Al Dean

Al Dean is formerly DEVELOP3D’s editor in chief and has been writing and talking about product development technology for the last 20 years. With a technical background in product design and engineering, he still gets excited about new ways to apply a fillet.

FirePro V5700 vs Quadro FX 1700 with Catia

Posted by - November 11, 2008
DEVELOP3D’s hardware expert, Greg Corke, has been playing with graphics hardware again (it keeps him out of trouble). This time he’s been comparing the performance of FirePro V5700 vs Quadro…
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Discoverability & DriveWorksXpress

Posted by - November 11, 2008
One thing that is a constant source of puzzlement is how the average user finds out about all the new tools, software and technology that’s present in the application set…
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Software Trends in ID jobs

Posted by - November 21, 2008
Found this via Core77.com, Jason Morris has been researching the most requested software in Industrial Design jobs and the results are fascinating. What’s first on the list? SolidWorks, Pro/E? nope,…
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Catia V6R2009x: it does stuff

Posted by - November 25, 2008
Design team interaction is something that DS are taking to new levels. Dassault Systemes has launched Catia V6R2009x at its annual European Catia Forum event at Disneyland Paris. As ever,…
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