Industrial machinery
Use the templates and controls issues to plan a sizing worksheet for a machine family. List the inputs that vary between configurations and keep a reference case for review.
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2026 issues
Prime 12 and repeatable worksheets
Follow Prime 12 from launch through maintenance releases. The template and API topics are a starting point for teams that repeat calculations across projects.
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OctoberAutomating worksheet tasks
The API webinar introduces automation. The same issue revisits the Valencian towers challenge and explores patterns in Mozart minuets.
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SeptemberTemplates and curves
Catch up on the template webinar and the Prime 12 maintenance release. The curves feature and Valencian towers challenge offer two different ways to practice.
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AugustBuild a better starting worksheet
See how templates and worksheet images can give a calculation a clearer structure. The issue also points to examples shared by the Mathcad community.
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JulyPlot curves and compare editions
Review a curves feature and an electrical engineering demo, then use the edition comparison to check which features you can try.
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JuneTwo modeling challenges, solved
Compare the two-body and Starman solutions to see how each problem was set up. This issue also covers a Prime 12 maintenance release and Express.
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April–MayTour the Prime 12 release
Use the launch demos to identify features worth testing on a copy of a familiar worksheet. The issue also introduces the Starman challenge.
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2025 issues
From Prime 11 to a Prime 12 preview
This year pairs release walkthroughs with modeling challenges. Start with an issue on projection, pathfinding, or rotating systems and compare how each sets up the problem.
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October–NovemberPathfinding and a release preview
Compare the shortest-path solution with your own approach. The issue also previews Prime 12 and shares a Battleship worksheet.
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SeptemberFind the shortest path
The challenge gives you a reason to define the rules of a path before looking for a solution. See the Express webinar replay and Prime 11 maintenance notes as well.
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AugustTurn geometry into a projection
Review the projection solution to see how a reference plane is defined and how the result can be checked. The issue also covers the Express webinar and edition comparison.
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June–JulyCompare rotating and projected systems
Review the spin-gravity solution, then try the projection challenge. This issue also includes a licensing update from the time.
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MaySpin gravity and the Prime 11 replay
Watch the release walkthrough or work through how radius and rotation affect the spin-gravity challenge.
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AprilPrime 11 and a magnetism solution
Pair the Prime 11 introduction with the worked magnetism challenge to see how a defined physical problem becomes a calculation.
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2024 issues
Controls, geometry, and worksheet presentation
Explore how inputs can be exposed through worksheet controls. Geometry challenges make it possible to check a result separately from the interface that produced it.
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DecemberList boxes and checkboxes
Compare a control that selects one option with one that turns an input on or off. The frustum solution gives you a separate geometry problem to review.
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NovemberA geometry challenge and scripted inputs
Try the frustum and pyramid problem or explore how scripted controls pass choices into a worksheet. The issue also previews Prime 11.
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September–October
Advanced controls in practice
Start with the controls replay and compare it with the Prime 10 review before looking at the early Prime 11 material.
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AugustChoose a control for the job
The advanced-controls webcast and worksheet games show different ways to collect user input. Use the edition comparison to check your setup.
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June–JulyEngine updates and polyhedra
See the Prime 10 engine discussion, then follow the polyhedra solution to compare the geometric reasoning with the worksheet result.
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April–MayPrime 10, ellipses, and polyhedra
Use the release interview and replay for context, then explore why estimating an ellipse perimeter is a different problem from working with polyhedra.
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2023 issues
Discipline workflows and clearer plots
Mechanical and civil examples sit alongside articles on plotting and working with Excel data. Pick an issue based on the calculation or handoff you want to improve.
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NovemberFlywheels and symbolic keywords
Start with the mechanical webinar replay, then look at the flywheel example or explore how keywords guide a symbolic calculation.
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OctoberExcel inputs and visual exploration
Review Excel integration to see where spreadsheet data enters the calculation. The art challenge and chaos topic show two reasons to visualize a result.
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SeptemberConference recordings and short tips
Use the recordings for a longer walkthrough, or choose one of the tips and apply it to a worksheet you already know.
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AugustChoose how to show a result
Compare an XY plot with a Chart Component. The civil challenge and definite-integral topic offer different calculations to present.
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JulyMake a civil worksheet ready for review
Use the civil replay and challenge to practice keeping assumptions, intermediate steps, and a readable result together.
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June
Connect calculations to a design
See the ball-ramp solution for a worked problem, or explore the Creo integration topic when your calculation needs to inform a model.
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2022 issues
Solvers, iteration, and engineering examples
These issues show how the same worksheet can explain a method and expose inputs for review. Compare different approaches to solving, fitting, and programming.
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DecemberBeam diagrams and programming
Follow the shear and moment topic to see how loading assumptions affect a diagram. The football solution and raffle give contrasting examples.
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NovemberRoots and starting conditions
Use the root-solving discussion to think about what makes a result plausible, then try defining the assumptions for the football challenge.
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OctoberA resistor challenge and a PDE solver
Start with the circuit problem for a bounded exercise. The partial differential equation topic addresses a different class of modeling problems.
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SeptemberProgramming and a circuit challenge
Use the resistor problem to practice setting up a known test case, or revisit the conference recordings for a longer programming walkthrough.
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August
Spherical geometry and iteration
The spherical triangle solution and iterative solving article give you two places to inspect how a method reaches its result.
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JulyRegression and spherical triangles
Compare a fit based on data with a problem based on geometric relationships. The issue also compares the Prime and Express editions of the time.
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2021 issues
Early Prime workflows and the legacy transition
Read these issues for historical context on Prime 7, training, and the move from legacy Mathcad. Use the current migration guide for conversion decisions.
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DecemberCase study and the legacy transition
See how a customer used Mathcad and how the transition was communicated at the time. The issue also explores a physics problem from the Avengers films.
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NovemberPhysics and symbolic solving
Use the physics example to think about what to solve symbolically and when to substitute values. The buyer’s guide reflects the options available at the time.
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OctoberCase studies and a combo box
Look at how a combo box can express a finite set of choices and how teams described the work they documented in Mathcad.
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August
Roadshow and training options
Use the customer story for workflow ideas. The roadshow and training notices reflect what was offered in 2021.
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JulyConference and legacy Mathcad milestones
Read the event and end-of-sale coverage as a record of the transition, then use the migration guide to plan a conversion today.
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MarchPrime 7 and a curve of quickest descent
The brachistochrone problem is a useful reminder to check whether the shortest path also minimizes the quantity you actually care about.
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Industrial
Applications
Use an archived issue to practice a method on a small problem. Before applying it to project work, compare the result with a known case and record what you changed.
Electronics and high-tech
Start with the resistor challenge or the electrical demo. Compare a worksheet result against a known circuit response before changing component values.
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Aerospace and defense
Use the projection or curve examples to practice documenting a coordinate system and expected result before adapting the method to a reviewed calculation.
Explore Aerospace and defenseNew to Mathcad Prime?
Watch how a worksheet brings equations, units, and plots together. Use the datasheet to check which capabilities are relevant to your work.
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