Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Making a giant slide for the world’s biggest cruise liner, Harmony of the Sea

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 23, 2016

What’s 10 stories tall and purple? While the world is finding much to be amused at by London’s Orbit sculpture finally finding a use by being fitted with a slide,…

Kreon aims for the skies with new Ace Skyline 3D scanning arm

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 24, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/tYjHbmCpxRHY4 Kreon is throwing its 25 years of know-how into its eye-catching new Ace Skyline 3D scanning arm, as it integrates its accuracy technology with a large laser line width…

New Hybrid series for post processing 3D prints in metals and thermoplastics

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 24, 2016

The “PostProcess Technologies Hybrid Series for post processing advanced 3D printed materials Solutions provider for the post processing of 3D printed parts, PostProcess Technologies, has launched its latest series of…

Fuel3D awarded £1.2M by EU for full face 3D scanning system for eyewear

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2016

3D scanning technology company Fuel3D has secured £1.2 million from EU’s Horizon 2020 SME instrument programme Fuel3D is developing a 3D scanning system for customised eyewear to help avoid poor…

FARO releases high-resolution Design ScanArm, with Geomagic software bundle

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2016

FARO suggest that its Design ScanArm has been formulated for the product design office With product designers firmly in their scopes, FARO has launched the Design ScanArm, a portable 3D…

Former F1 Chief becomes 131st President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 25, 2016

Although all of these men are sporting fine gold chainz, only one is the new president of the the IMechE, can you guess which one? A former Rolls-Royce undergraduate training…

XYZprinting and SolidWorks partner for 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 26, 2016

XYZprinting’s partnership with SolidWorks increases ease of use to two popular educational resources Dassault Systèmes has announced that SolidWorks will now integrate specifically designed 3D printing solutions for XYZprinting’s product…

Autodesk Memento goes commercial, now named ReMake

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 26, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/GF2uLzIw53P2 Autodesk Memento, the company’s latest tool for converting photos or scans into high-definition 3D meshes, has had a retitle with which to commence its commercial release. Now named ReMake,…

GE Oil & Gas invest €10M in robotics and 3D printing plant

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 31, 2016

GE are using robotic production lines and metals 3D printing to advance its oil and gas equipment production lines An Italian high-tech component production centre building 3D printed burners for…

DJI team up with Shapeways for ‘search + rescue’ competition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 1, 2016

An entry to the Shapeways and DJI design competition, the Renovatio Drone buoy attachments by LC Design Drone-making supremos DJI have launched a new design competition with online 3D printing…