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Several £thousand has been spent on the software and in training engineers to use it and it is proving to be a worthwhile investment. 

The system allows engineers to generate three-dimensional images as pdf documents which clients are then able to spin around and view the product from any angle without the need for any specialist software themselves. 

This provides them with a life-like view of exactly what the finished product will look like.

Infotec engineers using the programme can view cross-sections through products and remove and/or add individual components to view real-life images of the impact the changes would make. 

One of the first contracts for which the 3D CAD programme was used was the replacement of an LED CIS display at St Pancras International which needed the support structure to be remodelled to carry four displays rather than the original one.

 The work was to be done without removal of the main post from its location at the barrier line of Southeastern’s high speed platform and Infotec mechanical engineer Kevin Hancock said the 3D CAD software was invaluable in successfully achieving this. 

In addition to assisting with the design and manufacture, 3D images were used to provide illustrated step-by-step instructions for the installers.

Commenting on the system, Senior Mechanical Design Engineer Kevin Hancock says:  “3D images are now being provided to many Infotec clients to enable them to visualise the completed work accurately.

“Each case is reviewed to consider whether or not it will benefit from using the 3D and it is helping with different aspects of the work for those in which it is used.”