These updates apply to versions 7.22 and earlier only. An update license
purchase is required to update to version 7.5 products.
All of our customers know that buying a version of our software gets you over a years worth of frequent free updates - updates that enhance the program's performance, add features, and respond to the needs and requests expressed on our BBS. This is where we make good on that promise.
If you currently have a version prior to 700b33 installed, you will need to download a new base-level full install, and reenter your authorization data. This is due to the inclusion of the Lightworks rendering engine starting with 700b33 and the desire to avoid large update downloads. Updates now only contain changes since the 700b33 base version.
This update will overwrite certain default files. If you have amended your menu, macro or standard icon (config) files, or if you are using a third party add-on, please back up any files with the extension .mnu, .imn, .mac, .cfg into another folder/directory before running the setup program.
Read the change log for 7.21 (7.22 Adds only the improved DWG/DXF import support).
Current license agreement, warranty, and policy statement
Click on the following links to get the latest free updates to your purchased FastCAD V7:
Download the latest FastCAD v7 Update: version 7.22.01 (4,132,728 bytes) posted 14-Oct-2005. This will update versions 700b33 and later.
Download the latest FastCAD v7 Full Re-install: version 7.22.01 (24,884,626 bytes) posted 14-Oct-2005
Your authorization data will need to be reentered during installation. Note that you must enter your NAME, SERIAL NUMBER, and AUTHORIZATION KEY exactly as it is spelled on your registration notice the you received by email, with capitalization, dashes, and spaces exactly the same, and no quotes entered. If the name does not match, it will not authorize. If there is a mistake in spelling your name you MUST type it that way. If we did make a mistake in spelling you name email sales@fastcad.com so we can correct it and reissue your authorization data.
Download the latest zipped help files (8,957,201) posted 1-July-2006.
After downloading the 'fcw7help.ZIP' file to your computer you must UNZIP the 'fcw7.hlp' and the 'fcw7.cnt' files contained in it into the 'C:\FastCAD7' home folder and replace the two older versions of these files.
Download the latest zipped guide files (524,769 bytes) posted 1-July-2006.
After downloading the 'fcw7guide.ZIP' file to your computer you must UNZIP the files contained in it into the 'C:\FastCAD7\Guide' folder and replace the older versions of these files.
Download the latest v7 PDF manual (3,964,926 bytes) posted 23-Dec-2004.
Download the latest V7 XP Toolkit (5,004,194 bytes) posted 1-July-2006.
W95-OSR2, W98, NT4, and W2000 all have OpenGL support build in. If you are still using the original W95, you should probably upgrade your OS. If you do not wish to do so, you will need to install OpenGL in order to use V7. You can download this from Microsoft's web site, then run OpenGL95.exe: Download OpenGL for W95 from Microsoft's web site.
SGI made an excellent and fast OpenGL implementation for Windows, but due to an agreement with Microsoft, no longer makes it directly available. It can be obtained by installing the OpenGL SDK and then selecting the RENDER->SELECT command in V7 and picking the RENDOGLS.DLL render XP: Download the SGI OpenGL toolkit. Note that this is no longer supported by SGI.