What’s new in Calcpad 5.8 and later?

In the last several months, Calcpad was subjected to continuous improvement, driven by the efforts of its developers and the help of the community. In this post, we will make a short review of the most important changes. 1. Modules If you have a simple and short worksheet, it is definitely easier to keep itContinue reading “What’s new in Calcpad 5.8 and later?”

5 reasons to choose math worksheets over Excel spreadsheets for structural calculations

Although there are plenty of software nowadays, engineers still have to develop custom calculations to solve specific problems. Some may still make them “by hand”, but most engineers use some kind of software for that. The problem is that in most cases, we have to document our calculations and collect them in design reports orContinue reading “5 reasons to choose math worksheets over Excel spreadsheets for structural calculations”

What’s new in Calcpad, version 5.6.3?

Since version 5.6 was released, we made some little, but nice and useful improvements. They were driven mostly by our small and dedicated GitHub community. Some of the most important changes are listed below: 1. Autorun mode When enabled, the results are refreshed automatically each time you edit the code and leave the current line.Continue reading “What’s new in Calcpad, version 5.6.3?”

How to use Calcpad with Notepad++

Notepad++ is one of the most popular and free text/code editors. It supports many different programming and scripting languages. You can also edit HTML, XML, CSS, JSON and other types of files. Currently, its text editing capabilities significantly exceeds those of the Calcpad own editor. Some features that worth mentioning are: multiple file tabs; predefinedContinue reading “How to use Calcpad with Notepad++”

Getting started

Calcpad is available for both cloud and desktop on the official website http://calcpad.eu. You can use it as an online programmable calculator with support for complex numbers, variables, functions and graphing. You can also browse the online library and find professional worksheets for solving equations or calculating areas, volumes and mechanical properties. There is also aContinue reading “Getting started”

Welcome to Calcpad!

Welcome to my blog! I am a structural engineer with almost 20 years of experience in the design of nuclear and industrial facilities, factories, residential and public buildings. I am also a fan of engineering, mathematics and programming and you will find a lot of interesting stuff about that here. For all these years I’veContinue reading “Welcome to Calcpad!”