topic Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update) in Mathcad

PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

VladimirN — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 18:32:49 GMT

New features for consideration:

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

LucMeekes — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 19:56:54 GMT

Considering that these features are 'considered', I don't expect any of these Prime releases will sufficiently outperform (real) MathCad; so I'll stick with (real) MathCad 11, the one that predates Prime 11 by 20 years, if not more, because I don't expect that Prime 11 gets released before 2023...

Luc

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

DM_9992412 — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:16:00 GMT

I just keep thinking about what would have happened if PTC had spent their effort continuing on mathcad 16 instead of going towards Prime, which was a useless effort ... What a bad decision from some managers at PTC !

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

Werner_E — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:33:25 GMT

@DM_9992412 wrote:

I just keep thinking about what would have happened if PTC had spent their effort continuing on mathcad 16 instead of going towards Prime, which was a useless effort ... What a bad decision from some managers at PTC !

The idea of giving the outdated Mathcad a new, more up-to-date code base was right and necessary. Just how PTC then implemented this idea is a disaster and ultimately killed Mathcad as we knew and loved it. Admittedly - sometimes a love-hate relationship, too, but you often appreciate things most when you've lost them.

RIP Mathcad

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

Cornel — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:39:39 GMT

Well, what to do then?
We can complain as much as we want, but not much will change 🤔.
The PTC will most likely implement their development plans, it doesn't really matter what our wish is.

The solution is to give up and start with other math software? Or?

Probably some have been using Mathcad for many years...and are related to this software.

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

Werner_E — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:53:34 GMT

We can complain as much as we want, but not much will change 🤔.

Yes, thats sure true!

The solution is to give up and start with other math software?

Sure, of course! What else?

Probably some have been using Mathcad for many years...and are related to this software.

Absolutely correct! There is no 1:1 replacement. And finding a new software and get aquainted to it sure will not be an easy task and as I guess will turn into a heavy trial and error task. Changes are very often painful, but they can also be liberating.

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

Cornel — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:52:42 GMT

@LucMeekes
It's hard for me to break up definitively with Mathcad for good ...
Well, what software did you decide to emigrate to?

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

tietjee — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:57:23 GMT

Is there a schedule for the release dates?

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

LucMeekes — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 20:21:13 GMT

Didn't migrate to other software. Still using MathCad 11 for day-to-day work. Use Prime (Express), primarily to help others in this forum.

Luc

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

VladimirN — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 09:08:16 GMT

Not yet.

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

JohnRudnicki — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:50:55 GMT

Me neither. Still using MC 14 for most things, but starting to do some stuff with MatLab.

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

tietjee — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:00:11 GMT

Do you believe their schedule?

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

DJNewman — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:53:11 GMT

Since our official public product calendar doesn't have a date for the next version of Mathcad, there's nothing to believe or disbelieve right now.

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

tietjee — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:10:32 GMT

PTC has never met a release date yet. Why should this be any different?

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

Werner_E — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 00:14:20 GMT

@tietjee wrote:

PTC has never met a release date yet. Why should this be any different?

You are absolutely right, but I guess what DJNewman meant was, that PTC learned from this and found a clever way to never miss a published release date ever: They simply don't publish release dates for future version any more 😉

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

kfalkenberg — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:43:59 GMT

Ok - We got enough.

We went to Maple. It has it's own diffculties but I don't feel like being taken for a ride by them...
Get lucky with PTC..

Klaus

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

StuartBruff — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:25:28 GMT

@kfalkenberg wrote:

Ok - We got enough.

We went to Maple. It has it's own diffculties but I don't feel like being taken for a ride by them...

Standard Maple or Flow?

Stuart

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

VladimirN — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:59:08 GMT

Timeline release:

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

kfalkenberg — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:49:29 GMT

Both, if you buy flow, you get standard too.
Flow is good for quick scribbles, if you want to go deeper, you need the standard-application.
The service is good, I asked some stupid questions and got good answers.

regards,

Klaus

Re: PTC Mathcad Prime Roadmap (2021 update)

StuartBruff — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 15:19:53 GMT

Yes, I've reached the same conclusion from my brief play with Flow, Klaus. It reminds me of an early Prime, but has a much more capable engine underneath the hood.

However, if Maple devote some resources to Flow, they've got the making of a decent product. I'm sure PTC are taking note ...

Stuart