Evaluating CSC TEDDS "The Calculation Pad for the Professional Enginee 1

[MarkRPflow]

Evaluating CSC TEDDS "The Calculation Pad for the Professional Engineer" - any comments on this software.

 

[Guest]

MarkRPflow,<br>
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A similar software is MATHSERV. This is a server engine that lets you write an advanced form of BASIC code in any Windows word processor. Expressions can be as simple as =3.5*4.5, where the answer replaces the expression, or commented command lines, for example:<br>
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angles in degrees, A = {10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45}<br>
convert to radians, A = A*_pi/180<br>
print A, sin(A), cos(A)<br>
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The language includes powerful commands for matrix manipulation, graphics generation, statistical calculations and numerical analysis. Type casting is automatic, array generation is dynamic. A really handy tool which I use daily in my work because it eliminates transcription errors, lets you see mis-fingered values, and presents a neat design audit trail with graphics in Wordpad or any other word processor.

 

[TedT]

Where does one get Mathserv from? <p> <br><a href=mailto: ttracewicz@atsspartec.on.ca> ttracewicz@atsspartec.on.ca</a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[Imagineer]

You might also try MathCad.&nbsp;&nbsp;It bills itself as an electronic chalkboard.&nbsp;&nbsp;It uses straight mathematic notation instead of programming and it does units.&nbsp;&nbsp;It would look like the following using guests example:<br><br>A := (15,30,45,60,75,90} deg<br>sin(A) = (0.259, 0.5, 0.707, 0.866, 0.966, 1)<br><br>Additionally, square roots and other math symbols are displayed as square roots not a sqrt() function.<br><br>For very serious symbolic calculation, it has the MAPLE engine built in.<br><br> <p> Imagineer<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[engcomp]

You remember the old MS Word version 4.0? It had a feature where you could type an arithmetic expression, highlight it and click &quot;Calculate&quot;. In its ultimate wisdom, MS dropped this feature from later versions.<br><br>I used the feature a lot, therefore, I wrote my own little routine to add it to any word processor.<br><br>Like other engineers, I also solved many problems by writing a few simple lines of BASIC code. The only nuisance was that this had to be run in a separate interpreter. So I extended the &quot;Calculate&quot; routine to interpret BASIC code directly in any word processor and store the variables in a document-related data base.<br><br>This was the genesis of MATHSERV. If you email me on <A HREF="mailto:engcomp@hinet.net.au">engcomp@hinet.net.au</A>, I shall be happy to send you more information and a FREE copy for your evaluation.<br><br>Of course, there are numerous other tools like MathCAD, MATLAB, CSC TEDDS and some very powerful spreadsheets. I often use the latter, but for comprehensive design audit trails MATHSERV is my favourite.<br><br>Regards, Helmut Schmidhofer<br><A HREF="mailto:engcomp@hinet.net.au">engcomp@hinet.net.au</A>