Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

3D Systems comes out fighting for pro users with new multi-material 3D Printer and Geomagic Freeform

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 9, 2017

The new 3D Systems MJP ProJet 5600 multilateral 3D printer Among the company’s announcements at the giant US 3D printing show RAPID, 3D Systems launched its new SLA machine, the…

Stratasys takes Desktop Metal partnership ‘one step further’ with distribution activities

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 9, 2017

The Desktop Metal Studio product – part and support material is the same, but there’s a ceramic layer that enables super quick adn clean support breakaway – no bandsaws or…

New multi-cell, continuous 3D printing concept reinforces Stratasys aims for industrial scale

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 10, 2017

//giphy.com/embed/13HhYPsn6CANB6 The new Stratasys Continuous Build 3D Demonstrator has been shown in action for the first time, as Stratasys continues to innovate on an industrial scale to take 3D printing…

Availability of HP 3D printing technology to rise fast with new announcements

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 10, 2017

Availability of HP 3D printing technology should rapidly increase with the latest announcements The HP 3D printing story is still in its infancy, but its plans for 3D printing on…

Procter & Gamble wraps up product packaging design with new ‘Perfect Package’ workflow

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 11, 2017

Taking CAD design data straight through to becoming marketing material Consumer packaged goods is a fast-paced, competitive marketplace in which most purchase decisions are made in a matter of seconds,…

The value in IP

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 11, 2017

While much of the conversation surrounding Intellectual Property (IP) has been about its use to protect your design from others, it also has an important role in building the value…

3D Hubs wants to make metal parts 5x cheaper with new Polycast 3D printing materials

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 11, 2017

3D Hubs has partnered with castable materials producer Polycast and localised foundries to produce parts at low cost 3D Hubs has announced it is bringing low cost metal parts to…

New EOSPrint 2.0 built around data prep workflow for industrial 3D printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 15, 2017

A new plane segmentation allows the use of different layer thicknesses in one part, optimising it more easily for production Selective sintering expert EOS has unveiled its latest software for…

Autonomous vehicle software acquired by Hexagon

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 15, 2017

Vires has been building automotive simulation environments for over 20 years MSC Software, now part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has announced that it is to acquire Vires Simulationstechnologie GmbH,…

This cassette player transform’s your favourite hits into a badge of identity

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 16, 2017

Forget the hipster vinyl takeover, its time to get up in the loft, down to the charity shops, and dig around anywhere you might have left your old cassettes. Elbow…