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.

Ten years strong

Posted by - June 19, 2018
To celebrate the 100th edition of DEVELOP3D, Al Dean takes a look at four of the best issues over the last decade to find out what we got right and…
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Review: Autodesk Alias & VRED 2019

Posted by - June 27, 2018
Autodesk's industrial and automotive design solution set has been through a renaissance of late. Al Dean takes a look at what's new for the 2019 release and finds a system…
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Review: ITI CADfix 12

Posted by - August 10, 2018
3D data translation isn't the nightmare it once was, but there are still issues. Al Dean looks at CADfix, which aims to solve data exchange woes and has recently started…
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Review: V-Ray for Rhino 3.6

Posted by - August 13, 2018
Al Dean takes a look at the latest release of V-Ray for Rhino3D. With this product, has Chaos Group created the ultimate photorealistic renderer for McNeel's 3D modelling Swiss Army…
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