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I am interested in creating an orrery, ideally with SystemModeler. I have been experimenting with the MultiBody library since that allows you to do animations. The most relevant example seems to be...
I am currently running version 9 on my Windows XP machine. When I try to run the Mathematica 10 Windows installer I get the cryptic message: > This program requires Windows NT version 6.0 or later. Windows NT??? What century are we in? I assume...
If I have a fractional value, how can I truncate (not round) that to a certain number of bits, like 8? For example, for Pi 3.141569265359... the fractional part is 0.141569265359... [code]NumberForm[BaseForm[FractionalPart[N[Pi]],2],8] ...
I draw a lot of system architecture diagrams showing how different blocks of software interact, sometimes with physical components, sensors, etc. Normally I draw these diagrams using PowerPoint, although sometimes I will use Adobe Illustrator....
I have figured out that the problem is related to security in Windows 7. If I run Mathematica "As Administrator" there is no editing pauses and animations run relatively smoothly. I am not sure why there should be a difference between running as a...
When I copy cells using the built-in copy command I get an inferior result than if I use a Windows screen shot. Here is an example. Here is the screen shot: [img=width: 468px; height:...