Review: Autodesk VRED 2016
Two years after acquisition by Autodesk, how are VRED's high-end visualisation tools shaping up? Al Dean reviews what's changed since the last time he took a look at the system…
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DEVELOP3D
Taking student design to new heights
Australia's Deakin University is hoping to revive the country's ailing manufacturing sector with a new design-led agenda for engineering students — and they're rising to the challenge, as a recent…
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Workshop heroes
There's a whole world of accessible, cost-effective machinery and processes ripe for use in prototype production, as Al Dean and Stephen Holmes report
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Review: FormLabs Form 2
When Formlabs launched in 2014, it brought stereolithography to the desktop for the first time. Al Dean takes a look at the recently launched Form 2, which improves on the…
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Desktop SLA machines: tips & tricks
Over the last year or so, the DEVELOP3D Workshop has seen more than its fair share of desktop stereolithography machines pass through its doors. Al Dean looks at the machines,…
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Designing for desktop
Break your ideas down, recommends Jonathan Rowley of Digits2Widgets, because a bit of design thinking can go a long way to getting better results from today’s 3D printers The Makerbot…
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Review: Artec Eva & SpaceSpider
Many people view 3D scanning as a black art, only enabled by high-cost devices. Al Dean takes a look at both ends of Artec's scanner range, designed to deliver ease-of-use…
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3D scanners
The price point for reality capture has dropped so low that even the smallest studio can now invest in a small-scale 3D scanner that can capture data ready for transfer…
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Cutting costs: Low-cost CAM
With the rise of more affordable CNC tools, there's also a growing need for smaller scale, efficient CAM tools. Al Dean considers what's available and the purchase considerations you need…
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Cloud cult
Last month, Al Dean put forward the view that relatively little has changed in 3D design technology over the last two decades. Since then, he’s seen a few new things…
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