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.

Autodesk does Apple…

Posted by - November 25, 2008
It seems like its a good day for looking at how different organizations are spreading the word. If these are old, my apologies, but I hadn’t come across them before.…
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Green Noise vs Signal

Posted by - November 28, 2008
The economy is screwed but it’s the environment that should be our long term concern – it’s our future or lack thereof. Al Dean looks at how it’s being used,…
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SolidWorks Simulation

Posted by - November 28, 2008
While much of the noise for SolidWorks 2009 has been about the core application set, simulation is increasingly becoming a major factor in each release cycle. DEVELOP3D's editor Al Dean…
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Objet Alaris30

Posted by - November 28, 2008
Objet Geometries had a busy summer with the launch of the impressive Connex500, a multi-material building machine, but now the entry-level RP market gets a boost with the desktop bound…
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CATIA on steroids

Posted by - November 29, 2008
Greg Corke reports on a secret technology hidden within CATIA V5R18 that could revolutionise the way users work with large assemblies in real time.
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Live from AU2008: Day 2: WOW

Posted by - December 3, 2008
Yesterday I showed you some pics from the keynote sessions at Autodesk University. Today I’ve got some really grainy, shakey* videos of the new technology that the company showed off…
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AU2008 Day 2: Notso Live*

Posted by - December 4, 2008
It seems people just love watching badly recorded videos of technology products. So here’s some more for you – be warned, these are the worst of the bunch in terms…
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T-Splines 2.0: coming soon

Posted by - December 8, 2008
Matt, CEO of T-Splines, just posted up this video, showing the next rev of the company’s ultra impressive T-Splines application that builds directly into both Rhino and Maya. If you’re…
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