Al Dean, Author at DEVELOP3D

TechShop announces plans to bring open community workshop to the UK

Posted by Al Dean - January 22, 2014

Al works in a shed, but even he doesn’t have room for a waterjet. And he wants one. Badly. Last month’s comment piece got a lot of discussion after we…

Review: Lagoa.com cloud render solution

Posted by Al Dean - January 27, 2014

Rendering may have started out in industrial design but now encompasses a much larger portion of the CAD using community than ever before. Al Dean takes a look at a…

3D Systems starts shipping ProJet 1200

Posted by Al Dean - March 24, 2014

3D Systems’ nifty wee ProJet 1200 – perfect for small scale, intricate casting patterns It was a few months ago that 3D systems made its huge raft of product announcements…

Autodesk to launch its own 3D printer

Posted by Al Dean - May 14, 2014

Autodesk’s 3D printer. Fancy, innit? And it’s coming soon. Some news hot off the press this afternoon, with Autodesk making two key announcements at Makercon, where the company’s CEO is…

FormLabs update 3D printer + Euro servicing

Posted by Al Dean - June 10, 2014

When FormLabs launched its Form1 3D printer on Kickstarter back in 2012, it took the crowd-funding game by storm. While its goal was $100k, the company eventually closed out its…

SpaceMouse Pro goes wireless for 3D control

Posted by Al Dean - June 19, 2014

Same motion control cap, customisable and configurable buttons and general awesomeness. Now without wires and a two month battery life. If you’re a heavy user of 3D design systems, then…

Lotus F1 and Boeing team up for 3D printing & sintering magic

Posted by Al Dean - July 14, 2014

I think, by now, we’re used to snappy little videos about 3D printing. Whether it’s the patron saint of shitty hip hop showing off a machine that may or may…

Daimler brings topology optimisation to the designer’s desktop with solidThinking Inspire

Posted by Al Dean - August 5, 2014

Everyone knows that you want a six wheeled G-Class, baby solidThinking (part of the Altair group) has just announced that its solidThinking Inspire application for quick topology optimisation has been…

168 Hours with a Formlabs Form 1+: Day 1

Posted by Al Dean - August 18, 2014

We’ve got our hands on a FormLabs Form 1+ 3D printer for some proper testing When you look at the swathe of verbiage about 3D printing out there on the…

168 Hours with a Formlabs Form 1+ 3D printer: Day 2 & 3

Posted by Al Dean - August 20, 2014

Our first test print – Makie Boots – fine details combined with solid little parts that have some interesting features here and there – thumbtack for scale If you’ve not…