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.

Inside AMRC’s Factory 2050

Posted by - February 28, 2018
The recently opened Factory 2050 has been established to explore the intersection of Industry 4.0 and the re-configurable factory. Al Dean heads to Sheffield to learn more about AMRC's latest…
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Review: swatchbook

Posted by - March 9, 2018
Developed by a team of industry veterans, swatchbook promises to bring some order to the chaos of the Colour, Materials and Finish profession with some hooks into data collection as…
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Review: Comsol Application Builder

Posted by - March 15, 2018
When it comes to expanding the use of simulation tools throughout an organisation, one approach is to wrap up expert knowledge in a reusable template or app. Al Dean looks…
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“WTF is this called?”

Posted by - March 16, 2018
After a recent trip to the king of Swedish cash and carry furniture stores, Al Dean has been left thinking about how the 3D design technology industry has so far…
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Artec 3D launch Ray: A LiDAR scanner

Posted by - March 26, 2018
Artec 3D has added to its 3D scanning technology portfolio with the announcement of the Artec Ray, a new metrology-grade laser scanner, able to capture data from large objects up…
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