Mathcad 8 Professional

by MathSoft Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002S7TQ
• Item model number: 10813
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,280 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Mathcad 8 Professional provides the calculating and analytical power you need to solve the widest range of math, science, and engineering problems. Mathcad's free-form interface lets you integrate real math notation, graphs, and text within a single interactive worksheet--just as you would with pencil and paper. "Live" self-documenting technology provides you with the perfect environment for exploring even the most complex technical problems. Mathcad's advanced visualization, presentation, and collaboration capabilities also give you the tools you need to create and share high-impact presentations for clients or colleagues.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MathCAD 8 Pro - still worth hunting for !, July 14, 2003

By 

Mark W4CHL "7tronics" (Central NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mathcad 8 Professional (CD-ROM)

Paulo wrote an excellent review. This version is still worth locating and using as it is the last version that works with a freely distributable viewer: MathCAD Explorer (last rev was 8.02 I believe).

MCD files created under MathCAD 8 were usable under the MathCAD 8.+ Explorer, as was interaction with the MathCAD entries. The MCD worksheet simply can't be saved from the MCAD Explorer.

If you can find it and are eligible, the MathCAD 8.0 Pro Student Edition contained:
- drawing program (from Intergraph) which allowed for import of drawings whose dimension variables could be part of the MathCAD worksheets.
- Engineering bonus CD
- Science bonus CD
- Professional enhancements including additional built-in variables, programming capabilitieis, file import/export handling

More than enough function and features to challenge High School and advanced Middle School students. Being able to take advantage of numerical solutions and/or analytic ones, depending upon the situation is a wonderful lesson for practicing numerical analysts.

Cheers, Mark@7tronics

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I expected more flexibility, July 24, 2000

By 

P. R. B. Barbosa "ECGAR" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mathcad 8 Professional (CD-ROM)

Mathsoft's staff has improved the software, compared with version 7, adding some sort of programming facilities, and graphics presentation.

For those who are not familiar with Mathcad, I address some important properties of the software:

1) Direct graphing and formula editing: One can plot graphs and calculate formulas (even non-linear differential equations, using numerical method), as goes writing down on the worksheet.

2) Import data from from several formats and analyze them.

3) Plot 2D and 3D graphs. One can rotate 3D graphs with the aid of the mouse.

4) Solve symbolic equations. Solve formulas using either continuous or discrete numerical treatment.

5) Make a professional document, with texts wrapping around graphs and pictures.

6) Save documents in HTML format directly.

For those who are already familiar with Mathcad, I address some drawbacks that should be improved:

1) Subscript in formulas: After subscripting, one has to step left , using the arrow key, to continue editing the formula, otherwise the edition will continue in subscript index.

2) Mathsoft should add some sort of compiling capabilities, to the software, so one could run a stand alone version of the worksheet. I personally think this is the most important feature should to be added on. One can do an excellent job, building up a huge worksheet, but cannot show the effect of on-line processing of new data on other computers, unless Mathcad of same version is already installed in it.

3) Data manipulation is still tedious, as were in Mathcad 2. A build in spreadsheet is essential to provide direct data editing.

4) Text facilities should provide paragraph justification, and text properties manipulation from the task-bar menu.

5) A simpler way to input data.