Re: MatLab, Maple, MathCAD Message #4 Posted by Fred Lusk on 1 Feb 2009, 8:27 p.m., in response to message #1 by Martin Pinckney
Martin....
I am a civil engineer with 29 years of experience and I use Mathcad once in a while. When I need to document a calculation, it's far better than Excel or a calculator. I've never used Mathematica or MatLab.
I don't use Mathcad as much as I used to because I'm not doing that much design any more (unfortunately). That's why I haven't upgraded beyond version 8--Mathcad won't help me with project management. That being said, I am current working on a Mathcad calcuation related to some factory destructive testing I witnessed for a client.
None of the young engineers I supervise have any interest in Mathcad, and only one is a good spreadsheet writer. Another one is pretty good with her HP-48GX. Their computer expertise is oriented more towards Autocad and hydraulic modeling software (water, sewer, storm drainage). I have yet to see much aptitude for creating new and unique calcualtions from scratch, which is Mathcad's forte.
Edited: 1 Feb 2009, 8:28 p.m.
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