Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Makerbot continues European expansion with new distributor

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 16, 2015

A new reseller sees more support for European Makerbot customers Makerbot has upgraded its European sales and service options with a new agreement with Datech to launch 9 sales and…

Unilever uses 3D printed injection moulds for consumer testing designs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 23, 2015

Unilever is using 3D printed moulds to produce parts in the final materials to be used in testing Consumer product giant Unilever, is using 3D printing to produce injection moulding…

Test your metal: ExOne’s Innovent 3D printer for materials R&D

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 26, 2015

The ‘laboratory-sized’ ExOne Innovent machine allows for testing material properties ExOne has launched the Innovent, and industrial-grade, ‘laboratory-sized’ machine, to allow for testing material properties. Balancing a specific build size…

UberCloud ships app containers for ANSYS and CD-adapco

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 26, 2015

UberCloud has launched new application containers for CAD simulation tools such as ANSYS Mechanical and LS-DYNA and LS-PrePost, for CD-adapco STAR-CCM+. The ‘containers’ are portable between in-house and cloud environments,…

Autodesk Cleantech partner program reaches China

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 27, 2015

Qbotix is one of the companies already benefitting from the Autodesk Cleantech Partner Program Following launches in Japan, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, China is the latest country in Asia…

Leapfrog gets serious about desktop 3D printer market with Ricoh backing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 27, 2015

Leapfrog has partnered with Ricoh Europe to sell its Creatr HS 3D printer Ricoh Europe has announced a new partnership with Leapfrog 3D Printers that will see Ricoh become an…

Leatherman’s ‘urban survival bracelet’, not a great deal of use, but open for customisation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 27, 2015

The Leatherman Tread multitool bracelet: looks nice, but probably not all that practical a design With the urban desk warriors working themselves into a lather over Leatherman’s Tread multi-tool bracelet,…

First Look: Ansys 16 offers major advancements across its entire simulation portfolio

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 27, 2015

Ansys 16 offers the ability to prepare designs for the Internet of Things through serious simulation work – including electromagnetic disturbances like in this humble domestic kitchen From simulating software…

Grasshopper integration highlight of latest Autodesk T-Splines Plug-in for Rhino

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 28, 2015

The latest version of T-Splines for Rhino offers improved functionality and features such as crease functionality Version 4 of the Autodesk T-Splines plug-in for Rhino has been released, with integration…

ZBrush release 4R7 – adding KeyShot 5 to the mix

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 29, 2015

ZBrush 4R7 has new modelling options and KeyShot 5 integration Pixologic has launched the latest version of its much loved ZBrush modeller, release 4R7, adding in some features that have…