MathCAD is a wonderful mixture of tools for people who must deal with mathematical issues in their work, studies or investigations. It is part calculator, part Computer Algebra System, part charting package, and part Digital Publishing Package. Not only can you edit worksheets as you might in a word processor, but you can include images, formulas, and create plots of 2D and 3D functions. Unfortunately, there are a few limitations which have been addressed in later versions. The most annoying, in MathCAD 2000 and earlier, is a tendency to crash when using the mouse cursor to select portions of a mathematical expression from the right-hand side. Unless you save your work often, or take special care to only select from the left side, you will likely encounter untold moments of frustration and outrage as the software does not recover safely. My other disappointment was the differential equation solvers, in this and previous editions, are only geared to obtaining a numerical result, no an analytic or symbolic result.
This is all fine and good for engineers, who seek numerical answers, but for a poor student taking a D.E. Course and hoping to check his answers, I was simply out of luck. Still, the software allowed me to accomplish a great deal of calculation and derivation in a comparatively short period of time, rather than the disheartening days and weeks it would have taken otherwise. MathCAD remains one of my favorite out-of-main-stream programs.
Mathcad 2000 Windows 10
Hello to everybody! I’m an employee of STMicroelectronics. My Company purchased during the year 1998 a license for “Mathcad 2000 Professional”. We developed with that software several files (.mcd). Few weeks ago my old PC(Operative System Window XP) has been substituted with a new one (Operative System Windows 7) and there was no possibility to move in the new PC the “Mathcad 2000 Professional” due to the fact that I hadn’t the Purchase Number of the original software. No way to retrieve it.
In addition our Technicians told me that the software was too old to have any possibility to work on the new PC. My question for the Experts Community is the following: in case we proceed with a purchase of a new license our old files ”.mcd” will be functional/compatible with the latest version of Mathcad? Thanks for your support. Best Regards, Enrico Gomiero.
The only reason I upgraded was because we needed a new licence, and 2000 pro was no longer available. Downsidesare that 1 I have to explicitly save everything in 2000 format (because the rest of the section is still on 2000, and my budget doesn't stretch to upgrading them as well just because I need one more licence), and 2 mathconnex has vanished. Seems I now have to by VisSim if I want mathconnex functionality - ie more $$$ for something I got for nix before. So the upgrade wasn't really, it was more a downgrade. But I must confess I hadn't done anything too critical using mathconnex, and many of the features in v11 overcome some of the difficulties - sliders, buttons, and other such things are much more easily put directly into worksheets now.
Bung Life is non-linear. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Aerospace) 26 Oct 03 22:42.
IRStuff & AJUK: Follows a copy of ltr. Sent to Mathsoft's Allen Radzow, Senior Vice President of Products and Services, re: the subject of Product Activation, relating the bad experience that INTUIT had with its inclusion in their TurboTax product last year. It cost them a significant loss of revenue as people were not buying it and many of those that did, returned it, with complaint, for a $$$ refund They have removed from this year's product, and wrote a letter appology to their customers. Consumer revolt that impacts the 'bottom line' is still the most effective way to get the message across. Dear Allen, The folks at Intuit were slow to learn that their users were extremely annoyed at the 'Product Activation' technology imbedded in their TurboTax program last year.
They were annoyed to the point of returning the product for full refund, vowing never to use the product again, and, filing a Class- Action lawsuit. The worst sin was.that it affected their 'bottom line' sales numbers; which suffered a major decline from preceding years. This same technology is employed in your current Mathcad product. Perhaps you could profit and learn from other's mistakes and in so doing, re-examine the Mathsoft policy that places this abhorent technology in your products thus preventing me and other Mathsoft users from using their products both at home and at their offices.
You will find the article at the link below, including the mention of the fact that Tom Allanson, senior vice president of Intuit's consumer tax group, wrote an open letter of appology to TurboTax customers on Thursday. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Aerospace) 27 Oct 03 13:13.
IRSTUFF & AJUK: Just after I posted, I received a reply from Allen Radzow at Mathsoft. Allen advises that they are indeed concerned about the 'Product Activation' issue. He goes on to say that, 'Mathsoft acknowledges the problems some users experience, and the deep distaste for activation felt by some users.' Their Product Management Organization is at this time gathering input and data on this in consideration of their next release. This is a good time to make your voice heard if you find 'Product Activation' distasteful or an impediment to future consideration and purchase of their products. Allen Radzow: IRSTUFF: As a software developer, I have a poignant appreciation for the software piracy problem.
But 'throwing the baby out with the bathwater'.so to speak, is not a viable solution. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Mechanical).
At the time i started this thread I was seriously considering buying the upgrade but after learning of the activation feature I will not upgrade. It is not a matter of piracy but of convenience. That is one of the reasons I haven't upgraded to Windows XP ( I don't agree with the Microsoft policy of serializing the software to your computer components making it almost impossible to upgrade components unless you buy a new license and I consider this abusive and unfair) I rather prefer to make the move to Linux and use the Windows 98 SE platform only to run programs as long as I can avoid the upgrade to whatever comes after XP). The Microsoft protection scheme in Windows 98 is bad enough for me to be fed up with all their software and their faulty programs that fail to recognize time after time the originals from the pirated copies ( and their faulty security flaws also) I think the protection schemes are getting to the point of rendering computers useless because you spend more time fixing hard disks, reinstalling programs, installing security patches and restarting your computer after frezee-ups than using it on productive work. It is a senseless activity. Ahaaaa how much I miss the good old days of true computer liberty.
RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Automotive) 28 Oct 03 02:11. Well, why not go to a proper operating system like Windows 2000?
It is stable and has no product activation. My workstation at work has uptimes of the order of weeks, usually limited by the company I work for which insists we re-boot after various updates. Unfortunately Linux lacks an Office compatible spreadsheet, (yesterday I watched open office take 5 minutes to open a spreadsheet that consisted of 100 short columns added up, for the most part and then crash) and of course Mathcad is not available for Linux, and doesn't seem to work under WINE. And I'm sure if you think back you will accept that modern PCs running modern OSs are MUCH more reliable than they were 10 years ago. Cheers Greg Locock RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Structural) 28 Oct 03 03:29. I agree with GregLocock, Windows 2000 will be the last OS I buy from Micro$oft. As Linux develops I hope that more professional level software, such as Mathcad, will become available.
If so, I would switch tommorrow. JOmega, thanks for the information regarding Mathsofts' position. It's very interesting and it restores my faith in them, they seem to be listening to their customers, unlike Micro$oft!
If the activation is removed from the next version, I will upgrade, if it is still included then I will stick with 2001i, it's as simple as that. Regards AJUK RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Mechanical).
You see, I have determined that in my case Windows 98 SE is more or less stable as long I don't use it for surfing the web and accessing the Microsoft web page to download upgrades and patches (sometimes just accessing it!). My copy is original but it keeps crashing time after time corrupting itself and constantly giving me messages of 'this program has performed an illegal operation' and sometimes freezing up dead on its tracks.
I have 512 MB memory and have memory problems loading web pages and applications with only 4 or 5 resident programs installed (nothing big, just mouse utilities, keyboard and firewall). This has happened to me with either 512 MB and 256 MB memory so it is not a matter of memory running out. I had to make countless hard disk low level formats and Windows reinstalls to regain control and stability for some time then it happens again. At present I'm in the verge of a new one since Windows is misbehaving again (frequent frezee-ups, frequent messages, frequent blue screens of death, etc).
Linux would give the best of both worlds since I can use it for only surfing and then use Windows only for running applications that demand it since Linux allows the installation of additional OS. The problem here is Microsoft's predatory tactics to protect their buggy and poorly finished OS ( DOS with all its limitations was a lot more stable than whatever Windows has ever been, but then, DOS was not a true Microsoft program, was somebody else's brain child). As far I have seen, Microsoft has failed miserably in delivering a true stable and secure OS platform, version after version (just think of the many 'security flaws' we have come to witness). By the way, has anybody given any thought of what would happen if any software manufacturer could have unauthorized access to the PC's Intel processor serial number without the PC owner knowing it? Would that be the type of copy protection that some software manufacturers are choosing to do linking their software to the processor's serial number? I certainly wouldn't like to buy any software that has this type of protection if it exists.
In a sense, at present I wouldn't buy any Mathsoft upgrade until they deal with this issue and give us a better product. I agree that the computer hardware lock is a good alternative albeit more expensive.
RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Automotive) 28 Oct 03 17:37. You have too much memory for 98SE!
Try 128 or 256 M again. You /may/ be able to disable the extra RAM by setting up a DOS RAM drive which you can then use as a swap file (the last is wild speculation). Incidentally, I was wrong, Mathcad v4 seems to run fine under WINE/KDE/Knoppix 3.2. It took perhaps 5 minutes to get going (I was bored waiting for it so didn't notice when it sprang to life) but once it did then it seemed to work fine, although I didn't stress it very much. Incidentally, unlike the screenshots on the WINE webpage, it renders properly. I am quite impressed. Cheers Greg Locock RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Electrical) 28 Oct 03 21:51.
I found Mathconnex - it is on the mathsoft website as aseparate download, and not on the mathcad 11 CD. It took me about 10 days to get my activation code sorted out, and two goes - I had to re-install as a result of some other computer trouble (usual helpdesk hit 'n hope style of fixing problems) so the original activation code didn't work on the second install.
Not impressed - does this mean that an arbitrary change to my registry could make mathcad fall over?! Bung Life is non-linear. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Electrical) 29 Oct 03 00:06. Beercia: One of my systems is running 98SE.
Came with 256 Meg. Last year it started bogging down. Got Out Of Memory messages, and lock-ups. Monitored system resources and found that memory was getting used up. 98SE is a memory hog. Also noted that when apps closed, memory allocation wasn't being recalibrated. So, as each new application was opened, memory consumption kept increasing.even though other apps were being closed.
Added another 256 Meg.and that brought me back to. JOmega I had a memory manager (shareware) installed and things improved a bit but after the trial period ended things actually got worst, even after I uninstalled the memory manager. I will try your suggestion and see what happens. Microsoft is notorious for not fixing bugs on subsequent versions of its software. I have seen the same problem with Excel (98 and 2000) where there is a range of cells that will not copy (either copy or move, I'm not sure which) correctly from other cell range. Same range on both versions.
Apparently Microsoft only cares in bringing out 'new' version after version of the same buggy software to keep the money flow coming without really caring if it is a good and quality product blaming the resulting consumer chaos on the 'complexity' of the Windows platform. I' ve been a PC user since 1985 and have seen this happen over and over again to this platform (again, remember the security flaw fixes, fix after fix, problem continues). By the way, have you noticed the strange back-off (it jumps from 96% back to 85 and the jumps to 96% again) that the scan bar makes when the blue screen disk scanner that comes with Win 98 nears the end of the hard disk scan?
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It happens to me after getting frequent messages from Windows 98 of impending freeze-ups due to 'illegal program operations'. Mathsoft on the other hand has a terribly good software but sometimes has a very curious way of licensing its products to make the life of every user miserable. I have used most Mathcad versions right from 1.0 to 2000 ( mainly to calculate specific design problems in lieu of spreadsheets) and things keep getting worst with every new version that comes out. Improvements also are not always as intuitive as the original program was.
Sometimes they get into a very complicated menu selection process specially when Mathcad interacts with external applications. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Electrical) 29 Oct 03 11:30. Beercia When was the last time you cleaned up your registry. Also, you do know that it will be necessary to melt down and re-install about once a year. Real Pain in the burro.
But it cleans up a lot of accumulated sins. Keep your system/files backed-up. The proof of your words re: Microsoft - look at all the security patches. Almost daily. 'Never enough time to do it right. Always enough time to do it over'.
Would seem to be their motto. And is this their service policy: 'If our service isn't up to your standards, please lower your standards.' JO RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Mechanical) 3 Nov 03 10:21.
So I am informed, C-Dilla runs continuously even when MathCad isn't running. If you uninstall MathCad, it doesn't remove C-Dilla. You are allowed to make 2 installations of MathCad from disc, and use the automatic registration (one for your desktop one for your laptop). If you replace either machine you need to contact your MathSoft dealer to get your reinstallation activated.
I have also been informed by a usually reliable source that C-Dilla inserts itself into such a high priveledge level that it bypasses your operating system safety features, then 'permanently' opens a port onto the Internet which bypasses any firewall protection that you have in place. I am not in a position where I can actually verify that this is so, perhaps someone with more know how could provide a definitive answer to this point. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Aerospace) 13 Jan 04 12:21.
I recently installed Mathcad 11 Service Pack 2 on my laptop that runs Windows 98. I had problems with the installation, as I was warned that I might have with Windows 98. The fix was to uninstall Mathcad and reinstall from the CD, then install SP1 and SP2. I was really concerned that the registration would mess me up because this is the second computer that I have Mathcad 11 installed on. Much to my surprise, everthing went well.
The registration process worked with no hitches, and the program works fine. RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Aerospace) 14 Jan 04 11:14. I usually do backups with Norton Ghost onto DVDs but sometimes if I don't want to hang around and change DVDs I backup to another identical hard drive. Mathcad 11 won't work on that hard drive even though it is in the same computer. It is a real pain. In addition I had to restore my hard drive to a previous configuration due to crashes in Autocad 2004 and now I have to contact Mathsoft in order to reinstall Mathcad 11. Haven't gotten around to it yet.
The only useful feature on 11 that I even noticed over 2001i was the ability to 'bump' regions around and get them lined up easier. Stick with 2000 or 2001i As far as activation goes I am sure that there are code breakers in the military or secret services of the countries that are notorious for piracy who can get around that and create copies that don't need activation anyway. We all know who they are. Just my 2 cents, DPA RE: I want upgrade to Mathcad 11 from Mathcad 2000 (Industrial) 9 Mar 04 15:12. The import and export facility in OO is actually pretty good, although it is not very good at charts, and as you say VBA is a non starter. The macro language in OO is enormously powerful, but, so far as I can tell, is the language that the applications themselves are written in, which means that quick hacks are out, for me at least. This may not be a bad thing in the long term, it would be nice to have a robust macro language.
Given that VBA is a simple language (conceptually) it surprises me that they have not put a translator in, at least for the bits that can be understood. At present it just includes the entire VBA code commented out.
Exporting is actually rather more succesful than importing. I exported a large complex sheet and I think it needed one edit to run properly.
The sad truth is that when I had done so I realised that it ran much faster in Excel, and Excel doesn't crash nearly as often. Cheers Greg Locock.