Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Envisiontec’s sand casting 3D printer utilises robotic automation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 1, 2017

Automation for 3D printing has taken another step with EnvisionTec getting in on the act with its Viridis3D robotic system for sand casting. Using a patent-pending technology, a proprietary print…

EOS sets out to tackle industry standards for metals 3D printing with IndustryLine Stainless Steel

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 5, 2017

Stainless Steel 17-4PH is hardly the stuff to get pulses racing, but EOS has identified this metal alloy powder as a key component in forming industry standards for metals 3D…

‘Full colour’ desktop FDM printing unveiled by XYZprinting

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 5, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/wR0FVagbB6oIU XYZprinting has announced its 3D Color Jet technology which enables its Da Vinci Color 3D printer to mix and fire CMYK colour droplets onto PLA filament to produce full…

HP launches new footwear solution and ties with Siemens NX

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 7, 2017

A Fit Station foot scanner HP is driving its Multi Jet Fusion technology hard as a production-ready commercial 3D printing system, and today it has made further announcements, on top…

Massivit shows scale of 3D printing for retail marketing with giant prints

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 7, 2017

This larger-than-life, two-metre tall sports shoe was 3D printed by a Swiss model making bureau as a concept piece to show the scale of a single build on a Massivit…

British Design Fund announces first wave of funding recipients

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2017

A portable rocking device that attaches to any pushchair has received BDF funding The British Design Fund has announced the recipients of its first wave of backing from its fund…

Ledas announces platform for building Cloud CAD apps

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2017

Ledas has unveiled its new cloud platform for 3D modelling which can act as a basis for developing various cloud CAD/PLM and AEC/BIM applications. According to Ledas, the platform combines…

Voxeljet unveils ‘High Speed Sintering’ 3D printing system

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2017

So far focused on tooling and pattern making applications, Voxeljet has announced the release of its first 3D printing system based on its new High Speed Sintering (HSS) process. Already…

Onshape Update // September brings tabs, fillets and reliefs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 12, 2017

The new variable Fillet command in Onshape The fine-tuning of Onshape continues apace as the month of September has collated a big group of updates to some of the smaller…

Modo VR pops out of Foundry Research with fully immersive design content creation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 12, 2017

Modo VR has moved the Modo Viewport from the monitor and into VR headsets, with the Foundry’s Beta software placing creations into real life scale and perspective. Built on the…