Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Digital vase wins wood award

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 23, 2015

The award winning digitally carved Ves-el vases British furniture makers, craftsmen, and all-round wizards with wood, Benchmark, has won an award for its sculptural creation, the Ves-el, designed by Gareth…

FARO launches ultra-portable Focus3D X 30 3D scanner

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 24, 2015

Primarily for architectural uses, the Faro Focus3D X 30 has some engineering applications With a scanning range of up to 30 meters, the latest scanner from FARO, the Focus3D X…

.design or .engineering? New domain names look to help you stand out among the 284 million

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 25, 2015

A specific domain name might be a better way of standing out At the start of this year, over 284 million web domains were registered globally, and with everyone fighting…

3D Slash brings 3D CAD to the Raspberry Pi

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 25, 2015

The latest version of 3D Slash is compatible with the single board Raspberry Pi computer Compatible with the Raspberry Pi, 3D Slash is a free 3D design application for the…

‘Soft-material’ cycle helmet design looks for hard backing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 25, 2015

Using Enkayse material the helmet is ‘soft-but-safe’ The Headkayse cycle helmet is a folding, flexible and soft but safe, multiple-impact piece of kit, that is looking to shake off the…

Formnext – 4 things we learned from Europe’s big 3D printing event

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 25, 2015

The show floor of Formnext bristling with activity Among the towering stands at the Frankfurt Messe there was a lot to be uncovered at Formnext, the latest 3D printing exhibition…

DEVELOP3D at Autodesk University 2015

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 26, 2015

From Tuesday next week DEVELOP3D will be live from Las Vegas as we bring you all the news, interviews and releases from Autodesk University. We’ll be live blogging the two-day…

Need prototyping in London? Black Friday is your friend

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 26, 2015

The shameless hawking of crap products at lukewarm discounts isn’t usually enough to get us going, however, if you’re in the Capital you’d swap your mother’s teeth for a discount…

ARRK opens new CNC machining hub

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 27, 2015

The new building adds a range of 3- and 5-axis machines to ARRK’s portfolio Opening just across the street from its current prototyping facility, ARRK has announced its new dedicated…

AU2015 – Day One

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 1, 2015

Welcome to our live blog from the opening day of Autodesk University 2015, the software giant’s user event for its vast portfolio of design tools. There are more nationalities milling…