March 2001 Newsletter

Hello! Here's some recent news from DaVinci Technologies...

CONTENTS
1) NEW RELEASE STATUS AND SCHEDULE
2) NEW INTELLICAD VERSION AVAILABLE SOON
3) DAVINCI TECHNOLOGIES PRESIDENT, DR GIL CROUSE, ELECTED TO THE ITC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
4) "READERS CHOICE" AWARD FROM DESKTOP ENGINEERING MAGAZINE
5) PRINTED INTELLICAD MANUAL IS AT THE PRINTER
6) EAA AIRVENTURE BOOTH ASSIGNMENT

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1) NEW RELEASE STATUS AND SCHEDULE
The promised February update to AirplanePDQ has now become a March update. I apologize for the slip and any inconvenience it may have caused. We are now committed to releasing the new version on March 30th. We'll have a beta version out next Monday March 12th.

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2) NEW INTELLICAD VERSION AVAILABLE SOON
The good news about the delay with the new AirplanePDQ release is that we are going to try to provide a new version of IntelliCAD with the new release. We will be receiving the new IntelliCAD code within the next week and if all goes smoothly we will be able to integrate it into the new release scheduled for March 30th. We'll know more about this in the next week or two as we get the new code in house.

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3) DAVINCI TECHNOLOGIES PRESIDENT, DR GIL CROUSE, ELECTED TO THE ITC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The CAD software included with AirplanePDQ, IntelliCAD, is owned by a non-profit organization known as the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC). DaVinci Technologies is a full commercial member of the ITC along with about 40 other companies and this year I've been elected to the board of the consortium. Since some people have asked whether we will be providing updates to IntelliCAD, I wanted to let you know about our close ties to the ITC so that you can be assured that we will be keeping the IntelliCAD software distributed with AirplanePDQ up-to-date.

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4) "READERS CHOICE" AWARD FROM DESKTOP ENGINEERING MAGAZINE
We recently were informed by Desktop Engineering Magazine that AirplanePDQ was awarded their "Readers Choice" award in the March issue. This award is given to the product that receives the most reader service inquiries in a particular issue of Desktop Engineering Magazine. Thank you Desktop Engineering for the recognition, and thank you to all of you Desktop Engineering readers that responded to our announcement!

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5) PRINTED INTELLICAD MANUAL IS AT THE PRINTER
The printed IntelliCAD manual that I mentioned in our last newsletter was sent to the printer this week and we anticipate receiving a proof copy next week. Our initial order will then be received the last week in March so the manuals should be available with our new release. The cost for the manuals will be $25 + shipping. If you think you will want to order a copy of the manual, please let me know via email in the next few days. We have a minimum # of copies that we will be ordering, but I'd like to gauge the interest so we can order additional copies if the demand warrants it.

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6) EAA AIRVENTURE BOOTH ASSIGNMENT
The Oshkosh airshow is coming soon! EAA AirVenture is scheduled for July 24-30 this year. We received our booth assignment for this year last week, and this year we will be in booth #3119 in building C. We were also in building C last year but were several aisles over. If you will be attending the show, please stop by and say hello!

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Thank you to all of our customers for your support and to all of you that have continued to express interest in our AirplanePDQ software. If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know. You can reach us at info@davincitechnologies.com, toll free at or for international callers at

Best Regards,
Gil Crouse, President
DaVinci Technologies, Inc.