Tricks of the trade
Rob Rodriguez, co-author of the PhotoWorks Step By Step Guide, gives us his top tips for achieving rendering perfection using PhotoWorks within SolidWorks
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DEVELOP3D
Heavy metal
Stephen Holmes takes a look at some motorised heavyweights, and the design technologies that drove them into production
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VISI Series 16.0
In the first of a two part review, Al Dean takes a look at the latest release of VISI Series from Vero Software, a system with incredible power that has…
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The fast and the furious
Kiska has brought the power and exhilaration of a motorbike to four wheels with the new X-Bow. Frances Corbett talks to Austria's largest design company about its work with motorcycle…
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Credit crunch, recession, what impact will this have on engineering firms?
In the last month, we have all learnt a lot about the credit crunch, investment banks, multi-billion dollar rescue packages and bail-outs. While the long-term impact is unknown, most predictions…
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Solving parametric modelling’s productivity gap
Evan Yares highlights a productivity gap that CAD users have suffered from for the last two decades, exposes its source, and reviews the technology that will make it finally go…
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Teaching old dogs new tricks
Recession, depression, whatever you want to call it, it’s upon us. Skilling up on the latest CAD software can help ensure you’re in an advantageous position when we come out…
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Dell Precision M2400
Unrivalled portability for a workstation-class laptop makes it a true 'mobile' platform for CAD, though 3D performance is limited under some applications
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Dell Precision M6400
A high-performance mobile workstation with all the features you'd expect to find in a desktop, but like all machines in its class, it's not particularly 'mobile'
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Turbocharging design and manufacturing
Al Dean visits Napier Turbochargers, a company that has recently undergone a management buyout and is currently rethinking its product development and manufacturing processes
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