Press Release
January 7, 2002

TRITOOLS PARTNERS PURCHASE VISUAL CADD

On December 31, 2001, TriTools Partners acquired ownership of Visual CADD software. They are the current developers and had previously been operating under a licensing agreement to develop and market Visual CADD.

Visual CADD is a highly productive 2D design and drafting software. It has a short learning curve, features a clean, uncluttered interface that maximizes the drawing area, and has a very intuitive tool and feature set that is easy to use and provides increased productivity unmatched by most other CAD applications.

It also features complete customization for advanced users. As a CAD development engine, it offers third party developers a robust Open API (Application Programming Interface) with the power to create an almost limitless range of specialized add-on utilities or completely independent applications.

TriTools Partners began developing add-on tools for Visual CADD in 1996, and joined the product development team as contract programmers in 1998. Each partner has used Visual CADD daily over the years to create production drawings in various disciplines. They have talked with literally thousands of users, and provided technical support and documentation to both users and 3rd party programmers even before getting involved directly in VCADD development.

The purchase confirms TriTools strong commitment to the future of Visual CADD. A new version is under development and will be released in 2002.

For more information, please visit www.tritools.com or contact James Barkshire at jbarkshire@tritools.com .