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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

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 From: Tom Boni "mailto:tfboni" Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: "mathcad" 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

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 "tfboni" 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

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 > > > Contributions: "mathcad" > 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: > "mailto:join-mathcad" or > You are currently subscribed to mathcad as: "billd" > To unsubscribe send a blank email to "leave-33030-494029G" > > > > >

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 From: Tom Boni "mailto:tfboni" Sent: 14 March 2008 21:39 To: "mathcad" 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

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 From: Tong, Guang "mailto:GSTong" Sent: 17 March 2008 1:43 PM To: "mathcad" 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 From: Tom Boni "mailto:tfboni" Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: "mathcad" 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

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 From: Stuart Bruff "mailto:stuartbruff" Sent: 18 March 2008 05:21 To: "mathcad" 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 From: Tong, Guang "mailto:GSTong" Sent: 17 March 2008 1:43 PM To: "mathcad" 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 From: Tom Boni "mailto:tfboni" Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 4:39 PM To: "mathcad" 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

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