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GregLocock
Automotive
You can't, automatically.
The best I can think of is to write
M : w*L^2/8
100*10^2/8 =
Which does what you want, but it is a pain.
I can't imagine there is much value in showing the intermediate step very often, one of the things MathCad normally gets right is assigning values to variables.
Cheers
Greg Locock
The best I can think of is to write
M : w*L^2/8
100*10^2/8 =
Which does what you want, but it is a pain.
I can't imagine there is much value in showing the intermediate step very often, one of the things MathCad normally gets right is assigning values to variables.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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GregLocock
Automotive
But you do that by assigning the values to variables
w:100
L:10
M:w*L^2/8
M=
will show you exactly what inputs you used, and the equation, and the result. Isn't that good enough?
Cheers
Greg Locock
w:100
L:10
M:w*L^2/8
M=
will show you exactly what inputs you used, and the equation, and the result. Isn't that good enough?
Cheers
Greg Locock
check out this thread from the Mathcad Collab. There were others as well:
TTFN
TTFN
GregLocock
Automotive
OK, I see why you might need it now. Thanks for the link.
As usual there are depths of detail in MathCad that are far beyond my useage. Cheers
Greg Locock
As usual there are depths of detail in MathCad that are far beyond my useage. Cheers
Greg Locock
I think this can be done in Mathcad 2001. I will have to go to another computer to try it. (No MCAD on this one). I am pretty sure I have done it. Having been a physics major for three semesters before washing out (i.e. transferring to the history dept) I like to see everything written down so I am pretty sure I have done this. Will let you know.
Sorry, my mistake. I must have been getting the display of intermediate results mixed up with Scientific Notebook. Scientific Notebook has some nice features but it is way too limited for engineering work. For example you can only have a single character subscript. You can't redefine the value of a variable further down in the worksheet without screwing up previous results. It is an academic tool and even there it has limitations. I have talked to them about this. Hopefully someday they will improve on this.
Your probably could get a fearly good result using symbolic evaluation in MathCad as follow:
W:100, L:10 (or any other value)
M:W*L^2/8
Symbolically evalue M --> or using the keys [Ctl] + [.]
The result should be M--> 100. 10 SQRT(4)
Good luck
W:100, L:10 (or any other value)
M:W*L^2/8
Symbolically evalue M --> or using the keys [Ctl] + [.]
The result should be M--> 100. 10 SQRT(4)
Good luck
The issue is that several people have asked about the possibility of having Mathcad show the numerical values displayed in place of the variable symbols in the final equation, so that for the above example:
M:W*L^2/8 would look like:
M=100*10*2/8
as a means of verifying the correctness of the calculation process instead of just the final answer TTFN
M:W*L^2/8 would look like:
M=100*10*2/8
as a means of verifying the correctness of the calculation process instead of just the final answer TTFN
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