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Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

osbexg — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:35:12 GMT

Hey everyone,So I have had a lot of fun using Mathcad since Feburary of this year. Our FIRST Robotics Competition team 1671 from Clovis, CA got it free as a part of competitions Kit of Parts. I have main been checking out the solve and set equal to operators and taking integrals for

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

DanMarotta — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:24:18 GMT

Evan,

I'm happy to hear Mathcad has been there to help and that you're doing so well with FIRST and Zero. I'm hoping some of our resident experts (@ValeryOchkov, @MikeArmstrong, @A.Non) can assist in giving some insight on your questions.

Regards,

Dan

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

VladimirN — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:15:07 GMT

Hello!

You need to use the following in symbolic calculations:

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

osbexg — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:18:19 GMT

Hi Vladimir,

What you wrote there makes a lot of sense! I will try that as soon as possible.

Thanks!

Evan

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

osbexg — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:21:12 GMT

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the encouragement. I am pretty excited for whatever else PTC has in store for the upcoming FRC season. I am sure it will be great!

Evan

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

VladimirN — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:43:56 GMT

Evan,

Also, these links may be useful for you:

Mathcad video tutorial: http://learningexchange.ptc.com/tutorials/by_product/product_id:4

Mathematical Engineering Resources: http://www.ptc.com/appserver/search/mathcad.jsp

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

ChrisHartmann — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:58:41 GMT

Hi Evan,

How is it going? Have you resolved the problem or are you still seeking a solution?

Chris

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

osbexg — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:14:33 GMT

Hi Chris,

We didn't get to far after that. Our code was due on Monday, so we had to work with what we already had. Luckily, however, I think we qualified for the semi-finals! which means we have time to look back on this again and hopefully find a solution!

Thanks for asking!

Evan

P.S.: I am having trouble getting Mathcad Prime 2.0 to install on me XP laptop....its says something about .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.0. I tried to look for 4.0 stuff, but couldn't really find anything. Any suggestions?

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

VladimirN — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:37:19 GMT

Evan,

Mathcad Prime 2.0 release has not appeared yet (it only passes through the stage of testing, the final release scheduled for Q1 2012), perhaps you mean Prime 1.0. Mathcad Prime 1.0 requires Microsoft. NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which must be installed first from http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=25150 . NET Framework version 4 can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17718 Also, I recommend you upgrade to WinXP Service Pack 3.

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

osbexg — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:40:42 GMT

Oh I see...I'll do those things as soon as I get some time! (Which unfortunately may not be for awhile.) Thanks for all your help Vladimir!

Evan

Re: Robotics and Mathcad utilization help!

VladimirN — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:54:43 GMT

No problem.