Version 1.0 of Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad was written for use with Mathcad 7. There are three editions (or "flavors") of Mathcad 7: Professional, Student and Standard. Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad v 1.0 will work with any of these editions and with the free Mathcad 7 Explorer (which was originally called Mathcad 7 Engine.)
MathSoft offers patches
for Mathcad 7 through their service packs. The current patches
for the various editions of Mathcad are listed in the table below.
| Edition | Most Recent Patch |
| Student | Level 7.02a (Dec. 1997) |
| Standard | Level 7.03a (Oct. 1998) |
| Professional | Level 7.03a (Oct. 1998) |