CoolProp Wrapper for Mathcad Prime 7.0 or later (64-bit)¶

Copyright Scott Polak and Ian Bell, 2013

Updated by Jeff Henning, 2016

Pre-compiled binaries¶

Pre-compiled release binaries can be downloaded from 6.8.1dev MathcadPrime. The latest development binaries coming from the nightly builds can be found at nightly MathcadPrime.

To Use¶

Copy CoolPropMathcadWrapper.dll file to C:\Program Files\PTC\Mathcad Prime x.0.0.0\Custom Functions; where x.0.0.0 is the Mathcad Prime version being used (7 or later).
Open the CoolPropFluidProperties.mcdx file in Mathcad Prime. Press <Ctrl>-F5` to force recalculation of the entire workbook.
(Optional) Use the Custom Functions add-in at CustFunc to provide a Custom Function pop-up (by pressing <F3>) that gives descriptions of each available function and its inputs and allows easy insertion of the CoolProp functions into the worksheet.

User-compiled binaries¶

Common Requirements¶

Compilation of the Mathcad Prime wrapper requires a few common wrapper pre-requisites
You will need to have Visual Studio 2015 or later installed. You will need the professional or community version of Visual Studio C++, or at least Visual Studio Express 2015 or later, as Mathcad Prime libraries are 64-bit and require the 64-bit compiler.

To Build¶

Recursively clone the CoolProp library to a local repository.:

git clone https://github.com/CoolProp/CoolProp --recursive

Change directory (cd) to the CoolProp directory you just created:
```
cd CoolProp
```
Go to the top level CoolProp directory and make a build directory (something like buildprime):
```
mkdir buildprime
cd buildprime
```

Build the makefile using CMake (adjust root string for correct version of Prime):

cmake .. -DCOOLPROP_PRIME_MODULE=ON
         -DCOOLPROP_PRIME_ROOT="C:/Program Files/PTC/Mathcad Prime 10.0.0.0"
         -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
         -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON

Note

Mathcad Varsion: Use your version of Mathcad Prime in place of “10.0.0.0” (with 7.0.0.0 or later)

Note

Compiler Bitness: Mathcad Prime is 64-bit, so the -A x64 option is necessary in the Visual Studio string for VS2017 or later.

Note

Older Compilers: Visual Studio versions earlier than 2017 will specify compiler bitness using the format -G “Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64” for the compiler string and will not use the -A option.

Make the dynamic library (DLL):
```
cmake --build . --config Release
```

To Use¶

Copy CoolProp\buildprime\Release\CoolPropMathcadWrapper.dll file to C:\Program Files\PTC\Mathcad Prime 7.0.0.0\Custom Functions (or your current version)
Open the CoolPropFluidProperties.mcdx file in Mathcad Prime and Press <Ctrl>-F5 to force recalculation of the entire workbook, all CoolProp functions should evaluate properly.
(Optional) Use the Custom Functions add-in at CustFunc to provide a Custom Function pop-up (by pressing <F3>) that gives descriptions of each available function and its inputs and allows easy insertion of the CoolProp functions into the worksheet.