Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Non disposable heroes

Posted by Al Dean - August 12, 2011

The mobile phone accessory industry has an appalling reputation for wasting materials and energy in the pursuit of jumping on the latest trends and models. Portland’s Grove begs to differConsider…

BAE Submarine division takes on Teamcenter for nuclear sub programme

Posted by Al Dean - September 7, 2011

If you want to talk about managing complex products and managing a complex lifecycle, it doesn’t get much more complex than submarine design, particularly in the defence industry. Take BAE…

Don’t fear the reaper: Academics go 3D printed UAV crazy

Posted by Al Dean - September 8, 2011

It seems that the academic world has been going UAV crazy for the last year. There have been two recent projects covered online that are fascinating for those of us…

Autodesk Sustainability Workshop: Making complex accessible

Posted by Al Dean - September 13, 2011

We chat to Dawn Danby, Autodesk’s Sustainability Workshop head honcho about the site’s exciting new updates For those that have been reading DEVELOP3D over the last few months, you’ll know…

Autodesk Sustainability Workshop: Making the seemingly complex accessible

Posted by Al Dean - September 13, 2011

Those that have been reading DEVELOP3D over the last few months will know that we’ve recently started introducing more content relating to sustainability into the magazine. If you haven’t, then…

Objet launches new bio-compatible 3D printing material

Posted by Al Dean - September 21, 2011

In advance of the TCT Show next week, we’re expecting an influx of more 3D printing and rapid prototyping news. One piece that caught our eye was today’s news from…

Granta releases full Eco Materials Adviser for Inventor

Posted by Al Dean - October 3, 2011

WIth the Inventor 2012 release, Autodesk worked with materials specialists, Granta Design, to develop the Eco Materials Adviser – the base level version of which is supplied to all Inventor…

Spartech Corp collaborates on LCA with Sustainable Minds

Posted by Al Dean - October 5, 2011

This is a little late being posted, but its a fascinating story about what happens when a manufacturing organisation engages with a software/service supplier to build something that’s more than…

Spartech Corp collaborates on LCA with Sustainable Minds

Posted by Al Dean - October 5, 2011

This is a little late being posted, but i’ts a fascinating story about what happens when a manufacturing organisation engages with a software/service supplier to build something that’s more than…

Live from Siemens PLM Connections 2011: NX 8.0 details #1 – Visual Reporting

Posted by Al Dean - October 17, 2011

This week finds me abandoning the last of the indian summer back in the UK to head out to Linz in Austria. Now, Linz is an odd place. I’ve never…