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Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. Donates Over $500,000 in CAD/CAM Software and Textbooks to National SkillsUSA-VICA Competitions

Pembroke, NH - August 13, 2002 - Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. (TEC, Inc.), a full-service 3D design and manufacturing technology provider for educators and students, recently donated CADKEY®, DataCAD® and SURFCAM® software and textbooks to Secondary and Post-Secondary students who participated in the Technical Drafting, Architectural Drafting and Automated Manufacturing National SkillsUSA-VICA Championships in Kansas City, MO (over $500,000 value.) In addition, TEC awarded software and curriculum materials to the winners of each competition and their respective schools they represented.

Participants in the Technical Drafting competition received a full version of CADKEY 19; Architectural Drafting students received professional Architectural Drafting software, DataCAD, while Automated Manufacturing Students received SURFCAM, computer-aided manufacturing software.

SkillsUSA-VICA is a national organization serving a quarter-million high school and college students and professional members who are enrolled in technical, skilled, and service occupations. Each year, students compete first at the state level, and then the winners continue on to the SkillsUSA-VICA National Competition in Kansas City, MO. For more information or to become involved in SkillsUSA-VICA, visit their Web site at www.skillsusa.org.

As the North American Academic Distributor of CADKEY, DataCAD and SURFCAM, TEC, Inc. proudly donates CAD and CAM software to many state SkillsUSA-VICA competitions and the National SkillsUSA-VICA competition.

About Tech Ed Concepts, Inc.
Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. with headquarters in Pembroke, NH, is a full-service 3D technology provider for the educational marketplace with a network of Authorized Academic Resellers and Dealers in the U.S. and Canada. A one-stop academic resource, Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. offers cost-effective product lines, textbooks, curriculum materials, training and technical support for a wide range of 3D software products - CADKEY®, DataCAD®, and SURFCAM®. Visit the Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. Web site and Online Academic Store at www.TECedu.com.

About CADKEY
CADKEY Corporation, a Boston-area company, develops and markets the price/performing CADKEY and CADKEY-integrated 2D/3D Windows®-CAD product lines-- CADKEY Workshop™, CADKEY GraphX™, CADKEY DESIGN SUITE®, CADKEY PARAMETRICS™, FastSURF®, DRAFT-PAK® and CADKEY DIRECT TRANSLATORS™. The company offers its entire product line, training materials and movies, and best-in-class e-Partner enhancement products for engineers at www.cadkey.com/webstore. Dedicated to the mechanical CAD marketplace, CADKEY Corporation's software development efforts focus on innovative hybrid modeling advancements. With over 275,000 copies shipped worldwide, CADKEY Corporation's time-proven products are among the most widely used in the global marketplace in more than 40 countries. For late-breaking news, visit the award-winning CADKEY World Wide Web site at www.cadkey.com.

About DataCAD
DATACAD LLC (www.datacad.com) is an independent, privately held company that provides robust -more- computer-aided design and drafting solutions to architecture, building, engineering, and construction firms. According to the most recent AIA survey, DataCAD is the second most widely used CADD software among American Institute of Architects (AIA) member firms. DataCAD has over 250,000 installations worldwide.

About Surfware, Inc.
Surfware, Inc. is the manufacturer of SURFCAM CAD/CAM software, built for the Microsoft® Windows® operating system environment. SURFCAM makes easy CNC programming of 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-axis mills, lathes, wire EDM, laser, plasma, and water-jet machines a reality. Machinists, designers and engineers worldwide use it for 2D and 3D mechanical design, surface modeling, solid modeling, reverse engineering, prototyping, mold-making, pattern-making and production machining.