Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

VIDEO // RSA Student Design Awards’ impact on its students

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 4, 2016

The short documentary follows students as they tackle the RSA Design Awards brief, through to the all important awards presentations This short documentary film follows a student’s journeys through the…

VIDEO // Bosch solving problems on its manufacturing lines by using desktop 3D printed parts

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 4, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/kfEa8KFp2alYQ One of the biggest cost saving use points we’ve seen for 3D printers has been on the factory floor – producing customised jigs and fixtures, and replacing parts that…

Weekender // National Museum of Flight

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 4, 2016

The opening of two giant aircraft hangars means you can get close up to design classics like the Spitfire Just east of Edinburgh, the National Museum of Flight will be…

Translator and curvature analysis see updates in new PartXplore

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 7, 2016

New translators in PartXplore mean that CAD files can reportedly be opened in half the time Three new capabilities have been added to the 2017 edition of PartXplore, the high-speed…

Dyson to open own fee free university to tackle skills gap

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 7, 2016

The Dyson R&D Campus will become home to 25 students of the company’s own Institute of Technology The Dyson Institute of Technology is soon to offer an alternative to traditional…

Studio 317 bring 3D prototyping to sports apparel industry with new partnership

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 7, 2016

The small Portland facility Studio 317 will expand to help develop prototyping and manufacturing solutions for an activewear clothing giant Studio–317, a prototyping and innovation workspace for the apparel industry,…

Bumper MSC launch day sees latest versions of Nastran, Pastran and Marc for simulation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2016

Engineering nonlinear and multi physics simulation software Marc 2016 gets some of the biggest updates from MSC MSC Software has announced new releases of some of its key simulation and…

Vero Edgecam 2017 adds nearly 50 new features for CAM functionality

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 10, 2016

The new 2017 release of Edgecam introduces a Tombstone module for assembling pre-existing parts on a defined mounting device The latest version of Vero Edgecam brings just under 50 items…

‘Hire hackers’ is advice after Philips IoT lightbulbs ‘worm’ suggests big companies vulnerable

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 10, 2016

A group of researchers claim that they have created a worm that can set off a chain reaction through nearby Philips Hue lightbulbs Having already seen what can happen when…