DSI relied on SOLIDWORKS Research Edition design and analysis tools to facilitate collaboration and communication across the team during development of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the world’s only flying observatory. DEUTSCHES SOFIA INSTITUT INNOVATING JOINT DLR/NASA FLYING OBSERVATORY USING SOLIDWORKS RESEARCH EDITION “The main reason that we chose SOLIDWORKS software was that most of our industrial partners use SOLIDWORKS,” explains Yannick Lammen, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart, who is working on structural optimizations of the vibrational and rotational isolation systems for the telescope. “I, and at least one colleague, had not used SOLIDWORKS prior to this project, but the software is so easy to

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