Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Dassault Systemes is not to shut the home of SmarTeam

Posted by Al Dean - June 30, 2009

OK – a little judicious editing is needed here: We got word today that Dassault Systemes is not closing its Israeli office, the birth place of SmarTeam but 86 people…

Inventor Fusion Part III: Plans for the future + a conclusion of sorts.

Posted by Al Dean - July 1, 2009

#3: Looking at this initial Tech Preview, Inventor Fusion has some legs to it. Yes, there are things missing or that it doesn’t do in comparison to other direct modelling…

SustainabilityXpress Beta: The Benefits & Challenges of talking Green & Technology

Posted by Al Dean - July 7, 2009

SustainabillityXpress loads up into the Browser panel to the right-hand side of the UI. This release onto SolidWorks’ Labs web-site is something I’ve been looking forward to since the team…

A moral quandary: Should we cover the weapons and defense industry?

Posted by Al Dean - July 9, 2009

In the forthcoming issue of DEVELOP3D, we have a huge range of stories as ever (inlcuding a look at Vuuch, Inventor Fusion and much more). This month we also have…

Delcam launches delcam.tv video resource

Posted by Al Dean - July 15, 2009

Delcam always have interesting things to say and have a toolset that many vendors should be mindful of – and in many cases, simply do things that other 3D design…

Random Post, Cornflakes and Inventor of the month

Posted by Al Dean - August 12, 2009

I’m not a huge fan of breakfast, life is usually starting too quickly and too busily to even bother with it these days. But today I had the above. Hey,…

Domteknika puts VISI Flow to work on sustainable vehicle design

Posted by Al Dean - August 19, 2009

Located next to Lake Bienne on the French Swiss border, Domteknika SA is a service company providing technical and strategic assistance to world leaders in the automotive, household appliance, packaging…

New Confab event from Core77 and Coroflot for the Bay Area

Posted by Al Dean - August 20, 2009

Our old friends at core77.com and coroflot.com have organised another in their series of Creative Employment Confab events, this time at the Autodesk Gallery at One Market Street in San…

SolidWorks 2010 A-GO-GO

Posted by Al Dean - August 25, 2009

Well, it seems that the SolidWorks 2010 is kicking up the usual storm of content online and it really doesn’t need me wading into the afray when you’ve got an…

September’s Light Reading

Posted by Al Dean - September 2, 2009

Despite what the internet brings us in terms of informational overload (seriously – how much stuff IS there out there?), sometimes it’s nice to sit back and look at something…