MathCAD 14
MathCAD 14
(OP)
Version 14 is the first new release since Mathsoft merged (was purchased by?) PTC. It has been out for a couple of months so far and the MathCAD collaboratory has been pretty quiet on the release and there has not been much discussion here.
Does anyone have a feel if PTC was able to break the even-numbered version curse that has been quite real for the last few years? Is this a decent program or is it a buggy mess with half implemented versions of some ok ideas?
The list of enhancements in the slick literature mostly didn't impact areas that I use every day and I'm pretty tired of being burned by bad releases so I'm not sure I'm willing to ever shell out the money for an even-numbered release again, but I was wondering if there was anyone out there that loved it.
David
Does anyone have a feel if PTC was able to break the even-numbered version curse that has been quite real for the last few years? Is this a decent program or is it a buggy mess with half implemented versions of some ok ideas?
The list of enhancements in the slick literature mostly didn't impact areas that I use every day and I'm pretty tired of being burned by bad releases so I'm not sure I'm willing to ever shell out the money for an even-numbered release again, but I was wondering if there was anyone out there that loved it.
David
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RE: MathCAD 14
Don't think that there's too many with M11 that particularly want to upgrade, although, as I mentioned elsewhere, M14 is running a particular numeric loop faster than M11 was running it, so M14 has regained some of the numeric processing throughput lost in the verious version upgrades. That's encouraging.
I think that if you're happy with your current version, there's little incentive to change. There are those who still run M6 or M8 and are perfectly happy.
See, the even number curse is a recent phenomenon.
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RE: MathCAD 14
PTC may not have been involved in the development of V14, but their logo is on the release announcement. They are definitely painted with that brush.
David
RE: MathCAD 14
I used the pre V1 demo! it was on a 5 1/4" floppy.
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RE: MathCAD 14
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David
RE: MathCAD 14
The other problem was expanding and contracting areas automatically which didn't seem to work to well and I had to try and figure out how the 'top' attribute for each region changed, sort of got it but it wasn't perfect.
I'd be interested to know if anyone else had a go at automation and if V14 opens any faster.
If not then we simply don't need any more functions at this time so we won't be upgrading, we'll wait for the integration with Pro/E which we also use.