of Variables -- Rules for Naming Variables -- Case and Font -- Characters That Can Be Used in Variable Names -- Literal Subscripts -- Special Text Mode -- String Variables -- Why Use Variables -- Regions -- Understanding the Difference Between "activate" and "select" -- Selecting and Moving Regions -- Separating Regions -- Text Regions -- Changing Font Characteristics -- Controlling the Width of a Text Box -- Paragraph Properties -- Areas -- Additional Information About Math Regions -- Math Regions in Text Regions -- Math Regions That Do Not Calculate -- Find and Replace -- Find -- Replace -- Inserting and Deleting Lines -- Page View and Page Breaks -- View -- Gridlines -- Page Breaks -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 4 Simple Functions -- Built-in Functions -- Labels -- User-defined Functions -- Assigning the "Function" Label to User-defined Functions -- Why Use User-defined Functions? -- Using Multiple Arguments -- Variables in User-defined Functions -- Examples of User-defined Functions -- Passing a Function to a Function -- Warnings -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 4.1: Column Buckling -- Engineering Example 4.2: Torsional Shear Stress -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 5 Units! -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Changing the Default Unit System -- Using and Displaying Units -- Derived Units -- Custom Default Unit System -- Units of Force and Units of Mass -- Creating Custom Units -- Units in Equations -- Using Labels to Distinguish Between Variables and Units -- Units in User-defined Functions -- Units in Empirical Formulas -- SIUnitsOf(x) -- Unit Scaling Functions -- Fahrenheit and Celsius -- Change in Temperature -- Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) -- Hours Minutes Seconds (hhmmss) -- Feet Inch Fraction (FIF) -- Money -- Dimensionless Units -- Using the Unit Placeholder for Scaling -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 6 Arrays, Vectors, and Matrices -- Review of Chapter 1 -- Tables -- Range Variables -- Range Variables vs. Vectors -- Converting a Range Variable to a Vector -- Using Range Variables to Create Arrays -- Using Units in Range Variables -- Calculating Increments from the Beginning and Ending Values -- Displaying Arrays -- Displaying and Resizing a Large Matrix -- Show/Hide Indices -- Using Units with Arrays -- Calculating with Arrays -- Addition and Subtraction -- Multiplication -- Division -- Array Functions -- Creating Array Functions -- Size Functions -- Lookup Functions -- Extracting Functions and Operators -- Sorting Functions -- PTC Mathcad Calculation Summary -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 6.1: Using Vectors in a User-defined Function -- Engineering Example 6.2: Using Vectors in Expressions -- Engineering Example 6.3: Using Matrices in Functions and Expressions -- Engineering Example 6.4: Comparison of Using Range Variables and Vectors -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 7 Selected PTC Mathcad Functions -- Review of Built-in Functions -- Selected Functions -- max and min Functions -- mean and median Functions -- Truncation and Rounding Functions -- Summation Operator -- if Function -- linterp Function -- Miscellaneous Categories of Functions -- Curve Fitting, Regression, and Data Analysis -- Error Function -- String Functions -- Picture Functions and Image Processing -- Complex Numbers, Polar Coordinates, and Mapping Functions -- Mapping Functions -- Polar Notation -- Angle Functions -- Reading from and Writing to Files -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 8 Plotting -- Plots Tab -- Creating a Simple XY Plot -- Creating a Simple Polar Plot -- XY Plot Range and Tick Marks -- Number of Points Plotted -- Showing Only Points -- Using Range Variables to Set Plot Domain -- Polar Plot Range and Tick Marks -- Graphing with Units -- Formatting Plots -- Axis Location -- Location of Axis Placeholders -- Markers -- Formatting Plot Values -- Logarithmic Scaling -- Trace Styles -- Labels -- Graphing Multiple Functions -- Scale Factors -- Plotting Data Points -- Range Variables -- Data Vectors -- Error Plots -- Parametric Plotting -- Trace and Zoom -- Plotting over a Log Scale -- Plotting a Family of Curves -- 3D Plots and Contour Plots -- 3D Plots -- Contour Plots -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 8.1 -- Engineering Example 8.2 -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 9 Simple Logic Programming -- Introduction to the Programming Toolbar -- Creating a Simple Program -- Use of else if and also if Operators -- Local Assignment -- Return Operator -- Boolean Operators -- Adding Lines to a Program -- Using Conditional Programs to Make and Display Conclusions -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 9.1 -- Engineering Example 9.2 -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 10 Introduction to Symbolic Calculations -- Getting Started with Symbolic Calculations -- Keywords and Modifiers -- Float -- Solve -- Explicit -- Assume -- Fully -- Using -- Solving a System of Equations -- Expand, Simplify, and Factor -- Coeffs and Collect -- Substitute -- Combine and Rewrite -- Series -- Explicit -- Using More than One Keyword -- Units with Symbolic Calculations -- Additional Topics to Study -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 11 Solving Engineering Equations -- Root Function -- Polyroots Function -- Solve Blocks -- lsolve Function -- Solve Blocks using Maximize and Minimize -- TOL, CTOL, and Minerr -- Using Units -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 11.1: Object in Motion -- Engineering Example 11.2: Electrical Network -- Engineering Example 11.3: Pipe Network -- Engineering Example 11.4: Chemistry -- Engineering Example 11.5: Determining the Flow Properties of a Circular Pipe Flowing Partially Full -- Engineering Example 11.6: Box Volume -- Engineering Example 11.7: Maximize Profit -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 12 Advanced Programming -- Local Definition -- Looping -- For Loops -- While Loops -- Break and Continue Operators -- Return Operator -- Try-On Error Operator -- Engineering Example 12.1 -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 13 Calculus and Differential Equations -- Differentiation -- Integration -- Differential Equations -- Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) -- Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) -- Engineering Examples -- Engineering Example 13.1 -- Engineering Example 13.2 -- Practice -- ch. 14 Putting It All Together -- Introduction -- Guidelines for Naming Variables -- Naming Guideline 1 -- Naming Guideline 2 -- Naming Guideline 3 -- Naming Guideline 4 -- Naming Guideline 5 -- PTC Mathcad Toolbox -- Variables -- Editing -- User-defined Functions -- Units! -- PTC Mathcad Settings -- Customizing PTC Mathcad with Templates -- Hand Tools -- Power Tools -- Let's Start Building -- What is Ahead -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 15 PTC Mathcad Settings -- PTC Mathcad Options -- Enable Getting Started Tab -- Enable PTC Places -- Set the Path for Accessing Help at an Alternate Location -- Disable Quality Agent Reporting -- Show PTC Mathcad News and Information -- Specify an Alternate Folder for My Templates -- Specify an Alternate Folder for Shared Templates -- Use an Alternate Template When Creating New Worksheets -- Ribbon Bar Settings -- Math Tab -- Matrices/Tables Tab -- Plots Tab -- Math Formatting Tab -- Results Format -- Show Trailing Zeros -- Display Precision -- Complex Values -- Calculation Tab -- Controls -- Worksheet Settings -- Document Tab -- Page -- View -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 16 Customizing PTC Mathcad -- Styles -- Math Formatting and Label Styles -- Differentiating Between Variables with the Same Name -- Applying Labels to User-defined Functions -- Changing Label Styles -- Math Font Changes: Region Specific Verses Global Changes -- Text Formatting -- Headers and Footers -- Creating Headers and Footers -- Information to Include in Headers and Footers -- Examples -- Margins -- Quick Access Toolbar Customization -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 17 Templates -- Information Saved in a Template -- PTC Mathcad Templates -- Review of Chapters 5, 15, and 16 -- Creating Templates -- Where Are Templates Stored? -- Creating Your Customized Template -- EM Metric -- Document Tab -- Math Tab -- Math Formatting Tab -- Text Formatting Tab -- Calculation Tab -- EM US -- Alternate Default Template -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 18 Assembling Calculations from Standard Calculation Worksheets -- Copying Regions from Other PTC Mathcad Worksheets. Note continued: Creating Standard Calculation Worksheets -- Protecting Information -- Potential Problems with Inserting Standard Calculation Worksheets and Recommended Solutions -- Guidelines -- How to Use Redefined Variables in Project Calculations -- Resetting Variables -- Using User-defined Functions in Standard Calculation Worksheets -- Using the Include Feature -- When to Separate Project Calculation Files -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 19 Microsoft® Excel Component -- Introduction -- Excel Component Block -- Input Context -- Excel Component Table -- Output Context -- Simple Example -- Inputs and Outputs -- Inputs -- Outputs -- Hiding Inputs and Outputs -- Important Concepts -- Opening, Closing, and Saving Excel -- Input Values Have Precedence -- What Displays in the Component Table -- Dealing with Empty Cells -- Inputs and Outputs Do Not Track Excel Changes -- Existing Spreadsheets -- Using Units with Excel -- Input -- Printing the Excel Component -- Summary -- Practice -- ch. 20 Conclusion -- Advantages of PTC Mathcad -- Creating Project Calculations -- Additional Resources -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 510.285536; Numerical analysis -- Computer programs; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Numerical analysis -- Computer programs; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780124104587; 0124104584
• Related ISBNs: 9780124104105; 012410410X
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