What Is It? How To Open A FAS File? - FILExt

Opening a FAS File

The FAS file type is primarily associated with AutoCAD.

FAS	File extension: FAS
	File type:	script text file

What is a FAS file

FAS files mostly belong to AutoCAD. FAS files may serve two distinct purposes. For many users, these files are AutoCAD FAS Script Files that hold AutoLISP commands used to automate functions in AutoCAD. They are executed within the CAD software to perform tasks and customize workflows. Alternatively, FAS files can be in the FASTA format. In this form they are plain text files that store DNA, RNA, or protein sequences. They are widely used in bioinformatics for sequence alignments and analysis. When handling a FAS file, consider the following:

If the file contains code or command sequences, it is likely a CAD automation script. Open it with AutoCAD or a dedicated LISP interpreter.

If the file includes sequence headers and nucleotide or amino acid data, it follows the FASTA format. Any text editor may open it, or you can use bioinformatics tools such as BioEdit or view it at NCBI BLAST.

How can I open a FAS file?

You need a suitable software like AutoCAD to open a FAS file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your FAS file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a FAS file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

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Programs that open and convert FAS files:

1. AutoCAD See the previous paragraphs to learn more about the main application. FAS files are often referred to as AutoCAD developers because this type of file is primarily created or used by this software.
2. 3D Fassade Plus
3. AutoCAD (Fast-load Auto LISP) by Autodesk, Inc.A FAS file contains the same information as a LISP file, except a LISP file is ASCII text and a FAS file is byte codes. (Actually, there are no comments in a FAS file and variable and function names may not be present, but the program logic and function is preserved between the two formats). When Visual LISP loads a LISP file, the first step is to convert the ASCII text to byte codes. This is done already in a FAS file, so loading and executing a FAS file is faster. A FAS file is also unreadable by a human (although it's technically possible to convert it to a file resembling the original LISP file) so there's some security there. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 0D 0A 20 46 41 53 34 2D 46 49 4C 45 20 3B 20 44 6F 20 6E 6F 74 20 63 68 61 6E 67 65 20 69 74 21 0D 0A, ASCII: FAS4-FILE ; Do not change it! . This file format is classified as Source Code. Program ID is AutoCADAutoLISPFastLoadFile, AutoCADLTAutoLISPFastLoadFile
4. Common-LispTypically lower case on *nix systems.
5. FASTA FormatFASTA is a DNA and Protein sequence alignment software package first described (as FASTP) by David J. Lipman and William R. Pearson in 1985 in the article Rapid and sensitive protein similarity searches. The original FASTP program was designed for protein sequence similarity searching. FASTA format files often have file extensions like .fa, .mpfa, .fna, .fsa, .fas or .fasta. The identifying characters used for this association are - Hex: 3E, ASCII: >. Related links: Wikipedia FASTA Page, Wikipedia FASTA Format Page
6. Macsyma Compiled Program

FAS format details:

To view or edit FAS files you need to know the file format, because it determines how the data in this file is stored. The file format can be deduced from the file extension and the signature. Frequently, however, one file extension is used by different programs for different file formats, and one file format for different file extensions. So you need a detailed analysis of a file to find out the format and the associated program. Our evaluation of the FAS files is as follows:

FAS is a very common file type and includes various formats for various programs. The following file formats are most commonly found in FAS files:

• 45% of all FAS files are associated with AutoCAD Fast-load AutoLISP. They consist of unreadable binary data. The average file size is 5 KB with most files being between 1 KB and 40 KB in size. The file type was developed 10 years ago and is still in use today. Certain words are almost always found in the files, such as FAS4-FILE ; Do not change it!. These files are attributed to acad, keygen, mech, text, create, area, export, block, draft and line.
• 4% of all FAS files have the same signature 3E 41. These files contain text and words, not binary data. Most of these files are 1 KB to 140 KB in size. A common filename is fasta.fas. Files like these are about sequences.

The remaining 51% of all FAS files are different files with different signatures, the following 23 formats can be found: fluorescent. The category is protein, fluorescent, alignment, primers, session, practical, sequence, aligned or data. Just click the "Choose your .fas file to analyze" button on this page to find out what your FAS file is.

Technical Data for FAS File Extension

File classification:Developer Identifier:Hex: 0D 0A 20 46 41 53 34 2D 46 49 4C 45 20 3B 20 44 6F 20 6E 6F 74 20 63 68 61 6E 67 65 20 69 74 21 0D 0A, ASCII: FAS4-FILE ; Do not change it! (provided by TrID database) Program ID:AutoCADAutoLISPFastLoadFile, AutoCADLTAutoLISPFastLoadFile Related files:lsp, scr, fasta, fa, aln, vlx, fast, fsa, mnr, gb, fas copy, txt, zelx, zel, tre, faz, seq, lisp, zip, ab1, bin, cad, ifc, cgm, dwg, dxf Mime type:text/x-fasta

The following listing is compiled from the database produced by the 'Associate This!' program, selected data from the main FILExt database and file extension information submitted by users.

ProgramID: AutoCADAutoLISPFastLoadFile, FileType: AutoCAD Fast-load AutoLISP File ProgramID: AutoCADLTAutoLISPFastLoadFile, FileType: AutoCAD LT Fast-load AutoLISP File ProgramID: FMAdvisorInternetDefinitionFileEXEFile: %ProgramFiles%\Fujitsu\FM Advisor\advcheck.exe /D:%1

a fas script text file is a special file format and should only be edited and saved with the appropriate software.

How to solve problems with FAS files

• Associate the FAS file extension with the correct application.
• Update your software that should actually open script text files. Because only the current version supports the latest FAS file format. Search, therefore, e.g. on the manufacturer website after an available AutoCAD update.
• To make sure that your FAS file is not corrupted or virus-infected, get the file again and scan it with Google's virustotal.com.
• Click here to open your .FAS file online - secure, fast, and no downloads needed.