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.

Review: Autodesk Inventor 2019

Posted by - May 2, 2018
Inventor is still Autodesk's best-selling 3D mechanical design system and each year sees a range of updates and enhancements to its already rich and mature feature set. Al Dean takes…
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Review: PTC Creo 5

Posted by - May 2, 2018
Creo is almost one-third of a century old, but recent releases of PTC's flagship design and engineering product have seen new life breathed into the venerable system. Al Dean explores…
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Review: solidThinking Inspire 2018

Posted by - May 3, 2018
Topology optimisation is all the rage these days, but Altair's solidThinking Inspire has long been ahead of the game. With increased interest in the field, Al Dean explores how the…
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Topology optimisation tools

Posted by - May 9, 2018
Almost all vendors are introducing topology optimisation tools in their latest releases. Driven by and heavily linked to the metal additive world, Al Dean wonders whether these tools are being…
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