Trouble downloading older versions

[EL_10923656]

I have trouble with different versions on my school computers and on my own laptop. I myself have MathCad version 10.0 (free verion) and my school computers has 7.0. Now I can't open files on the older version that I have edited on my own laptop. Is there a way to download older versions of MathCad. I tried it from MathCad Express Free Download but there was no option to select older versions of mathcad to be downloaded.

Thank you in advance!

[VladimirN · Accepted solution]

You can find it here, link - "PTC Academic Program - Free Download Page": https://support.ptc.com/appserver/auth/it/esd/academicFree.jsp

[EL_10923656]

Is there a way to have both versions downloaded at the same computer. I tried to download the older version and it said that the other versio of this software needs to be deleted first.

[LucMeekes]

You can have all versions of Prime installed on the same PC, but you have to install them in sequential order: First install version 7, then (8 and 9 if you want and finally) 10. So if you have Prime 10 on your PC and want 7 along, you need to first uninstall 10, then install 7 and then re-install 10. Your license of Prime 10 should normally allow you to use Prime 7 licensed as well. Make sure to install the conversion utility for legacy (Mathcad 1 to 15) files if you need that conversion.

On the PC where 7 is licensed and not 10, you can install the express version of 10, no need to try to license it. Make sure you install it without the conversion utility, or else you loose the conversion capability for the licensed Prime 7. With the express version of Prime 10 you can read all Prime 10 (and lower) files.

With both versions on the same PC, you can copy regions over from a worksheet in Prime 10 to a worksheet in Prime 7. That is the only supported method to 'downversion' a Prime worksheet. Of course, features only available in Prime 10 will not work in Prime 7.

Success!

Luc