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PTC Mathcad

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Software for solving and editing mathematical calculations
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About PTC Mathcad

PTC Mathcad is an on-premise software designed to help engineers across different industries solve, edit, and share mathematical calculations. The application enables users to run accurate calculations and manage traceability and intellectual property rights via a unified portal.

PTC Mathcad enables professionals to edit margin, header, and footer sizes, include live mathematical notation and document calculations, and display details along with images, text, and plots in a single document using different formatting options. It offers various features such as worksheet converter, spell check, algebraic and trigonometric functions and operators, and more.

PTC Mathcad allows teams to handle standard engineering processes using customizable templates and save worksheets as PDF for reference.

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Overall rating

4.3 /5
(10)
Value for Money
4/5
Features
4/5
Ease of Use
4.2/5
Customer Support
4/5

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Muhammad
Muhammad
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

PTC Mathcad A program for every engineer

Reviewed on 2022/06/27

Pros

PTC Mathcad is extremely simple and easy to use. Everyone can learn Mathcad without any extensive training or courses. The layout is simple and effective. The program is fast and reliable. Everyone should use this program for daily engineering calculations to save time and avoid errors.

Cons

PTC Mathcad lack in customised units. The software works well only when units are matching with the units that are stored in Mathcad library. There should an option added in the program to add customised units.

Response from PTC

Hi Muhammad! Thank you for the positive review! We're happy that you love using PTC Mathcad!

Regarding custom units, you can define your own custom units (documented https://support.ptc.com/help/mathcad/r8.0/en/index.html#page/PTC_Mathcad_Help/defining_units_and_unit_functions.html#wwID0ESSIGB or here in video form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOhPdu-NKQ ); if you would like to make units based off a unit system not in the product, please submit a feature request.

Dhaval
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  • Industry: Defense & Space
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Mathcad is a very convenient calculator and workspace.

Reviewed on 2025/03/10

Overall, I love using Mathcad for my basic calculation tasks at work, as well as at home. This...

Overall, I love using Mathcad for my basic calculation tasks at work, as well as at home. This calculator is very convenient with its easy to use screen. The layout is clear, and I can also use the help menu to learn more features.

Pros

I love how easy to use Mathcad is. I'm able to enter in a problem very quickly using the tools given, and it outputs the results very fast. I like how I can organize my math equations how I want. The program is convenient for laying out the expressions I need for work tasks.

Cons

I don't like how for longer and more complex expressions, it takes a while to output the result. And for some equations, it does not output the right answer I need. However, this event does not occur too often, and I like that I can still get the results quickly for simpler equations.

Response from PTC

Thank you for the review!

Jan
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

PTC - The Ruination of Mathcad

Reviewed on 2022/01/19

PTC has ruined one of the best programs ever. There was a substitute of sorts, the Svientific...

PTC has ruined one of the best programs ever. There was a substitute of sorts, the Svientific Notebook program. However, that company went out of business in 2021.

Pros

Mathcad under Mathsoft was the engineers friend.

Cons

Since PTC acquired Mathsoft, users have endured forced upgrades, incompatible legacy worksheets, and outrageous price hikes.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Civil Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Nice for formatting but I still prefer excel

Reviewed on 2022/12/01

Pros

The format in which the calculations come are consistent

Cons

It lacks a lot of functionalities that excel gives like linking cells

Response from PTC

Thank you for your review.
We are sorry to hear that you still prefer Excel to Mathcad for engineering calculations.

With regards to linking cells (and most other relevant calculation areas), Mathcad Prime absolutely has Excel-esque capabilities, if not better.
You can use the Definition operator to define variables or functions, and you can then use that definition across your worksheet, much like a linked cell in Excel. When you change the value of a definition, that change propagates to everywhere else the definition is used.
In addition, you can reference other worksheets' definitions by using Mathcad's Include Worksheet feature, which is akin to how to link cells between different Excel worksheets.

With regards to other lacking functionality, please request that missing functionality on the PTC Community Mathcad Ideas board so our team can document it and implement it to make Mathcad Prime a better product to serve your needs.
Again, thank you for your review.

Daniel
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

The replacement to spreadsheets, PTC Mathcad

Reviewed on 2023/07/28

I used it to present several papers, and I liked the way the worksheet is customizable, and it...

I used it to present several papers, and I liked the way the worksheet is customizable, and it looked like a real checkered sheets, besides, you didn't have to have a calculator or an Excel sheet next to you, since all the calculations were done by the program. However, I never found an option to place formulas in a presentation way, so I had to do it in external software and add them in image format.

Pros

Presentation and order is the main strength of PTC Mathcad, as it is the perfect combination of Word and Excel. On a sheet (of set sizes), you can place Titles, Subtitles, text in general; and most importantly, mathematical formulas. That, the same software performs the calculations to solve different engineering problems. And in the same way these data can be represented in tables or graphs that are elaborated with tools integrated with the program.

Cons

It is very difficult to present an unresolved formula in Mathcad, that is to say, when placing a formula without declared variables, they are painted red, indicating that this formula is an error, and this error when passing it to a PDF document, continues to be visible, being annoying.

Response from PTC

Thanks for enjoying PTC Mathcad!

One trick to present formulas in a presentation way without evaluating them is to use the "Equal To" operator. (Ctrl + =)

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PTC Mathcad FAQs

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PTC Mathcad offers the following pricing plans:

  • Starting from: US$779.00/year
  • Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
  • Free Trial: Available

Please contact PTC for floating license prices.

PTC Mathcad has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

PTC Mathcad supports the following languages:

Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese

PTC Mathcad supports the following devices:

PTC Mathcad integrates with the following applications:

Microsoft Excel

PTC Mathcad offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support

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