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PTC Customer Service Guide:
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Mathcad Products Addendum

February 2007
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 Contents

About This Guide.....................................................................................v

Technical Support....................................................................................................... v

Mathcad Products and Customer Support Services ............................1

Overview......................................................................................................................... 2
PTC Customer Service................................................................................................... 2
License Management Issues.......................................................................................... 2
How to Contact License Management........................................................................ 2
Online Account Information ........................................................................................ 2
Mathcad Integration with Partner Products and Custom Development ......................... 3
Training Services ........................................................................................................ 3
Technical Support for Mathcad Products ....................................................................... 3
Assistance Using Mathcad Products .......................................................................... 3
Your Technical Contacts............................................................................................. 4
Service Contract Number (SCN) ................................................................................ 4
Obtain a PTC Online Account..................................................................................... 4
Submission of Issues to Technical Support ................................................................... 5
Gather Required Data on the Issue............................................................................ 5
Determine Priority Classification................................................................................. 6
Log a New Call............................................................................................................ 6
Manage your Logged Calls with Call Tracker............................................................. 6
Escalation of Issues, SPR Tracking, and Feedback ...................................................... 7
Escalate Calls ............................................................................................................. 7

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 Track Software Performance Reports ........................................................................ 7
Provide Feedback on the Quality of Technical Support ............................................. 7
Enhancement Requests ................................................................................................. 7

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 About This Guide

The Mathcad Addendum augments the PTC Customer Service Guide at

http://www.ptc.com/support/cs_guide/. The transition to the support of Mathcad
products through PTC is explained in the Mathcad Integration Update page:
http://www.ptc.com/company/Mathcad

Refer to the PTC Customer Service Guide for descriptions of services provided
through Technical Support, the Customer Care Center (including License
Management, Maintenance Support, Training, and Consulting), and the PTC Web
site. The guide also provides general information on how to contact PTC
(Parametric Technology Corporation).

Technical Support
Contact PTC Technical Support via the PTC Web site, phone, fax, or e-mail if you
encounter problems using the software. Contact information for PTC Technical
Support is available on the PTC Customer Support Site:
http://www.ptc.com/support

Getting a Service Contract Number (SCN)

You must have a Service Contract Number (SCN) to receive technical support.
If you do not have an SCN, contact PTC using the instructions found in the PTC
Customer Service Guide under Technical Support:
http://www.ptc.com/support/cs_guide
or call the Customer Care line (listed in the back of PTC Customer Service Guide)
or use the online Customer Care Call Logger at
www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/cust_care_call_logger/CustomerCareCallLogger.js
p

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Contacting Technical Support
For information on how to contact PTC Technical Support, see Opening and
Tracking a Call to Technical Support in chapter 5 of the PTC Customer Service
Guide on the PTC Web site:
www.ptc.com/support/cs_guide/ /index.html
Comments
PTC welcomes your suggestions and comments on its documentation. Send
comments to the following address:
[email protected]

Please include the name of the application and its release number with your
comments. For online books, provide the book title.

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Mathcad Products and
Customer Support Services

This addendum to the PTC Customer Support Guide provides guidelines to using
PTC Technical Support for Mathcad products. It describes the services available
through Technical Support, Customer Care, and Consulting. The transition to the
support of Mathcad products through PTC is explained in the Mathcad
Integration Update page at http://www.ptc.com/company/Mathcad.

Topic Page

Overview .............................................................................................................. 2
PTC Customer Service ......................................................................................... 2
License Management Issues................................................................................. 2
Technical Support for Mathcad Products ............................................................. 3
Submission of Issues to Technical Support.......................................................... 5
Escalation of Issues, SPR Tracking, and Feedback.............................................. 7
Enhancement Requests......................................................................................... 7

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Overview
Support services for Mathcad products are as important as their features and
functions. PTC offers a broad spectrum of quality services for Mathcad customers,
including the following:
• Custom Application Development and Support
• Training Services
• Support for Mathcad Integrations with Partner Products
• Technical Support

PTC Customer Service

Customers can contact the Customer Care Center and Technical Support by phone,
e-mail, or through Web tools. PTC provides customer service in two forms:
• Customer Care: Assistance with administrative, licensing, training, and
consulting issues.
• Technical Support: Assistance by engineers trained in solving technical
problems with PTC software.

License Management Issues

Information on contacting License Management, getting a PTC online account,
and licensing tools follow.

How to Contact License Management

You can contact License Management for Mathcad products in two ways:
• Call the License Management hotline at one of the numbers listed on
http://www.ptc.com/olm/contacts.htm.
• E-mail license related questions and request to [email protected].

Online Account Information

PTC License Management provides services for obtaining and managing your
PTC software products and licenses. You need your Service Contract Number
(SCN) to create an account at http://www.ptc.com/support/support.htm.
The PTC License Management Web tools provide the most efficient management
of your licenses at the Order and License Support page at
http://www.ptc.com/olm/index.htm. You can also contact License Management
by:

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 • Calling the Customer Care Center or the License Management office at the
number listed at the back of the PTC Customer Service Guide.
• Log a call via the Customer Care Call Logger at
www.ptc.com/support/new_customer_care_center.htm.

Mathcad Integration with Partner Products and

Custom Development
If you want to integrate Mathcad with a partner product or you need consulting
services to assist with development and support of a custom application, contact
your Mathcad Sales and Services representative. If you do not know your sales
representative contact PTC at http://www.ptc.com/company/contacts/index.htm

Training Services
PTC Training Services offers a comprehensive curriculum and solid instruction in
Mathcad. You can opt for standard or customized courses at a PTC facility or at
your site.
See the PTC web site at http://www.ptc.com/services/training for training classes,
schedules, and other options. See Chapter 2, Customer Care Center, in the PTC
Customer Service Guide for more information about Training Services.

Technical Support for Mathcad Products

• PTC Technical Support answers questions about Mathcad products and
Mathcad documentation. You are eligible for technical support and automatic
product updates if you have a current maintenance agreement. Technical
Support does not provide training or consulting services. PTC provides free
technical support for new users of Mathcad Single User Edition for the first 30
days after installation.
• See http://www.ptc.com/support/mathcad.htm for more information.

Assistance Using Mathcad Products

Technical Support for Mathcad products includes the following types of
assistance:
• Product updates
• Help with installation
• How to use a product feature
• Analysis of error messages
• Identification and isolation of the source of a product problem
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 • Technical information and workarounds
• Submission of product problems

Your Technical Contacts

Designate at least one technical contact to address Mathcad product issues with
Technical Support. This technical contact serves as liaison for support issues
between PTC and your organization. A designated support contact must submit all
technical support requests from your site. Your technical contact is the focal point
for communication and cooperation with Technical Support. Your contact should
be able to:
• Serve as your Mathcad expert.
• Determine whether a particular issue is a product issue.
• Support all Mathcad users within your organization.
• Respond in a timely fashion during investigations of calls.
Training Services recommends training for your primary and secondary technical
contacts and preferably for all Mathcad users. PTC may refer you to training as
appropriate.

Service Contract Number (SCN)

You must have a Service Contract Number (SCN) before you can create a PTC
online support account or receive technical support. If you do not have an SCN
number, contact the PTC Maintenance Department by calling the Customer Care
line (listed in the back of the PTC Customer Service Guide) or by using the online
Customer Care Call Logger at
www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/cust_care_call_logger/CustomerCareCallLogger.jsp

Obtain a PTC Online Account

Your technical contacts and users of Mathcad products should have a PTC online
account. If you do not already have an online account, click sign up here at
http://www.ptc.com/support/support.htm. If you are a PTC partner, register under
your company name to receive the support services described in your partner
agreement. If you use a third-party consultant or contractor to develop your
Mathcad applications and to act as your technical contact, provide that person with
your Service Contract Number (SCN). The consultant can then register for an
online account in your company’s name. It is your responsibility, not PTC’s, to
provide the SCNs to your consultants or contractors.
See the Mathcad Integration Update page for information about the transition to
the PTC Customer and Technical Support Web site:
http://www.ptc.com/company/Mathcad.

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Submission of Issues to Technical Support
PTC requires specific information to resolve issues. Take the following actions
when submitting and working through issues with Technical Support:
• Gather and prepare data on the issue
• Determine priority classification
• Log a new call
• Manage your calls with Call Tracker

Besides logging, tracking, and managing your calls, you can use Software
Performance Reports (SPR) to track your issues, and you can provide feedback to
PTC online or by phone.

Gather Required Data on the Issue

Before logging a call, gather the data to reproduce the issue. Thorough
descriptions and supporting data will avoid delays in investigating and resolving
your issue. PTC Technical Support may request additional information depending
on the nature of the issue. When you log a call, provide the following information:
• Your Service Contract Number (SCN)
• Priority of the issue. See the priority classifications later in this document.
• Mathcad release number, for example, Mathcad 14.0.
To determine a release, or version, and date code, choose Help > About
Mathcad.
• The area of your issue, such as fonts.
• Hardware platform and operating system version, for example, Windows XP
version 2002, service pack 2.
• Exact text of any error message.
• Simple example of the conditions for triggering the error message. For large
worksheets, try to duplicate the problem with a smaller worksheet or one
without images if possible.
• Data files when relevant.
• The exact steps to reproduce the problem. Write the steps in the Mathcad
worksheet; include expected results as bitmap pictures of math regions if an
operation works but produces an answer you consider to be wrong.
• Explanatory notes regarding the problem. Can you reproduce the problem or
does it happen intermittently? Does the problem happen to all users or a select

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 few? Does it happen on all workstations or only selected workstations? Does
it happen with only one worksheet or many?

Determine Priority Classification

Call priority identifies the severity of your issue:
• Enterprise Down
• Extremely Critical
• Critical
• Urgent
• Not Critical
For detailed information on call priority classification, see Chapter 5, Contacting
Technical Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide.

Log a New Call

You can log a call in any of the following ways:
• Use the Call Logger tool on the Technical Support web site at
http://www.ptc.com/support/support.htm.
• Send e-mail.
• Use the telephone.

See Chapter 5, Contacting Customer Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide
for more instructions. Phone numbers and other contact information are at the back
of the PTC Customer Service Guide.

Manage your Logged Calls with Call Tracker

In addition to providing tools for logging your issue, the Call Tracker on
http://www.ptc.com/support/support.htm provides online tools for:
• Adding notes
• Submitting attachments
• Escalating and managing your issues

For more information on tracking calls, see Chapter 5, Contacting Technical

Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide.

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Escalation of Issues, SPR Tracking, and Feedback
PTC Technical Support provides multiple mechanisms for escalating technical
issues with the software and tracking your software issues. Feedback is always
welcome.

Escalate Calls
You can increase the priority of a call or, if necessary, escalate a call to technical
support management. For information on call escalation, see Chapter 5, Contacting
Technical Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide.

Track Software Performance Reports

Software Performance Reports (SPRs) help in tracking your software issues. For
information on SPRs and how to track them, see Chapter 5, Contacting Technical
Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide.

Provide Feedback on the Quality of Technical Support

To provide feedback on the quality of technical support, contact the Technical
Support Feedback Line. Use a toll-free number at the end of the PTC Customer
Service Guide or use the Technical Support Feedback form at
http://www.ptc.com/support/feedback/ts.htm.

Enhancement Requests
An enhancement is an idea or suggestion that PTC can evaluate for possible
inclusion in a product release. Use the Enhancement Request Logger on the
Technical Support Web site to submit your requests directly to PTC Product
Management:
http://www.ptc.com/appserver/cs/misc/PTC_Enhancement_Process.jsp
For more information on submitting enhancement requests, see Chapter 5,
Contacting Technical Support, in the PTC Customer Service Guide.

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