Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2 Mathcad Keystrokes PDF
2 Mathcad Keystrokes PDF
Tips
Mathcad reads from left to right, then from top to bottom. You need to define a variable above or to the left of the place
where you want to use the variable.
Type units when entering a number (including when defining a variable) or outputting a number, but not when using a
variable; the units are stored inside the variable once you define it.
The unit pound is a unit of force. Mathcad calls this unit "lbf". The unit in Mathcad called "lb" is a unit of mass and should
rarely be used.
When defining a range variable, three numbers are used: the first item, the second item, and the last item. For example:
A:=0,1..5 puts the values 0,1,2,3,4,5 in the variable A. B:=7,7.2..8.2 puts 7.0,7.2,7.4,7.6,7.8,8.0,8.2 in B. You will not get the
result you expect if you type C:=7,1..11 because 1 does not come after 7.
Mathcad is case sensitive (Capital letters matter).
Occasionally, typos can create internal errors, so that even after fixing the typo you still do not get the result you are
expecting. This usually happens inside of a Solve block. If you are sure you have fixed all the errors in your Solve block but it
still is not working, try re‐typing the contents of the block to see if that fixes the problem.
Compiled by Dr. Timothy Reeves