Reseller IMAGINiT Technolog works on world's largest telescope

The Autodesk reseller and training partner has helped Dynamic Structures validate design functionality and catch errors before anything is built.

It has also reduced the time required to create and revise part and assembly drawings by more than 20 percent, helping the TMT project to stay on schedule.

"With Digital Prototyping, we don't have to worry about spending thousands of dollars on physical prototypes only to find out that a part doesn't work the way we thought it would," said Craig Breckenridge, drawing office manager at Dynamic Structures.

"I'm not sure how we'd even begin to tackle a project of this size without Inventor-the resources required would just be overwhelming." 

The 14-story, 2,000-pound telescope is under development in Canada and expected to be completed by 2018.

At the core of TMT is a 492-segment, 30-metre diameter mirror capable of providing up to 10 times the magnification power of existing ground-based telescopes.

The enclosure itself weighs around 2,000 tons. Together, the telescope and structure will have nearly 200,000 parts.
   
IMAGINiT Technologies has over 40 offices in North America and Asia-Pacific and is a provider of Autodesk software solutions and the largest North American Autodesk Authorised Training Centre (ATC) partner.

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