Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Inventor 2011 gets a rocking and a rolling: Some video joy from Rob

Posted by Al Dean - March 25, 2010

Looks like the Autodesk 2011 product line is starting to break ground and make its way into public, from closed beta test. Rob Cohee at Autodesk recently posted some videos…

More Autodesk 2011 release details: are the Paint/Vector sketch tools finally coming?

Posted by Al Dean - March 25, 2010

There’s a web-cast currently underway and they’re talking about AutoCAD – something that I’m not really into that much (that’s personal choice). While the Autodesk team is talking about this,…

Quick update on the new Alias related product line

Posted by Al Dean - March 26, 2010

Just got off a call with the guys at Autodesk about what’s new in the Alias product line, as, as ever, it got passed over pretty quickly during yesterday’s roll-out.…

Quick sneak peak at some prototyping goodness

Posted by Al Dean - March 30, 2010

While I spend most of my time looking at software, there’s something I love to get involved in and that’s prototyping. One of the really exciting things about working on…

Simulation: A couple of thoughts on barriers to entry and adoption

Posted by Al Dean - March 31, 2010

The ability to not only define the form of a product digitally, but to also simulate its performance and behaviour is something that’s been playing on my mind over the…

CD-Adapco extends deployment options for cloud-focussed licensing

Posted by Al Dean - March 31, 2010

This just came in as CD-Adapco that has just launched STAR-CCM+ /Power-On-Demand – which it is billing as a “revolutionary new product licensing scheme”. For those unfamiliar with the company,…

Stephen Fry, Autodesk & SketchBook Pro for iPad

Posted by Al Dean - April 1, 2010

Here’s a fantastically convoluted turn of events. As many of you are aware, Apple is bringing its iPad to market this coming saturday. We even have our man, Martyn Day,…

New software? Discoverability and a decent manual should help

Posted by Al Dean - April 7, 2010

When using software for the first time, discoverability is important, but at the very least it needs to be backed up with clear documentation. Without this the developers could be…

iPad internals: A case in point of design-doing, not design-thinking

Posted by Al Dean - April 7, 2010

This week is all about the iPad, Apple’s new device. I’ve only had a brief fiddle with one in the Apple Store here in Portland, where I’m visiting Autodesk to…

Tanya Weaver joins X3DMedia and DEVELOP3D

Posted by Al Dean - April 26, 2010

X3DMedia is delighted to announce a key new member of its editorial team. Joining the team behind DEVELOP3D and AEC magazines is Tanya Weaver, former editor of New Design, one…