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.

September’s Light Reading

Posted by - 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…
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HyperShot ’10 for Mac: Part I

Posted by - September 7, 2009
This just in from DEVELOP3D’s Mac:Design sister site: I’ll make no bones about it. I love rendering. From when I started in the world of 3D-based design, I used to…
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Al goes to Korea: Day # 1

Posted by - September 8, 2009
It starts with a phone call from Peter, an good friend and industry marketing wizard. “Hello Alistar, would you like to go to Korea?” Of course the answer is a…
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F**k the Napkin: SketchBook Mobile for iPhone

Posted by - September 16, 2009
Image Courtesy of Andrew Meehan, industrial designer Fresh from DEVELOP3D.com’s sister web-site, Mac:Design: Tomorrow (if all goes according to plan), Autodesk will launch it’s first commercial application for Apple’s iPhone…
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3DVIA launches community app for iPhone

Posted by - September 22, 2009
Dassault’s 3dvia group has finally released the iPhone app for interaction with the 3d-centric community portal, first demonstrated at DEVCON earlier this year. As hinted at in the demonstraton, the…
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