HDR – the key to quick, dirty and effective lighting
Ok – so I wasn’t all that quick with the update to this series (first part is here) – magazine deadlines and trips to Legoland got in the way, along…
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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.
Consumer purchasing research: A clue to failing documentation?
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…
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Dassault teams up with EskoArtwork to optimise packaging design
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.…
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Grabbing the problematic bull by the horns – developing your own add-ons
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…
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A belated few thoughts on Siemens PLM’s PLM Connection event.
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…
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Fantastic Plastic – Why Lamborghini is key to understanding the future of composite design
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…
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Z Corporation redefines its entry level with the ZPrinter 150 and 250
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…
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How does a workshop to learn more about Ecodesign and LifeCycle Assessment (LCA) grab your fancy?
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…
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SpaceClaim 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…
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Independent reports: When it all goes wrong, it goes wrong big time.
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…
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