Mathcad Prime: upgrade to floating licence from any previous version - for academic use - Education Versions

Description:
System Requirements:

All purchasers of Mathcad 15 will also receive Mathcad Prime 1.0. Mathcad Prime 1.0 can be installed side by side with any previous versions of Mathcad.

With a Mathcad academic Floating licence you will also receive the Add-On Collection of electronic libraries and extension packs.

Floating licenses are allowed to float across a local area or wide area network. The software is not restricted to designated users or PCs however the number of PC's running Mathcad at the same time cannot exceed the number of floating licenses purchased.

The licence manager for Floating licenses is FLEXnet.

Floating licenses may not shared outside the country in which they were purchased. Global licenses are available which include the right to use the licenses in multiple geographies.

Maintenance includes 24x5 phone/24x7 self-service online technical support and access to all major releases, maintenance releases and bug fixes.

Advance your engineering calculations power with Mathcad - the #1 solution for capturing knowledge, reusing calculations and collaborating across engineering.

Today's top engineers use Mathcad to perform, document and share calculation and design work. The unique Mathcad visual format and scratchpad interface integrate standard mathematical notation, text and graphs in a single worksheet - making Mathcad ideal for knowledge capture, calculation reuse, and engineering collaboration.

Benefits of Mathcad
- Easy to learn and use - no special programming skills required
- Increases productivity, saving engineers time and reducing errors
- Improves verification and validation of critical calculations
- Promotes calculation best practices and reuse of calculation content
- Complete documentation of calculations supports standards compliance

Mathcad gives you MAXIMUM VERSATILITY because it integrates seamlessly with other leading engineering software, including:

ANSYS
AutoCAD
Bentley Microstation
CATIA
ESRD StressCheck 7
Excel
National Instruments ? LabVIEW
Pro/ENGINEER
Pro/INTRALINK
Solidworks
Windchill

Today, more than 90% of Fortune 1000 companies, plus 500 government agencies and 2,000 colleges and universities around the world use Mathcad to capture the strategic value in their engineering calculation.

System OS	Mathcad Prime 2.0: Windows XP 32-bit (Home or Professional Edition, SP3) Windows XP 64-bit (Professional Edition, SP3) Windows Vista (32/64 bit) Windows 7 (32/64 bit) Mathcad 15: Windows XP 32-bit (Home or Professional Edition, SP3) Windows XP 64-bit (Professional Edition, SP3) Windows Vista (32/64 bit) Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
Processor	Pentium-compatible 2xP4 2.4GHz or later
Hard Disk	1.6 GB of hard disk space (400 MB for Mathcad with one language installed, 250 MB for prerequisites, 1.2 GB temporary space during installation)
RAM	512 MB
CDrom	DVD drive (not required for silent installations) and Internet connection (required for license acquisition)
Other Requirements	Other Requirements SVGA or later graphics card, 1024 x 768, 32-bit colour monitor, and mouse or compatible pointing device, keyboard Microsoft .NET Framework® 4.0 SP1 or later* Windows Installer 3.0 or later Internet Explorer 6.0 and Adobe Reader 5.0 or later are required for full functionality of the Help system. Software can be installed automatically during the Mathcad installation, at your option. Note The 64-bit version of Mathcad runs as a native 64-bit application. This version utilizes more than 4 GB of memory. Mathcad® Prime? 2.0 Installation and Administration Guide Coexistence and Upgrade* Mathcad Prime 2.0 can be installed side by side with any previous versions of Mathcad. If a pre-release version of Mathcad Prime 2.0 exists, uninstall the older version before installing Mathcad Prime 2.0 Currently, no upgrade option for this product is available. XMCD, MCD File Conversion To convert Mathcad xmcd or mcd files to Mathcad Prime 2.0 mcdx format, you must have Mathcad 15 M005 installed. Otherwise, the converter will not function properly. You can download Mathcad 15 M005 from http://www.ptc.com. The installation of Mathcad 15 M005 requires uninstalling any existing Mathcad 14 version from your computer. If you wish to reinstall Mathcad 14 at a later date you will need to back up your license file (license.dat) from be C:\Program Files\Mathcad\Mathcad 14\licenses, outside of the Mathcad install directory, to ensure that it is not deleted. If you use a license server, you do not have to back up your license file. Vendor Daemon In addition to a license file, FLEXnet also requires a vendor daemon to properly serve Mathcad licenses. This vendor daemon actually dispenses a license to your machine when you start Mathcad. Without it, Mathcad cannot check out a license at start up. The vendor daemon is provided as part of the FLEXnet install, available on the Mathcad CD. The vendor daemon is included on the CD. License Management To serve floating licenses and registered-user licenses, you must use FLEXnet 10.8.6.2 or later. FLEXnet 10.8.6.2 for Windows is available on the Mathcad CD. Note You can also use the FLEXnet executable for Linux, Solaris, or 64-bit Windows provided with other PTC products. You cannot use a FLEXnet executable