Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

MTC looking to heavily test HP’s 3D printing technology as first UK machine arrives

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 19, 2017

Engineers flock around the HP Jet Fusion 4200 on a recent open day at the MTC in Coventry A gauntlet of tests and scenarios are already being lined-up at the…

New UK workshop is ‘spilling the beans’ on additive manufacturing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 19, 2017

Croft Additive Manufacturing has launched a new industry workshop to support those wanting to find out more about metal 3D printing and its benefits, as well as a chance to…

Proto Labs Europe gets €4m refurb as demand for Advanced Manufacturing grows

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 21, 2017

Current and projected customer demand has seen a €4m outlay proposed for new machinery and expanding premises across Proto Labs’ advanced manufacturing services across Europe. The company has already confirmed…

WATCH // NASA’s R&D back catalogue

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 21, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/54yzeA4OkvyLe Say goodbye to many, many, many, many hours of your life – once you’ve clicked the link, you’ve signed the contract to be engulfed by HUGE numbers of videos…

BETA pre- and post-processing CAE software tools get updates

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 24, 2017

BETA CAE Systems has announced its new Ansa/Epilysis/Meta suite v17.0.5, boosting performance for the multidisciplinary CAE pre- and post-processing tools. Ansa sees improvements to CAD translation when importing .igs files,…

FastEngineeringAnalysis.com offers on demand cloud simulation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 24, 2017

Built around a core simulation application, FastEngineeringAnalysis.com‘s service is claiming meshing and simulation times reduced by ‘at least 50 per cent’ via the user’s set of Virtual Machines. The service…

Latest version of Vero WorkXplore file viewer can be downloaded from the web

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 24, 2017

WorkXplore 2017 R1’s curvature analysis Vero Software’s 3D CAD viewer and analyser WorkXplore, which can open all file types and sizes at high speed, is now available for trial and…

Foundry targets next generation of visualisation content with latest Nuke and Hiero releases

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 25, 2017

Versions 11.0 of Nuke and Hiero, the latest releases from Foundry, have been launched with a focus on how visualisation teams collaborate, and helping them gain the highest quality results,…

UPDATED – Onshape Update // July sees major new surfacing tools + Drawings tools

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 27, 2017

The Tangency option in the new Fill surfacing tool sets Onshape to create a surface that has continuity to the surfaces around it It seems that summer is for surfaces…

Gearbox for the shower proves a low cost water saving device

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 27, 2017

A tiny inbuilt gearbox allows users to monitor their water usage in ‘packets’ of 45 A ‘fit and forget’ device to be fitted between a shower-head and shower, or a…