PTC
(Nasdaq: PTC) today announced the availability of PTC Mathcad Prime®
3.1 engineering calculation software, designed for engineers who want to
analyze, solve, document and share vital calculations and design intent.
This new version allows users to better connect engineering calculations
to other applications and processes including PTC Creo®
3.0 and other third-party tools.
This enhanced integration with PTC Creo allows users to embed a PTC
Mathcad Prime 3.1 worksheet directly in their CAD model, at the part or
assembly level. Embedding a worksheet allows better capture of design
intent that stays with the model automatically. Calculation results can
be used to drive the geometric model in PTC Creo, and parameters from
PTC Creo can be used as inputs to engineering calculations in PTC
Mathcad®. This new ability to quickly and easily document engineering
knowledge and design intent within the PTC Creo 3.0 model provides
engineers with a powerful digital engineering notebook.
Boston
Engineering, a product design and engineering services firm (and PTC
reseller), has been a long-time PTC Mathcad user. The firm leverages the
software throughout the product development lifecycle - from design
specifications through the engineering calculations. Historically, if a
CAD model was “spun off” to create a new revision or model, the team
needed to update and map the calculation file to the new product. But
with PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1, users can embed the worksheet directly
within the PTC
Creo model at the part or assembly level. It then becomes part of
the model and part of any iteration that’s leveraged from the part or
file.
“Being able to link these calculations with the part or assembly that we
are developing is incredibly beneficial because that saves time managing
two completely different files,” said Mike Conry, Boston Engineering’s Advanced
Systems Group (ASG).
Additionally, PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 features several new enhancements
designed to make the product a single solution for engineers and design
teams to capture and communicate their critical design and engineering
knowledge.
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New, Improved API: Integrate PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1 with any CAD
platform, design software, analysis tool, PDM systems or other
application.
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Large Data Handling: Data sets to be analyzed can now utilize
all available machine memory – no longer is there a system-imposed 2GB
memory ceiling.
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Expanded, Extensive Library of Pre-Built Worksheets: Draw from
over 700 pre-built templates for calculations across mechanical,
electrical, civil & structural and chemical engineering, as well as
applied mathematics and education.
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Integration with Other Tools: Connect to Prode© physical
properties, CoolProp© fluid properties, read and write in HDF5 file
format, read and write to any ODBC-compliant database, and export
matrices to C++ code.
“We are very pleased to share PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1” said Brent Edmonds,
Senior Director of PTC Mathcad. “In this release we worked very hard to
provide a solution that makes sharing vital engineering calculations and
design intent a simple, cost-effective process. Gone are the days of
having to waste time going back and updating and mapping the calculation
files to a new product each time a design is modified. With PTC Mathcad
Prime 3.1 we are essentially giving our users back the time – and cost –
of setting up new projects.”
Availability
PTC Mathcad 3.1 is
now available for download here.
Full integration with PTC Creo requires user implementation of PTC Creo
3.0 M030 or higher.
Additional Resources
PTC
Mathcad Prime 3.1 Resource Center
PTC
Mathcad Express
What’s
new in PTC Mathcad Prime 3.1
About PTC (http://www.ptc.com)
PTC
(Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and
service advantage. PTC's technology solutions help customers transform
the way they create, operate and service products for a smart,
connected, world. Founded in 1985, PTC employs approximately 6,000
professionals serving more than 28,000 businesses in rapidly-evolving,
globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. Get more
information at PTC.com
PTC and its logo, Creo, Mathcad and Mathcad Prime are trademarks or
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States and other countries.
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