Avatech Solutions Appoints New CEO.

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OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002

Avatech Solutions (OTCBB: AVSO.OB), a leading provider of design automation and quality assurance solutions for the manufacturing, building design, civil engineering and GIS market, today announced the appointment of Donald R. "Scotty" Walsh as the company's new chief executive officer.

Mr. Walsh is a 38-year veteran in the high technology sector who will be responsible for developing Avatech Solutions into the industry's premier provider of computer aided design products, quality assurance software, and professional services worldwide.

"Scotty brings a proven track record of sales and marketing expertise to Avatech and we're thrilled to see him move from being a member of the board and take a leadership role as the CEO," said W. James "Jim" Hindman, Chairman of the Board of Avatech Solutions. "At this accelerated stage in the company's development, we are looking to Scotty to help us build a world-class organization. As we provide our customers with complete value-based solutions, we expect to grow our revenues in existing and new markets."

Consistently recognized for outstanding performance and leadership throughout his career, Walsh's expertise stems from leading publicly traded technology companies in the areas of sales, marketing and new market development. For 23 years, he held a variety of senior management positions with IBM where he oversaw the development and market growth of large-scale systems to the education, local and state government sectors within North America. Since 1990, he has been involved with Brite Voice Systems (now InterVoice-Brite, Inc.), a voice processing services provider, where he was instrumental in the company's growth from a small company with $10 million in annual revenues to a company with $140 million in annual revenues in 1999 when it merged with InterVoice. Walsh assisted in the integration of the two organizations into a company that is the recognized world leader in converged voice and data solutions.

"With Avatech's recent unveiling of Proof Positive(TM) its first quality assurance software product and the addition of the PrescientQA(TM) line of software products, the company is poised to aggressively expand into new markets," said Walsh, "I am pleased to be joining the organization at this time and look forward to building a NASDAQ listed organization that is growing both nationally and globally."

Avatech co-founder Hank Felton will be moving from CEO into a new position as Vice Chairman of the Board. Working with Hindman, he will focus on improving Avatech's financial/investor base and will oversee the development of the company's controls and procedures to fully implement the Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.

About Avatech Solutions

Avatech Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of design automation and quality assurance solutions for the manufacturing, building design, civil engineering and GIS markets. Headquartered in Owings Mills, Maryland, the company specializes in software development, technical support, training and consulting aimed at improving design and documentation efficiencies and the seamless integration of workflow processes.

Avatech is one of the largest integrators of Autodesk software worldwide and a leading provider of engineering document management solutions. The company is the developer of the award-winning PrescientQA(TM) quality assurance software and cycle time reduction products for the manufacturing supply chain.

Avatech serves 20,000 clients worldwide including the industry leaders from Fortune 1000 and Engineering News Record's Top 500 companies. Visit www.avatechsolutions.com for more information.

This press release contains forward-looking statements about the expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions and strategies of Avatech Solutions, Inc. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information. A description of risks and uncertainties attendant to Avatech and its industry, and other factors that could affect Avatech's financial results, are included in the Securities and Exchange Commission filings of PlanetCAD, Inc., which merged with Avatech on November 19, 2002 including, but not limited to, PlanetCAD's annual report on Form 10KSB for the year ended December 31, 2001, its quarterly reports on form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2002, and the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the merger of Avatech and PlanetCAD. Investors and shareholders may obtain a free copy of these documents at the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov, or by contacting Gary Rever at Tel: [phone] or email [e-mail].