Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

Autodesk gets into the CAM game with HSMWorks acquisition

Posted by Al Dean - October 1, 2012

Imagine this, but with Inventor. Nice CAM. As Jimmy Greaves used to say “It’s a funny old game.” The world of Computer Aided Machining is something that many of the…

Luxology to merge with The Foundry

Posted by Al Dean - October 1, 2012

Founders of Luxology and The Foundry ponder the future of their new venture in ILM’s gardens… or are they playing Star Wars charades? Completely forgot to post this last week…

MathCAD Express: Free calculations and other goodness

Posted by Al Dean - October 18, 2012

It looks like PTC have launched an Express version of its engineering calculation software, MathCAD. If you’re into the calculations side of things (I’m personally hopeless at mathematics – that’s…

Siemens to acquire LMS International

Posted by Al Dean - November 8, 2012

This one is hot off the newswire. Siemens PLM is to acquire LMS International. The Leuven-based outfit, LMS, has been around for a good long while, cornering the market for…

Delcam Exchange – Free translations for a week or so

Posted by Al Dean - November 22, 2012

The fine folks at Delcam are offering free use of its online CAD data-exchange service, Delcam Exchange, from 21 – 26 November. The normal pay-as-you-go fee of £34 (approximately US$50)…

3D printing in the home: Reality Check

Posted by Al Dean - December 3, 2012

While working on his home office this month Al Dean has been pondering the growth in awareness of 3D printing. With the mainstream media talking 3D printers in the home…

Objet One Thousand: Promo video from Hades…

Posted by Al Dean - December 10, 2012

As part of our campaign against bad music in the design technology industry, this just came streaming into our inbox. Objet appears to have taken its role as provider of…

Houston. We have a problem… with the iPad app

Posted by Al Dean - December 11, 2012

It would appear that with Christmas just around the corner, the Gremlins are back, got into their Elf suits and have been tinkering with the DEVELOP3D iPad app. We received…

Thirteen videos you need to see before 2013 – Part 1

Posted by Al Dean - December 19, 2012

Video is an art form, few would argue that point. Whether you’re into Die Hard or the collected works of Sophia Coppola, there’s something there for everyone. But if there’s…

Thirteen videos you need to see before 2013 – Part 2

Posted by Al Dean - December 20, 2012

#8: Hiut Denim – The Missionary David and Clare Hieatt founded Howies, then sold it. Now they’re trying to bring back the manufacture of jeans to Cardigan Bay (where 10,000s…