Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Argos unwittingly sets out to democratise 3D printing via the nation’s housing estates

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 17, 2015

Some lovingly created jewellery for the mother of your sixth kid Argos has blown us away with what it is calling “a collection of inspirational jewellery”, whereby customers can customise…

UPDATE: Free Autodesk + Onshape software for all #D3DLive attendees – now worth $1,200

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 19, 2015

With only one week till doors open, we’ve had to do this again as Autodesk has upgraded its offer to all attendees: All attendees can get free Autodesk Fusion 360…

3D printing plays direct role in assembly tools for Volvo

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 20, 2015

Volvo Trucks is using 3D printed tools to help make the assembly of vehicle parts, like its engines, faster, cheaper and more flexible Designing tools for assembling products is a…

SolidWorks World 2015 – interview with new SolidWorks CEO Gian Paolo Bassi

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 24, 2015

We caught up with new SolidWorks CEO Gian Paolo Bassi after SolidWorks World, and before his appearance at DEVELOP3D LIVE While at SolidWorks World, we were lucky enough to wrestle…

Bass-blasting fire – a technology that needs design to help it reach its potential

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 30, 2015

Like blowing out a candle, the bass-tube fire extinguisher uses air vibrations to put out the flames My grandad always used to say ‘fight fire with fire’, which is what…

Groupe Gorgé takes further steps to establish itself among 3D Printing’s big brands

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 30, 2015

Low cost SLS machine maker Norge Systems is now part of the the growing Groupe Gorgé portfolio French engineering company Groupe Gorgé has made further 3D printing acquisitions, adding leading…

Dassault Systèmes offers education platform via the cloud

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 30, 2015

An incredible range of tools for education are now available via the 3DExperience on the cloud How do you negate the fear of the cloud among designers and engineers? Start…

Dassault’s new upgrades to R2015x Simulia engineering simulation tool brings focus to the designer

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 31, 2015

Dassault has announced its outline for what’s new in the latest release of Simulia – from new tools for designers to 10 new apps in R2015x. Dassault Systèmes is adding…

Pixar’s Renderman technology is now free to download

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 31, 2015

RenderMan is Pixar’s core rendering technology, and is now available for free RenderMan, Pixar’s core rendering technology for animation and visual effects in movies such as Frozen and The Incredibles,…

Injection moulded nickel steel now on the menu at Proto Labs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 1, 2015

A metal injection moulded part sits on top of a pile of the latest nickel steel feedstock Product designers and engineers have new options for low volume metal production parts…