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Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

Xenopus — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:47:11 GMT

I would really appreciate advice on opening the attached MCD file. Itcontains vital data for our current research, and the collaborator whooriginally created the files is no longer available to help.I know that the file was created in 2005, but I don't know what versionof Mathcad

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

FDS — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:22:54 GMT

Ursula, I believe the file is corrupt as I cannot open it with MC15 nor MC11. Sorry.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

VladimirN — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:35:19 GMT

Hello!

This file I could not open in Mathcad 15. And I, too, an error occurred while converting the file to version Mathcad Prime 1.0.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

MikeArmstrong — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:09:59 GMT

Sorry no, I have tried using Stuart's recovery worksheet without success.

Mike

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

RichardJ — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:35:11 GMT

I looked inside the file. This is not a Mathcad file, and does not even remotely resemble a Mathcad file. Sorry, but there is nothing in there to try and recover.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

MikeArmstrong — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:41:51 GMT

I looked inside the file. This is not a Mathcad file, and does not even remotely resemble a Mathcad file. Sorry, but there is nothing in there to try and recover.

How did you manage to look inside the file?

Mike

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

RichardJ — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:05:12 GMT

How did you manage to look inside the file?

Just open it in notepad

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

MikeArmstrong — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:14:13 GMT

Just open it in notepad

Of course. When a Mathcad file is opened in Notepad a whole list of data is provide. Date, worksheet version, units etc etc...

Mike

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

RichardJ — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:21:15 GMT

'Not if it's a .mcd file. That's a binary format, and most of the file looks likes random characters. It always starts with .MCAD and some numbers though (which give te version of Mathcad that created the file). The file posted above is binary, but it does not start with the correct sequence, and the rest of the file does not look like a bunch of random characters. So it's not a Mathcad file.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

Xenopus — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:05:28 GMT

Thanks for your help! I'm glad the file has a problem and it's not just me...

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

carmen38 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:33:31 GMT

Hello, I have a *.mcd file , created in 2012 and I would like to open! There are some formula and I need them.

Thank you for the help

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

carmen38 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:43:53 GMT

I forgot to tell you I've installed the last version PTC Mathcad 6.0.0.0 and it is not able to open my file...only *.mcdx

Thank you all for helping me,

Carmen

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

Fred_Kohlhepp — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:41:56 GMT

Based on what RichardJ posted, this is not a Mathcad file. It is a binary file, which means it might be a Mathcad binary data file. Mathcad 15 (and previous versions of "old" Mathcad) could write and read binary data files. Prime 6.0 seems to have the same capability; might try that.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

VladimirN — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 16:11:52 GMT

Here it is.

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

carmen38 — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:56:28 GMT

Hello,

Thank you for the help...Unfortunately, I thought there were some formula...but nothing I can't do with excel...

Thank you.

Best regards

Re: Help opening a Mathcad file from 2005?

VladimirN — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:17:55 GMT

The contents of the entire source worksheet.