At the last event "PTC LiveWorx Europe 2015" in November of 2015 it was presented a roadmap for the development of Mathcad Prime 4.0 and some future steps (themes) for Prime direction. Let's see what updates are planned for version 4.0 (now the release of version 4.0 is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2016 year) and is scheduled for subsequent releases after 4.0. PDF "PTC Mathcad Roadmap_2015" can be found in attachment.
Here is a list of major improvements for Prime 4.0:
- Plot enhancements (embed 3rd party tool);
- Mathcad as an OLE container;
- Worksheet content protection (area protection/area locking);
- Copy multiple regions to clipboard;
- Equation wrapping.
1. Plot enhancements: embed 3rd party tool to match PTC Mathcad 15.0 plots on first release.
2. Mathcad as an OLE container: ability to embed applications as OLE objects within the worksheet.
3. Content Protection: area protection/locking.
4. Improved external app interoperability: copy multiple regions to MS Word.
5. Equation wrapping: allow an equation to be split/wrapped as specific points.
6. Subsequent release themes.
• Plot Improvements
– Utilize more capabilities from 3rd party tool
• Functionality
– Constrained inputs (input controls)
– Picture operator
– Text styles
– Hyperlinks
– Program debugging
– Redefinition warnings
– Scripted components
– Gradient operator
– PDESolve
• Integration Improvements
– PTC Creo integration phase II
– API enhancements
– Additional 3rd party integrations
