IronCAD, LLC and ENGINEERING.COM Partner to Deliver Design Collaboration and Engineering Data Management Solutions

Integrated Environment Enables Innovative Design

ATLANTA, GA., January 3, 2002— IronCAD, LLC, the innovative design collaboration solutions company, and ENGINEERING.com Incorporated [CDNX:EGN], creators of the www.ENGINEERING.com global resource for engineering solutions, announced today a strategic alliance to deliver InnovationSuite, a suite of design collaboration solutions to the global engineering community. IronCAD is a Gold Partner with ENGINEERING.com, which is being developed to become the ultimate resource tool for the worldwide engineering community and a leading business-to-business Internet-based marketplace for engineering products and services.

In addition, RAND Worldwide [TSE:RND], which uses ENGINEERING.com as a critical sales and marketing tool, will be able to bring IronCAD’s products to its diverse international base of more than 40,000 manufacturing customers. RAND Worldwide is a global, knowledge-based, solutions provider to organizations with engineering and information technology requirements.

IronCAD’s software solutions enable true innovative design collaboration. Its flagship product, InnovationSuite, provides a fully integrated design and information management environment that encourages creativity, productivity and teamwork with award-winning 3D design and collaboration solutions managed through a web-based Engineering Data Management (EDM) system. The incredible power and competitive advantage of the InnovationSuite comes from its ease-of-use, flexibility, productive environment and cost effectiveness.

"We are excited to be working with both ENGINEERING.com and the RAND Worldwide organization," said Joe Walsh, Vice President of Sales at IronCAD. "ENGINEERING.com brings together a community that works with multiple CAD systems, a perfect environment for InnovationSuite, which was designed to work just as effectively as a complementary add-on to a company’s existing design solution."

"In our long experience working with manufacturing customers, there is a clear and consistent need for innovative design collaboration solutions suitable for both designers and non-designers," observed Brian Mori, Executive Vice President of Business Development for ENGINEERING.com. "This partnership with IronCAD enables ENGINEERING.com to deliver design collaboration and communication solutions that meet our customers’ requirements for conceptual design, downstream visualization and data management."

About ENGINEERING.com Incorporated
ENGINEERING.com Incorporated [CDNX: EGN] is the developer-owner of the www.ENGINEERING.com web site and Internet-based software and business, being developed to become the ultimate resource tool for the global engineering community and to provide a leading business-to-business Internet marketplace for engineering products and services. The ENGINEERING.com Incorporated head office is located in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada and can be reached toll-free at 1- (877) 997-9917, by facsimile at (905) 264-0282 or through the Internet at www.ENGINEERING.com.

About RAND Worldwide
RAND Worldwide is the world's leader in providing knowledge-based solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements. The Company provides design automation software solutions to companies around the globe. These solutions help its clients to become more competitive and profitable through reducing new product development costs and accelerating the time to bring new products to market. In addition to CAD software tools, RAND Worldwide also offers technical education and support, hardware, network integration, and a comprehensive list of engineering related solutions. RAND Worldwide offers companies in every industry the advantage of purchasing a total solution. RAND Worldwide employs approximately 1,300 individuals in more than 100 sales and client service centers around the globe. The RAND Worldwide corporate head office is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and can be reached at 905-625-2000 or through the Internet at www.rand.com.

About IronCAD, LLC
Based in Atlanta, GA, IronCAD, LLC is a leading provider of innovative design collaboration solutions that deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction and productivity. Its flagship product family, InnovationSuite, is a fully integrated design collaboration and information management environment that encourages creativity, productivity and teamwork with award winning 3D design and collaboration solutions managed through a Web-based Engineering Data Management (EDM) system. Components of InnovationSuite are used by customers throughout the world, including 3D Systems, Alcoa, The Boeing Company, Cisco Systems, Cummins Engine, John Deere, Eastman Kodak, Eaton Corporation, Fleetwood Enterprises, FMC, Ford Motor Company, Greenheck, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Intel, Lear Jet, Lockheed Martin, Motorola, Procter and Gamble, QUALCOMM, Raytheon, Robert Bosch, Rubbermaid, Siemens, Skyline Exhibits, Visteon, Westinghouse and Xerox. For additional information, please contact IronCAD, LLC at 1-800-339-7304 or www.ironcad.com.