Helpful MathCAD How-Tos
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from the Fall 2008 Design Team
Scrolling Faster
holding CRTL while you scroll will scroll by page
Creating Relative References:
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1. Save file where changes were made.
2. In file that references file from step 1. select the reference and hit F9.
**also works to recalculate a math regions
****CTRL F9 will recalculate a page
To Keep fields in order:
1. Go to >Format>Align Regions>
2. Chose either Across or Down
To change background color of an object
1. right click on object
2. Go to Properties
3. Select highlight region
4. Choose color
To create a list box
1. Go to insert>control>listbox>next
2. select the display height
3. Insert name, which user will see
4. Set values, which will be returned when chosen
decide if you want the page to recalculate when a different value is selected
5. Hit Enter
6. Give list box a name
7. Right click on listbox, click hide agruments
To solve a system of equations
1. type Given
2. below type equations using the boolean operator
i.e. R=(1+T) T=(2*R)
3. below that type Find(T,R)
4. type regular = to solve explicitly or
5. click -> in programming menue to solve symbolically
Helpful keyboard shortcuts
to get | type this |
row subscript | [ |
greek character | Ctrl g (after a regular letter) |
... (for indexing) | ; |
:= (equal sign for definitions) | : |
Interfacing an Excel Spreadsheet into Matchcad / Tables in Mathcad
The following Mathcad file explains how tables are created in Mathcad and how to import tables from Excel. From this tutorial, you can also learn how to pull individual columns out of a table for calculations and graphing.
Tables Tutorial