DEVELOP3D

Direct modelling mania!

Posted by - December 2, 2010
‘Direct Modelling’ used to be just another relatively unpopular 3D technology. Now it seems vendors are falling over themselves to offer some direct geometry manipulation. Martyn Day gets his facets…
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Workstation Specialists WSX-6+

Posted by - December 3, 2010
An overclocked workstation offering unrivalled performance for CAD, but with six CPU cores running at 4.2GHz it also gives dual CPU machines a serious run for their money
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Dell Latitude XT2 XFR

Posted by - December 3, 2010
A ruggedised laptop that has the ability to transform into a Tablet PC. This makes it ideal for the shop floor, providing you're not looking to run heavyweight applications
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Engineering workshop # 8

Posted by - December 6, 2010
After a hot summer break(!) Bob Johnson continues his series of short articles on stress analysis with a first look at the Finite Element Method
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SolidThinking 8.5

Posted by - January 10, 2011
Few modelling programs cover the entire design and engineering process. solidThinking takes a unique approach to product development, allowing more exploration in design while forming a foundation for engineering and…
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Light it up!

Posted by - January 11, 2011
Stephen Holmes takes an illuminating look at three companies lighting the way ahead with the 3D technology
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Box clever

Posted by - January 17, 2011
Tanya Weaver discovers that with a product designer's touch MTT Technologies Group's latest range of Selective Laser Melting machines are much more than metal boxes with technology inside
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Delcam for SolidWorks 2011

Posted by - January 18, 2011
Al Dean takes a look through the latest SolidWorks Gold Partner application for machining focussed users, from one of the leading CAM vendors, Delcam
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Martyn Day sees good times ahead

Posted by - January 20, 2011
2010 has been an interesting year for product development. Martyn Day takes a whistle stop tour of the last twelve months and, with good news on the horizon with regards…
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