I think one reason I survived multiple large layoffs was because I solved any problem. I had numerous problems that could not be solved by those packages. As I said in my blog " Mathcad's Bread and Butter", it's used for ".calculating whatever you need that doesn't fit into the domain of specialized software." From my experience with Phillips Petroleum (process development and process engineering and pipeline consulting), an engineer needs a good general purpose mathematical tool in addition to the large process simulation packages you mentioned. I can't answer your question regarding which companies use Mathcad, but I will address how Mathcad is used in the process industry. But please be kind enough to share anything. Most of all, I would really like users who work as consultants contribute to this topic in the hope that they have a great variety of problems solved in their data base. It can be from any industry although I am particularly interested in chemical engineering especially around the San Francisco bay area. I have none of the above experience and would really appreciate if any users can share their experience using mathcad in their work. There must be many other uses, please enlighten me.
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In the chemical industry, is mathcad mainly used for calculation such as equipment/instrumentation design or a detailed calculation on a particular unit in the entire process train.
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While there are many process simulation software package for the chemical industry such as Aspen hysis, pro/II, chemcad and many other, what is the role of mathcad in these industry? I do not think mathcad function overlap with those simulation packages, but I would like to know how mathcad complement with these software. I am wondering what company in petro refinery or chemical production industry (CPI) or consultants for these industry utilize Mathcad in their engineering calculation.