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.

Multi Touch: the future

Posted by - February 26, 2008
From the last few months, its clear that many of the vendors are seeing the future as having us using both hands to interact with our 3d datasets. SolidWorks espoused…
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VW commit to Teamcenter

Posted by - February 26, 2008
Siemens PLM Software came up with some interesting news, that it recieved a major order from Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft for Teamcenter and its implementation. VW will use Teamcenter throughout its vehicle…
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Starck @ TED

Posted by - February 27, 2008
Philippe Starck.. if you’re into design, then you know monsieur Starck. Phil, a good friend (Champ, not Starck), a close advisor on all things design and a man I rely…
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DEVELOP3D goes public

Posted by - April 25, 2008
Well, we finally got to the point where we wanted to tell everyone about what we’re doing – many knew already, a few didn’t. Whatever the case was, they do…
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Siemens PLM steps up its game..

Posted by - April 25, 2008
If you haven’t seen these videos, watch them. They’re pretty amazing. I’d make comments on this technology, but I want you to see it before I do. There are two…
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Icona takes on Bunkspeed

Posted by - April 26, 2008
If you haven’t come across Icona Solutions before, it develops a system called Aesthetica which allows both quality engineers and stylists to gauge the effect of manufacturing variation; but does…
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Back Up – Back Up – Back Up

Posted by - April 27, 2008
Time for a public confession; I’m hoarder of digital stuff. I’ve keep all those MP3s that I never listen to, I’ve keep all my research that I’ve done for 10…
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Autodesk to acquire MoldFlow

Posted by - May 2, 2008
News of Autodesk’s intent to acquire MoldFlow came as a bit of a surprise. Considering Autodesk’s Digital Prototyping plan over the next few years, to enable users to take a…
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