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Essential PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 : a guide for new and current users / by Brent Maxfield

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Waltham, Massachusetts : Elsevier, 2013Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (1 online resource.))ISBN:
  • 9781306052474
  • 9780124104587
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780124104105 | 9780124104587 DDC classification:
  • 510.285536
LOC classification:
  • QA297
Online resources: Summary: Learn how to use PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0, one of the world's leading tools for technical computing, in the context of engineering, science, and math applications. Quickly harness the power of PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 to solve both simple and complex problems. Essential PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 is perfect for college students, first-time users, and experienced Mathcad 15 users who are moving to PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0. Updated from Maxfield's popular Essential Mathcad, this book introduces the most powerful functions and features of the new PTC Mathcad Prime 3.0 software and teaches how to apply them to create comprehensive calculations for any quantitative subject. Examples from several fields demonstrate the power and utility of PTC Mathcad's tools while also demonstrating how users can eff ectively incorporate Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets into the software. Learn the basics faster: Chapter 1 introduces many fundamentals of Mathcad, allowing the reader to begin using the program in less time. Learn PTC Mathcad tools in context: Incorporates many applied examples and problems from a wide variety of disciplines. Thorough discussion of many PTC Mathcad tools: Units, arrays, plotting, solving, symbolic calculations, programming, algebra, calculus, differential equations, reading from files, writing to files, and incorporating MS Excel spreadsheets. Includes a link to PTC with instructions on how to purchase the PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 Student Edition (The Student Edition software is intended for educational purposes only.).Summary: Front Cover -- Companion Website -- Essential PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0: A Guide for New and Current Users -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Book Overview -- Additional Resources -- Teminology -- Acknowledgements -- Part I - Building Your PTC Mathcad Toolbox -- Chapter 1 - An Introduction to PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 -- Before You Begin -- Creating Simple Math Expressions -- Grouping -- Editing Expressions -- PTC Mathcad Workspace -- Summary of Equal Signs -- Regions -- Functions -- Units -- Arrays and Subscripts -- Plotting - X-Y Plots -- Programming, Symbolic Calculations, Solving and Calculus -- Getting Started Tab -- Summary -- Practice -- Chapter 2 - PTC® Mathcad Prime® 3.0 for Current Mathcad 15 Users -- Differences to Become Accustomed to -- Exciting New Features in PTC Mathcad Prime -- Features from Mathcad 15 that Are Not in Mathcad Prime 3.0 -- Summary -- Chapter 3 - Variables and Regions -- Variables -- Types of Variables -- Rules for Naming Variables -- String Variables -- Why Use Variables -- Regions -- Text Regions -- Areas -- Additional Information About Math Regions -- Find and Replace -- Inserting and Deleting Lines -- Page View and Page Breaks -- Summary -- Practice -- Chapter 4 - Simple Functions -- Built-in Functions -- Labels -- User-defined Functions -- Examples of User-defined Functions -- Passing a Function to a Function -- Warnings -- Engineering Examples -- Summary -- Practice -- Chapter 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 -- Unit Scaling Functions -- Dimensionless Units.PPN: PPN: 1657677060Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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