<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
is	O
computer	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
verification	O
,	O
validation	O
,	O
documentation	O
and	O
re-use	O
of	O
mathematical	O
calculations	O
in	O
engineering	O
and	O
science	O
,	O
notably	O
mechanical	O
,	O
chemical	O
,	O
electrical	O
,	O
and	O
civil	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1986	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
it	O
introduced	O
live	O
editing	O
(	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
)	O
of	O
typeset	O
mathematical	O
notation	O
in	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
notebook	I-Application
,	O
combined	O
with	O
automatic	O
computations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Allen	O
Razdow	O
and	O
Josh	O
Bernoff	O
at	O
Mathsoft	O
founded	O
by	O
David	O
Blohm	O
and	O
Razdow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
system	O
to	O
support	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
editing	O
and	O
recalculation	O
of	O
mathematical	O
calculations	O
mixed	O
with	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
equation	O
solving	O
systems	O
existed	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
a	O
notebook	B-Application
interface	I-Application
:	O
Software	O
Arts	O
 '	O
TK	B-Application
Solver	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
and	O
Borland	O
's	O
Eureka	O
:	O
The	O
Solver	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Parametric	O
Technology	O
in	O
April	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
was	O
named	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
'	O
87	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
'	O
88	O
"	O
by	O
PC	O
Magazines	O
editors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
's	O
central	O
interface	O
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
notebook	I-Application
in	O
which	O
equations	O
and	O
expressions	O
are	O
created	O
and	O
manipulated	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
graphical	O
format	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
are	O
presented	O
(	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
Mathematica	B-Language
,	O
Maple	B-Language
,	O
Macsyma	B-Language
,	O
MATLAB	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Jupyter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
today	O
includes	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
algebra	I-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
remains	O
oriented	O
towards	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
documentation	O
of	O
numerical	O
engineering	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
broader	O
product	O
development	O
system	O
developed	O
by	O
PTC	O
,	O
addressing	O
analytical	O
steps	O
in	O
systems	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
integrates	O
with	O
PTC	O
's	O
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
,	O
Windchill	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Creo	B-Application
Elements/View	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
live	O
feature-level	O
integration	O
with	O
Creo	B-Algorithm
Elements/Pro	I-Algorithm
enables	O
Mathcad	B-Application
analytical	O
models	O
to	O
be	O
directly	O
used	O
in	O
driving	O
CAD	B-Application
geometry	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
structural	O
awareness	O
within	O
Windchill	B-Application
allows	O
live	O
calculations	O
to	O
be	O
re-used	O
and	O
re-applied	O
toward	O
multiple	O
design	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mathcad	B-Application
interface	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
combine	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
elements	O
(	O
mathematics	O
,	O
descriptive	O
text	O
,	O
and	O
supporting	O
imagery	O
)	O
into	O
a	O
worksheet	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
dependent	O
calculations	O
are	O
dynamically	O
recalculated	O
as	O
inputs	O
change	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
's	O
functionality	O
includes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Symbolic	B-Algorithm
manipulation	I-Algorithm
of	I-Algorithm
mathematical	I-Algorithm
expressions	I-Algorithm
;	O
</s>
<s>
Parametric	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
plotting	B-Application
and	O
discrete	O
data	O
plotting	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
Vector	O
and	O
matrix	B-Architecture
operations	O
,	O
including	O
eigenvalues	O
and	O
eigenvectors	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Curve	B-Algorithm
fitting	I-Algorithm
and	O
regression	O
analysis	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Import	O
from	O
and	O
export	O
to	O
other	O
applications	O
and	O
file	O
types	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
and	O
MathML	B-Language
;	O
</s>
<s>
Cross	O
references	O
to	O
other	O
Mathcad	B-Application
worksheets	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
other	O
engineering	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
CAD	B-Application
,	O
FEM	B-Application
,	O
BIM	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Simulation	O
tools	O
,	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
product	O
design	O
,	O
like	O
Autocad	B-Algorithm
,	O
Ansys	B-Application
,	O
Revit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Mathcad	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
oriented	O
to	O
non-programmers	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
more	O
complex	O
projects	O
to	O
visualize	O
results	O
of	O
mathematical	O
modeling	O
by	O
using	O
distributed	O
computing	O
and	O
coupling	O
with	O
programs	O
written	O
using	O
more	O
traditional	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
from	O
PTC	O
is	O
Mathcad	B-Application
Prime	O
8.0.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
variant	O
:	O
if	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
not	O
activated	O
after	O
a	O
Mathcad	B-Application
Prime	O
30-day	O
trial	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
continue	O
using	O
PTC	B-Application
Mathcad	I-Application
Express	O
for	O
an	O
unlimited	O
time	O
as	O
"	O
PTC	B-Application
Mathcad	I-Application
Express	O
Free-for-Life	O
Engineering	O
Calculations	O
Software	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Review	O
and	O
markup	O
of	O
engineering	O
notes	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
done	O
directly	O
by	O
team	O
members	O
without	O
them	O
all	O
requiring	O
a	O
full	O
Mathcad	B-Application
Prime	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
traditional	O
(	O
pre	O
"	O
Prime	O
"	O
)	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
Mathcad	B-Application
15.0	O
,	O
came	O
out	O
in	O
June	O
2010	O
and	O
shares	O
the	O
same	O
worksheet	O
file	O
structure	O
as	O
Mathcad	B-Application
14.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
service	O
release	O
,	O
Mathcad	B-Application
15.0	O
M050	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
15.0	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
actively	O
developed	O
but	O
in	O
"	O
sustained	O
support	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
only	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mathcad	B-Application
Prime	O
6.0	O
requires	O
a	O
64-bit	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
or	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
1998	O
,	O
Mathcad	B-Application
also	O
supported	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2011	O
(	O
Mathcad	B-Application
15.0	O
)	O
the	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
maintenance	O
and	O
support	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
purchase	O
or	O
upgrade	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
