Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Fill out Cyon’s fall survey – get two grand’s worth of research in return

Posted by Al Dean - December 2, 2009

After having ran into Brad Holtz, founder of Cyon Research and mastermind behind one of the industry’s most intriguing events, COFES, at Autodesk University this week, I was reminded that…

AU 2009: Manufacturing keynote round up

Posted by Al Dean - December 4, 2009

For me, the one session that’s worth the trip to Autodesk University is the Manufacturing Solutions keynote session. This is where you get to see what Autodesk are working on,…

AU Follow up: Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program and Grants

Posted by Al Dean - December 7, 2009

Green Ocean Energy relies on Inventor to develop groundbreaking wave energy devices. After a discussion with Autodesk’s ultra impressive sustainability team (seriously, this team is intimidating with their knowledge on…

Autodesk Introduces Fatigue Wizard for Algor Customers

Posted by Al Dean - December 15, 2009

Autodesk has just announced that Algor Simulation subscription users can get their hands on the Fatigue Wizard which allows you to perform fatigue simulation without all the complexity that’s often…

Xtreme Ping Pong with Materialise

Posted by Al Dean - December 17, 2009

This popped up into my inbox this morning and gave me a bit of a giggle, but its a serious story for those with an interest in rapid prototyping (or…

Curventa uses SolidWorks to bring snowboard helmet to the racetrack

Posted by Al Dean - December 17, 2009

The original StormTrooper helmet. Image courtesy of Curventa Found this fascinating, it’s a story about well known UK-based industrial design firm Curventa and how they helped a client, RuRoc, take…

All time top five top fives list of 2009: #1 The Good Bits

Posted by Al Dean - December 18, 2009

It’s the end of the year and people love lists. One for Santa, one for the Elves, one for the pagan gods of . And journalists the world over are…

All time top five top fives list of 2009: #2 The Bad Bits

Posted by Al Dean - December 18, 2009

#1 The Economy: It sucked. Let’s leave it at that and hope 2010 brings brighter times. #2 Press Vs. Bloggers: Much debated this year. The press (all of whom write…

All time top five top fives list of 2009: #3 Top Five DEVELOP3D articles

Posted by Al Dean - December 18, 2009

#1 Anything and everything that Frances Corbett writes for us is worth reading, but this one I took the Trekenetic story to heart and it’s a prime example of a…

All time top five top fives list of 2009: #4 Bookmarks & Favourites

Posted by Al Dean - December 18, 2009

#1 Solidsmack.com – It’s Josh. I want to be him when I grow up. And sometimes, he even gets a post out before me (ha) #2 Core77.com – News just…