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.

Onshape Q1 2019 Review

Posted by - February 12, 2019
Onshape has spent the last year adapting its offering to address the enterprise market. Al Dean reports on how the cloud-based system is bringing a new approach to data and…
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Edgecam 2019 Review

Posted by - February 18, 2019
Since Hexagon took over the Vero portfolio, things have moved on apace. Al Dean takes a look at the latest updates to its production machining-focused Edgecam
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Materialise Magics 23 Review

Posted by - March 8, 2019
As the world of additive manufacturing becomes more diverse and complex, pre-processing software has become a hot ticket item. Al Dean takes a look at the latest release of the…
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