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.

Geomagic close the reverse engineering loop

Posted by - March 31, 2009
While I’m sworn to secrecy regarding the next release of Geomagic’s line of reverse engineering or, as they would have it, Digital Shape Sampling and Processing (DSSP), applications, there’s something…
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Web 2.0 vs Direct Modelling: It’s here

Posted by - April 1, 2009
We’ve long discussed the potential to reinvent how web 2.0 technologies can seriously impact product development technology. There’s Vuuch.com, there’s solidjott.com and there’s Dassault’s 3d live collaborative technology – but…
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