Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Consumer purchasing research: A clue to failing documentation?

Posted by Al Dean - July 8, 2010

We’re rather used to getting slightly random sounding press releases through and often look at them and wonder “Why was this sent to us“. That said, the occasional thing comes…

Dassault teams up with EskoArtwork to optimise packaging design

Posted by Al Dean - July 14, 2010

News just in from Dassault and it’s fascinating. It revolves around Dassault announcing that EskoArtwork (formerly known as EskoGraphics I think) has joined the joined the DS Software Community Program.…

Grabbing the problematic bull by the horns – developing your own add-ons

Posted by Al Dean - July 14, 2010

The world of 3D design technology is an odd one sometimes, particularly in today’s web-connected world, where users are able to connect, discuss and and in some cases, whinge a…

A belated few thoughts on Siemens PLM’s PLM Connection event.

Posted by Al Dean - July 16, 2010

It’s been a couple of weeks since I got back from Texas and the PLM Connection event held at the beginning of last month – but I’ve got a few…

Fantastic Plastic – Why Lamborghini is key to understanding the future of composite design

Posted by Al Dean - July 19, 2010

Composites design is something that’s coming up a lot during my meetings with vendors. Only the other week I was looking at some simulation tools for simulation crack propagation across…

Z Corporation redefines its entry level with the ZPrinter 150 and 250

Posted by Al Dean - July 21, 2010

So, this one should be pretty hot off the presses (the NDA lifted about 10 minutes ago), Z Corporation has just announced details of the latest move to lower the…

How does a workshop to learn more about Ecodesign and LifeCycle Assessment (LCA) grab your fancy?

Posted by Al Dean - July 22, 2010

I’m a couple of days away from swapping my MacBook for a real book or two and disappearing on a couple of week’s holiday, so I’m rather quickly bashing through…

SpaceClaim 2010

Posted by Al Dean - July 28, 2010

Al Dean looks at the latest release of SpaceClaim, one of the most recent entrants into the product development technology market, and finds a system that's maturing but retaining the…

Independent reports: When it all goes wrong, it goes wrong big time.

Posted by Al Dean - August 9, 2010

My old mucker and scourge of the blogging world, Deelip Menezes, (he’s not really a scourge, I think he’d just get a kick out of that moniker) posted a link…

Abaqus 6.10

Posted by Al Dean - August 12, 2010

Al Dean looks at the latest updates to Abaqus, the Finite Element Analysis software from Simulia, and finds enhancements to existing tools and some exciting new additions