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20 December 2006 SolidWorks Donates Software to
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The retired US Coast Guard cutter Glacier, which it is hoped will deliver medical assistance to people living near and above the Arctic Circle.
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At this season of the year, people tend to think of gifts heading south from the top of the world. SolidWorks Corp., however, has turned this image on its head by donating SolidWorks® 3D CAD software to a nonprofit organization striving to turn a retired US Coast Guard icebreaker into a ship delivering much-needed medical and dental assistance to 4 million people living near or above the Arctic Circle, many of them indigenous and isolated. If the three-year, $300-million-plus project receives the financing now being sought, SolidWorks’ gift will help the Glacier Society perform better design work in support of it.
The proposed project would involve the resurrected USCGC Glacier carrying health-care assistance to areas in the United States, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Russia. Doctors and nurses would perform medical and dental checkups, vaccinations, and diabetes/high blood pressure screening and deliver prenatal care, substance abuse treatment and counselling, vision, hearing, and dental care, and walk-in emergency service to citizens in the region, while also conducting environmental research.
SolidWorks software would be used to overhaul completely the Glacier’s engine room and superstructure. Project plans would expand the ship’s fuel and food storage capability so that the vessel could spend as long as three years at sea without external support. The Glacier Society now is measuring parts and assemblies throughout the ship and converting them into 3D digital models that can easily be manipulated in SolidWorks.
“SolidWorks software is phenomenal. I was astounded when I saw what it could do,” says Ben Koether, chairman of the Glacier Society, who served as navigator on the ship when in the US Navy. “Our volunteer engineers say they prefer SolidWorks’ 3D modelling, data compatibility, analysis, simplicity, and industry adoption level.” SolidWorks is enabling the team to work faster and more productively, Koether adds, so that the final concept design can be completed efficiently.
“It’s gratifying to learn that engineers are demanding and relying on SolidWorks software to build a better ship,” says Rainer Gawlick, vice president of worldwide marketing for SolidWorks. “We wish them smooth sailing and best of luck in the rest of their mission.”
For further information:
SolidWorks Europe
Suresnes, France
www.solidworks.com
Tel. +33 1 41447890
Fax +33 1 41447899
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