UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2005

AVATECH SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31265	84-1035353
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

10715 Red Run Blvd., Suite 101, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 581-8080

Inapplicable

(Former Name or Former Address if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 26, 2005, Avatech Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Software Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Autodesk, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Company’s principal supplier, under which the Company sold its Proof Positive software application and related intellectual property to Autodesk for approximately $1.9 million. Proof Positive, which the Company acquired in connection with the Company’s 2002 merger with PlanetCAD, Inc., is quality assurance software that checks computer aided design models developed using Autodesk Inventor against customer-defined standards. The Company has agreed not to develop competing software for two years from the date of the Agreement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	AVATECH SOLUTIONS, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date: January 27, 2005	By:	/s/ Christopher D. Olander
		Christopher D. Olander
		Executive Vice President and General Counsel