Latest version of world-leading maths software

Mathcad 2001, a major new version of the world's most widely used desktop software for applying mathematics, is announced by MathSoft International and UK distributor Adept Scientific.

Mathcad 2001, a major new version of the world's most widely used desktop software for applying mathematics, is announced by MathSoft International and UK distributor Adept Scientific.

This release offers high performance, new development tools, complete simulation capabilities and full support of MathML (Mathematical Mark-up Language), the first XML standard to be approved by the World Wide Web Consortium.

"We designed Mathcad 2001 to meet the time-to-market and productivity needs of our customers and to help them fully leverage the Internet," said Chris Randles, general manager and senior vice-president of MathSoft's Engineering and Education Products Division.

"Mathcad 2001 is a seminal release that will strengthen our leadership position in engineering and technical markets." The Mathcad 2001 release focuses on four strategic areas: improved performance and expanded functionality, improved compatibility and interoperability, enhanced web publishing and documentation capabilities, and new application development tools.

Mathcad 2001 supports the broad range of tools engineers commonly use in their work.

This version is designed to serve as the centerpiece of the engineering desktop, providing a useful, highly integrated platform that lets engineers build projects using Mathcad and other applications.

Mathcad 2001 is compatible with the Microsoft Office suite, and readily interoperates with most of the common desktop engineering tools, including Excel, Axum, Visio 2000, AutoCAD 2000, SmartSketch and MATLAB 4 and 5.

In addition, this release of Mathcad allows for real-time data acquisition from National Instruments analogue I/O boards.

Mathcad 2001 makes it easy to integrate Mathcad solutions and functionality into large projects spread across different applications, and then saved within a common document format.

Highlights of the new release include...

* A new Mathcad add-in for Microsoft's Visio technical drawing and diagramming software.

* Enhanced add-ins for Excel and AutoCAD.

* VisSim LE, a new, integrated modelling and simulation module for developing and optimising dynamic systems.

* Real-time data acquisition for prototyping and testing with National Instruments analogue I/O boards.

* A new ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) component, supporting read access to ODBC-compliant databases such as Microsoft Access.

* A new picture component for image manipulation.

* WAV file support for reading audio files.

Mathcad 2001 users will also benefit from speed improvements, improved memory management and significant operating system and interface enhancements.

There's greater flexibility in the use of units within programs and other constructs, and many more new features and enhancements to Mathcad's mathematical functionality and performance.

Enhanced web publishing and documentation capabilities increase Mathcad's competitive advantage in engineering documentation.

Its self-documenting nature and its use of standard maths notation facilitate the communication of technical information.

Among the highlights of Mathcad 2001 is its support of MathML, the new standard for mathematical publishing on the Web, allowing users to save Mathcad worksheets in MathML.

In combination with IBM's techexplorer, Mathcad is the first to fully support both the presentation and semantic standards of MathML.

Communicating mathematics on the Web becomes a seamless operation.

With the addition of the component Software Development Kit (SDK), Mathcad 2001 provides new application development tools that allow organisations to create their own solutions based on Mathcad.

The component SDK lets users build custom components to integrate Mathcad with other applications, delivering a superior level of extensibility.

"Mathcad 2001 is a powerful asset for all stages of the engineering process," said David Knapp, optical design engineer at Raytheon.

"From first order layout to hardware test data analysis, this release is easy to work with, powerful in functionality, and synergistic with other design tools." Mathcad, originally released in 1984, is today the industry standard for technical calculation in science, engineering, and statistics.

It uses a flexible, interactive worksheet interface that allows users to freely mix equations, text, graphs, diagrams and annotations on the page, automatically calculating and re-calculating as you type, and documenting the results as you proceed.

With around 1.5 million users worldwide, Mathcad is deployed in leading industries, research organisations and academic establishments all over the world.

Its comprehensive document presentation and Web-enabled features make it a standard too for the communication of technical information.

Mathcad is also widely used as a mathematics teaching tool in mathematics, engineering and science departments.

Mathcad 2001 in available in two versions, Professional and Premium, and a broad choice of multi-user and network licences is available, as well as special academic licences.

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