Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Dassault Systèmes offers new industry solution ‘Experiences’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 16, 2015

VR capabilities are part of the aerospace ‘Passenger Experience’ Aerospace and consumer packaging designers – as different as those world’s are – can both now leverage custom grouped Dassault Systèmes…

Hat trick of amazing new machines forms core of Nottingham University’s 3D printing research

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 16, 2015

The lab hopes to develop new materials for nano fabrication of multifunctional systems A £2.7m grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has funded new facilities and…

KScan3D drops $300 price, makes its 3D scanning app free

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 17, 2015

KScan3D is now available for free Canadian metrology firm LMI Technologies is making its KScan3D software for low cost hardware free, after scrapping its original $299 download price. The software…

3D Systems iSense ready 3D scanning anywhere with iPhone

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 17, 2015

The iSense 3D scanner can be built into an iPhone case for pocketable 3D scanning 3D Systems has announced that its portable 3D scanning hardware, iSense, is now available for…

Autodesk announces Ignite Platform for ‘Young Learners’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 17, 2015

Project Ignite hopes to inspire and educate young learners in all the latest creative technologies Autodesk has launched Project Ignite, a free learning platform available in English for educators and…

First Look – SolidThinking Inspire 2015: more options, better speeds, and new UI prove highlights

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 18, 2015

The addition of fasteners and joints to Inspire 2015 should allow more complete assembly analysis and optimisation The latest release of SolidThinking’s design exploration and optimisation software Inspire has been…

Adobe’s Creative Cloud 2015 release brings new features for 3D Printing with Photoshop

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 19, 2015

Adobe Photoshop has some exciting new 3D tools, including this mesh polygon reducer Adobe has been making strides into the 3D printing software market, adding some brilliant features to the…

So vein! Design gets under the skin to help with blood tests

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 22, 2015

With over 1 billion IVs inserted into patients each year, finding a vein the first time makes a huge benefit to both healthcare systems and patient happiness Taking a blood…

National Women in Engineering Day – Get involved today

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 23, 2015

Get involved with National Women in Engineering Day! Today is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) where we continues to celebrate the achievements of women in engineering and encourage more…

NWED 2015 – Four epic engineers and their very different jobs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 23, 2015

Four women that chose engineering as their careers, but with very different roles Today is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED), a celebration of all the incredible achievements women have…