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Automates engineering consulting workflows

Reduces manual report creation time

Supports scalable engineering services

Enables reusable templates for clients

Provides competitive advantage in engineering automation

Legacy only-no new features

Mathcad Prime API intended as replacement

Migration tools may improve

Better Python integration expected

Industry moving toward modern automation

Using Mathcad Prime (no macro support)

When modern APIs or Python are preferred

Security-sensitive environments

Large numerical simulations

Real-time computation workflows

Mathcad Macros automate and extend legacy Mathcad environments.

They enable powerful engineering workflow automation using VBScript + COM.

Ideal for batch processing, report generation, and parameter-driven analysis.

But they are legacy and unsupported in Mathcad Prime.

Still valuable in engineering organizations with long-term Mathcad archives.

Do macros work in Mathcad Prime? -> No.

Can macros automate Excel? -> Yes, via COM.

Are macros safe? -> Yes, but they can access files.

Can I run macros on Mac? -> No, Windows only.

Are macros still supported? -> Only in legacy Mathcad.