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Mathcad
Mathcad Prime 1.0
Developer(s)	Mathsoft, PTC
Initial release	1986 (1986)
Stable release	Prime 10 (10.0.0.0) / April 23, 2024 (2025-08-05)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Available in	10 languages
Type	Computer algebra system
License	Proprietary
Website	www.mathcad.com

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Mathcad is computer software for the verification, validation, documentation and re-use of mathematical calculations in engineering and science, notably mechanical, chemical, electrical, and civil engineering. Released in 1986 on DOS, it introduced live editing (WYSIWYG) of typeset mathematical notation in an interactive notebook, combined with automatic computations. It was originally developed by Mathsoft, and since 2006 has been a product of Parametric Technology Corporation.

History

Mathcad was conceived and developed by Allen Razdow and Josh Bernoff at Mathsoft founded by David Blohm and Razdow. It was released in 1986. It was the first system to support WYSIWYG editing and recalculation of mathematical calculations mixed with text. It was also the first to check the consistency of engineering units through the full calculation. Other equation solving systems existed at the time, but did not provide a notebook interface: Software Arts' TK Solver was released in 1982, and Borland's Eureka: The Solver was released in 1987.

Mathcad was acquired by Parametric Technology in April 2006.

Mathcad was named "Best of '87" and "Best of '88" by PC Magazine's editors.

Overview

Mathcad's central interface is an interactive notebook in which equations and expressions are created and manipulated in the same graphical format in which they are presented (WYSIWYG). This approach was adopted by systems such as Mathematica, Maple, Macsyma, MATLAB, and Jupyter.

Mathcad today includes some of the capabilities of a computer algebra system, but remains oriented towards ease of use and documentation of numerical engineering applications.

Mathcad is part of a broader product development system developed by PTC, addressing analytical steps in systems engineering. It integrates with PTC's Creo Elements/Pro, Windchill, and Creo Elements/View. Its live feature-level integration with Creo Elements/Pro enables Mathcad analytical models to be directly used in driving CAD geometry, and its structural awareness within Windchill allows live calculations to be re-used and re-applied toward multiple design models.

Summary of capabilities

The Mathcad interface allows users to combine a variety of different elements (mathematics, descriptive text, and supporting imagery) into a worksheet, in which dependent calculations are dynamically recalculated as inputs change. This allows for simple manipulation of input variables, assumptions, and expressions. Mathcad's functionality includes:

• Numerous numeric functions for statistics, data analysis, image processing, and signal processing;
• Ubiquitous dimensionality checking and simplification;
• Solution of systems of equations, such as ODEs and PDEs using several methods;
• Root finding for polynomials and other functions;
• Symbolic manipulation of mathematical expressions;
• Parametric 2D and 3D plotting and discrete data plotting;
• Leverage standard, readable mathematical expressions within embedded program constructs;
• Vector and matrix operations, including eigenvalues and eigenvectors;
• Curve fitting and regression analysis;
• Statistical and design of experiments functions and plot types, and evaluation of probability distributions;
• Import from and export to other applications and file types, such as Microsoft Excel and MathML;
• Cross references to other Mathcad worksheets;
• Integration with other engineering applications, such as CAD, FEM, BIM, and Simulation tools, to aid in product design, like Autocad, Ansys, Revit.

Although Mathcad is mostly oriented to non-programmers, it is also used in more complex projects to visualize results of mathematical modeling by using distributed computing and coupling with programs written using more traditional languages such as C++.

Current releases

As of 2025, the latest release from PTC is Mathcad Prime 11.0.0.0. This release is a freemium variant: if the software is not activated after a Mathcad Prime 30-day trial, it is possible to continue using PTC Mathcad Express for an unlimited time as "PTC Mathcad Express Free-for-Life Engineering Calculations Software". This freemium pilot is a new marketing approach for PTC. Review and markup of engineering notes can now be done directly by team members without them all requiring a full Mathcad Prime license.

The last release of the traditional (pre "Prime") product line, Mathcad 15.0, came out in June 2010 and shares the same worksheet file structure as Mathcad 14.0. The last service release, Mathcad 15.0 M050, which added support for Windows 10, was released in 2017. Mathcad 15.0 is no longer actively developed but in "sustained support".

Computer operating system platforms

Mathcad only runs on Microsoft Windows. Mathcad Prime 6.0 requires a 64-bit version of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. Until 1998, Mathcad also supported Mac OS.

Support

Starting in 2011 (Mathcad 15.0) the first year of maintenance and support has been included in the purchase or upgrade price.

Release history

Name	Version	Release date	Notes
Mathcad 0.3	0.3		Beta on 5.25-inch floppy diskette
Mathcad 2.5.2	2.5.2	1989	Last DOS version
Mathcad 3.1	3.1	1992	Windows version with notebook interface
Mathcad 4.0	4.0		Windows version
Mathcad 5.0	5.0		Added Maple based CAS features
Mathcad 5.5	5.5		Windows version
Mathcad 6.0	6.0	1995	Last Windows 3.1 version
Mathcad 7	7.0	1997
Mathcad 8
Mathcad 2000
Mathcad 2001i
Mathcad 11
Mathcad 12
Mathcad 13.0	13.0	September 15, 2005
Mathcad 13.1	13.1
Mathcad 14.0	14.0	February 12, 2007
Mathcad 15.0	15.0 F000	June 25, 2010
Mathcad 15.0 M010	15.0 M010	June 29, 2011
Mathcad 15.0 M040	15.0 M040	August 2015
Mathcad 15.0 M045		November 2015
Mathcad 15.0 M050	15.0 M050	December 2017
Mathcad Prime 1.0		January 10, 2011
Mathcad Prime 2.0		February 29, 2012
Mathcad Prime 3.0		October 2, 2013
Mathcad Prime 3.1		March 2, 2015
Mathcad Prime 4.0		March 6, 2017
Mathcad Prime 5.0	5.0.0.0	August 14, 2018
Mathcad Prime 6.0	6.0.0.0	October 1, 2019
Mathcad Prime 7	7.0.0.0	February 27, 2021
Mathcad Prime 8	8.0.0.0	March 15, 2022
Mathcad Prime 9	9.0.0.0	March 14, 2023
Mathcad Prime 10	10.0.0	April 23, 2024
Mathcad Prime 11	11.0.0	April 21, 2025

Screen captures of previous Mathcad versions

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  Mathcad 2.52 (1989)
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  Mathcad 3.1 (1992)
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  Mathcad PLUS 6.0 (1995)
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  Mathcad 13.0
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  Mathcad 15.0
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  Mathcad Prime 1.0
• 
  Mathcad Prime 1.0 working session

See also

• Comparison of computer algebra systems
• Comparison of numerical-analysis software
• TK Solver
• PTC:Creo
• PTC:Windchill
• SMath Studio, a free for personal use program similar to MathCad

External links

• Official website
• Mathcad blogs
• Free trial of Mathcad Prime – Mathcad Express