A new version of the best-selling technical calculation and documentation software is now available
MathSoft and Adept Scientific announce the latest version of the industry standard desktop calculation and documentation software for technical projects in science and engineering.
Mathcad Professional 2000 features a broad range of user-driven productivity enhancements, including more flexible equation editing, more maths functionality, better graphing capabilities, enhanced integration with other programs and advanced documentation tools.
It also includes "light" versions of two popular complementary products: Axum, MathSoft's widely-used technical graphing program; and SmartSketch, the latest version of Intergraph's acclaimed 2D parametric drawing, diagramming and CAD package Imagineer.
Editing equations and performing calculations is made easy by Mathcad's unique IntelliMath engine, which has been significantly enhanced in Mathcad Professional 2000.
IntelliMath is designed to save you time and make you more productive by automating routine tasks and selecting the best algorithm for solving the problem in hand.
It automatically chooses the expressions and operators most appropriate to the context, for example whether to use × or a dot as a multiplication sign.
Mathcad is the only desktop application to provide complete support for systems of units, including SI, and IntelliMath automatically converts results when you change between units.
Mathcad has extensive numeric and symbolic functionality, and Mathcad Professional 2000 adds still more mathematical ability.
There's a new ODE solve block to automate the solving of ordinary differential equations.
There are new curve-fitting functions, extended root finding algorithms, new numeric data display formats with engineering and scientific notation, and many more additions.
A new error-tracing tool makes it easy to find the source of errors.
Mathcad's graphing functions are significantly enhanced by the incorporation of 3D QuickPlots alongside the existing 2D. QuickPlots make it very easy to create graphs, by simply typing in a function and clicking on your chosen graph type from a palette.
3D graphs can be rotated and explored in real time, and Mathcad's new region layering controls make it possible to label graphs by positioning text regions over the chart itself.
A "light" version of the world's premier technical graphing software, Axum LE, is included, letting you produce outstanding, professional-quality 2D plots, including x-y, scatter, bar, pie and fitting, and providing unmatched precision control over every detail of your graphs.
New SmartSketch LE - also included free with Mathcad Professional 2000 - provides an efficient 2D CAD solution for Mathcad users.
This precision package works seamlessly with Mathcad, so you can annotate Mathcad worksheets with sketches, diagrams and illustrations.
And SmartSketch's intelligent parametric tools let you create accurate design drawings with dimensions driven from Mathcad calculations and specifications.
A new Excel add-in allows you to drive spreadsheets from Mathcad and annotate them in standard mathematical notation by embedding Mathcad worksheets. There's a component that makes it easy to work with MATLAB data, and a viewer that enables you to incorporate AutoCAD files into Mathcad documents.
A major advantage of Mathcad is that it is self-documenting.
Unlike a spreadsheet which hides calculations away in cells, all Mathcad calculations are clearly visible in the document, so it's easy to check and validate the results.
Mathcad Professional 2000 has advanced word processing and document formatting features, making it easy to produce presentation quality reports and set up corporate style sheets.
New ruler and moveable guidelines allow you to align regions precisely, and flexible headers and footers let you specify page numbering, include bitmaps such as company logos and format text across the full width of the page.
Mathcad Professional 2000 also provides the option of a British English technical spell checker.
Mathcad makes it easy to share documents with colleagues and customers, and to work collaboratively on projects with colleagues over networks and the Web.
Maintaining the integrity of your calculations and protecting your intellectual property are important considerations, and Mathcad Professional 2000 allows you to lock specified regions so that others cannot alter critical equations, and to hide regions altogether, using new encryption technology to provide a high level of security.
Mathcad Professional 2000 adheres to the latest Windows standards and is fully Year 2000 compliant. Improved memory management in this new version means you can continue editing while Mathcad is performing intensive calculations, and long documents are much easier to work with. Mathcad Professional 2000 is available in the UK from Adept Scientific plc.
