TABLE OF CONTENTS You have now built your Mathcad toolbox, and it is time to start filling it with tools. Part II will introduce some simple Mathcad features. The more complex topics will be discussed in Part III. The goal of Part II is to get you comfortable with Mathcad. You will soon see that Mathcad is an easy-to-learn, yet powerful resource.
The chapters in this part will focus on features essential to understand before the more powerful tools are introduced in Part III. The topics covered in this part include: vectors, matrices, simple Mathcad functions, plotting, and simple logic programming.
An understanding of vectors and matrices can make engineering calculations much more effective. An array is simply either a vector or a matrix. A vector is a matrix with only a single column. Mathcad will perform many complex vector and matrix operations. This chapter will not delve into all of these functions. The purpose of this chapter is to illustrate the benefits that can be had by using simple vectors and matrices in engineering calculations.
Chapter 9 will:
Tell how to define arrays.
Introduce the concept of array subscripts.
Refer to the ORIGIN variable and recommend changing its default value.
Discuss the concept of range variables and tell how to define them and use them.
Show how to format vector and matrix output in either...
