Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

SpaceClaim extends partnerships for manufacturing

Posted by Al Dean - February 27, 2012

It looks like SpaceClaim is stepping up its partner programme with new new announcements in the manfuacturing space. The company has recently signed two agreements, both in the CAD/CAM field…

Fancy a MakerBot of your own? EngineerVsDesigner can help

Posted by Al Dean - February 27, 2012

MakerBot Replicator. Bigger, better, dual colour extrusion madness – still with that sound of a fax modem and laser cut ply – love it. The curious fellows over at Engineer…

Eagle PCB Design tool with 3D visualisation for complex board design

Posted by Al Dean - February 28, 2012

3D model built in SketchUp directly from Eagle PCB Element14 (a distributor of electronic system design tools) has launched EagleUp 3D design converter today for PCB design engineers to create…

Autodesk announce pricing for PLM 360 offering

Posted by Al Dean - February 29, 2012

You’re probably aware that Autodesk has been going through the latter stages of prepping its entry into the PLM space since the announcement of PLM 360 last december (we covered…

Luxology brings on the 601: modo-a-go-go

Posted by Al Dean - February 29, 2012

Image Courtesy of Hugues Poncet It was a good few months ago that I flew out to San Francisco to spend some time with the lovely fellows at Luxology. Yes.…

PTC launches MathCAD Prime 2.0

Posted by Al Dean - March 1, 2012

PTC has launched the next release of Mathcad Prime 2.0, which is the next generation of the venerable calculation and mathematic application. Apparently there’s a new interface and greater integration…

The challenge of complex shape design: Are we getting there?

Posted by Al Dean - March 2, 2012

More and more designers and particularly engineers, are becoming involved with the creation and editing of highly complex shapes. Today’s consumers don’t want staid, boring products and those responsible for…

GrabCAD announces design challenge for Automotive Design Conference

Posted by Al Dean - March 13, 2012

GrabCAD has launched a design challenge tasking members to model an urban electric micro vehicle. The competition begins on March 12 and will close on April 15, 2012. The winning…

Geomagic to acquire haptic hardware & organic modelling specialist, Sensable

Posted by Al Dean - April 12, 2012

The Sensable Phantom devices are amongst the only true haptic feedback devices on the market A quick conference call with the Geomagic team last night confirmed that the company is…

3D4D aims for rapid improvement in developing nations

Posted by Al Dean - May 2, 2012

London based technology charity techfortrade has launched its global 3D4D Challenge, to help improve lives in developing countries. The competition aims to unearth new groundbreaking ideas that exploit developments in…