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[mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Tom Boni    Posted: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:39:01 -0700
Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Tong, Guang    Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:43:10 -0500
Boni, 1) For units that MathCAD defined, you may or may NOT need to divide the units. 2) For those units that you defined, you have to divide the plotted function by the desired units. I tried to attached a file as an example, but failed to do so . Instead, the following message was receive. "Sorry, your message was not sent out to 'mathcad' because it is too large....." Guang Tong -----Original Message----- From: Tom Boni Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: /> Subject: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

Re: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Kerri Mongelli    Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:03:58 -0700
I recently attended a MathCAD tutorial session at PTC. I asked a couple of similar questions about plotting. I was told that if you want different units the only way to change them is to divide by them. There is no way to then change how the axes are labeled even though showing unit/otherunit looks confusing to individuals not familiar with MathCAD. I was told that a workaround for this would be to make images of the units you wanted to show and to paste them over the labels shown in the worksheet. It is kind of a hack job, but if you're trying to alleviate confusion I think it's the best you can do. If it comforts you at all they say it is one of the things they are working to improve (along with word processing interfaces). Also, I believe you only have to specify units on the limits when they are not the default units. I am not certain of this fact though. Hope I was of a little help. -Kerri Mongelli Tom Boni wrote: Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to

Re: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Bill Dumke    Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:52:47 -0500
Tom, Always divide by the units on a plot. You do not need units on the axis limits. Bill Tom Boni wrote: > Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of > units when plotting in MathCAD? > > Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted > function by the desired units? > > Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis > limits? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > --- > The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News > Contributions: /> > Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com > List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ > --- > Would you like this to come to a different email address? > --- > Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by > sending a blank email from the new address to: > or > --- > You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> > To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> > > > > > --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Allen, Jonathon    Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:56:08 +0000
Hi Tom, If you want your graph to display the results in units other than those that are Mathcad's default, you will need to divide by the desired unit. I personally don't see this as a problem since it's always a good idea to be specific about exactly what units are displayed on a graph anyway. The only reason to specify units on the axis limits is if you want to specify the limits in units that are different to your plotted units e.g. your axis plotted units are in mm but you want to set limits in inches. Hope this helps, Regards, Jonathon -----Original Message----- From: Tom Boni /> Sent: 14 March 2008 21:39 To: /> Subject: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --------------------------------------------------------------------- For further information on the Renault F1 Team visit our web site at www.renaultf1.com. Renault F1 Team Limited Registered in England no. 1806337 Registered Office: 16 Old Bailey London EC4M 7EG WARNING: please ensure that you have adequate virus protection in place before you open or detach any documents attached to this email. This e-mail may constitute privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you have received this confidential email and any attachments transmitted with it in error and you must not disclose copy, circulate or in any other way use or rely on this information. E-mails to and from the Renault F1 Team are monitored for operational reasons and in accordance with lawful business practices. The contents of this email are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the views of the company. Please note that this e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand and observe this lack of security when e-mailing us. If you have received this email in error please forward to: quoting the sender, then delete the message and any attached documents --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

RE: [Bulk] RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Stuart Bruff    Posted: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:21:20 -0000
Guang, What version of Mathcad are you using? If it's M12 or later, and you're saving as an xmcd file, then (assuming you haven't already done so :-) ) you could try: 1. opening Properties from the File menu, choose the XML options tab and select 'No images'. 2. saving as Mathcad Compressed format (xmcdz). This will substantially reduce the size of a worksheet. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Tong, Guang Sent: 17 March 2008 1:43 PM To: /> Subject: [Bulk] RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Boni, 1) For units that MathCAD defined, you may or may NOT need to divide the units. 2) For those units that you defined, you have to divide the plotted function by the desired units. I tried to attached a file as an example, but failed to do so . Instead, the following message was receive. "Sorry, your message was not sent out to 'mathcad' because it is too large....." Guang Tong -----Original Message----- From: Tom Boni Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: /> Subject: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

RE: [Bulk] RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance
Author: Neil Harris    Posted: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:15:41 -0000
Guang, You can also select file / properties /XML options and choose "No images" and "Don't store large evaluated result". This will substantially reduce the file size AND make saving much quicker. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Bruff Sent: 18 March 2008 05:21 To: /> Subject: RE: [Bulk] RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Guang, What version of Mathcad are you using? If it's M12 or later, and you're saving as an xmcd file, then (assuming you haven't already done so :-) ) you could try: 1. opening Properties from the File menu, choose the XML options tab and select 'No images'. 2. saving as Mathcad Compressed format (xmcdz). This will substantially reduce the size of a worksheet. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Tong, Guang Sent: 17 March 2008 1:43 PM To: /> Subject: [Bulk] RE: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Boni, 1) For units that MathCAD defined, you may or may NOT need to divide the units. 2) For those units that you defined, you have to divide the plotted function by the desired units. I tried to attached a file as an example, but failed to do so . Instead, the following message was receive. "Sorry, your message was not sent out to 'mathcad' because it is too large....." Guang Tong -----Original Message----- From: Tom Boni Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: /> Subject: [mathcad] MathCAD plotting guidance Can anyone point me to a good reference on control of units when plotting in MathCAD? Is it sometimes necessary to divide the plotted function by the desired units? Is it always necessary to specify units on the axis limits? Any help would be appreciated. ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> ___________________________________________________________ All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to /> --- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com List Archive: http://lists.adeptscience.co.uk/ --- Would you like this to come to a different email address? --- Simply leave the mailing list (see below) and re-join by sending a blank email from the new address to: or --- You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: /> To unsubscribe send a blank email to />

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