I know i’m closed-minded in general but the archival problem just seems almost insurmountable for something like this.
Posted in Tool Hacks Tagged math, mathcad Post navigation If you don’t mind writing Python or some other “ real language” there’s always Jupyter. Wolfram Alpha is mostly free and very capable, but they do want you to pay for certain things. Not to mention the inclusion of a system solver which our old paper pad lacked. While we still miss the ubiquitous engineering pad, we have to admit the graphs this thing creates look better than ours. It did, however, accept rods per picosecond. It stubbornly refused to answer us in furlongs per fortnight. You can, though, force the answers to be in your favorite units if you like. If you click the little hamburger above the cell that says “Air” you can select from a few dozen dielectric materials.īy default, the program replies to queries in SI units even if you didn’t use them in the original data. If you don’t have the patience for reading documentation, you can jump right into a sheet to compute the parameters of a parallel plate capacitor. If you prefer your explanations in video form, check out their channel, including the video that appears below.
#Sketching pads how to#
Want to read more? Luckily, there is an EngineeringPaper worksheet that explains how to use it. But if you fire up your browser, head over to EngineeringPaper.xyz and you might save a little cash.Īlthough it looks a lot like a Jupyter notebook, the math cells in EngineeringPaper keeps track of units for you and allows you to query results easily. These days, you tend to sketch math functions on the computer and there are plenty of people willing to take your money for the software. These were usually a light brown or green and had a light grid on one side, ready to let you sketch a diagram or a math function. They had slide rules on their belts (later, calculators) and wrote everything on engineering pads. It was always easy to spot engineering students in college.
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