Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

SolidCAM adds robotics integration with Octopuz

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 30, 2017

Offline robotic programming and simulation software Octopuz has partnered with SolidCAM to offer users the ability to program, simulate and generate code for multiple robots, simultaneously, with support for most…

Re-design for London’s hire bikes keeps Great British heritage and upgrades tech

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 31, 2017

The redesign has been carried out by England’s longest established cycle manufacturer, Pashley Cycles The all-new design for London’s Santander-branded hire bikes – otherwise known as ‘Boris Bikes’ – has…

Crowdfunder to work with The Design Council to bring new UK designs to life and to market

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 1, 2017

Project financing site, Crowdfunder, has announced a new partnership with the The Design Council’s Spark 2018 initiative to support and encourage UK businesses to design innovative new products and get…

Anti Copying In Design ‘Name and Shame’ campaign highlights worst design rip-offs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 2, 2017

Spot the difference between these products – everything from furniture, toys and prints are being allegedly copied Original design, or blatant copy? The Anti Copying In Design (ACID) campaign has…

FloEFD gets upgrades to bring CFD analysis to the front of design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 2, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/3ohBVtBIO7aLi5imyI Mentor has announced the latest release of its front-loading FloEFD Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) product with new functionality for geometry handling, physics and results visualisation. Looking to enable fast…

Materialise Magics 22 looks to hit industrial 3D printing’s automation and optimisation sweet spot

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2017

New honeycomb feature in Materialise Magics 22 The new updates to the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, including Magics 22 and Inspector 3, look to speed up the 3D printing…

HP’s new 3D printing system upgrade targets injection moulding industry, adds new materials

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2017

End-part manufacturing is the goal for HP’s 3D printing aspirations HP hopes that its new high-volume 3D printing ‘system upgrade’, billed HP Jet Fusion 3D 4210, plus an expansion of…

Gerber partners with Avametric for AR and 3D visualisation of apparel and soft goods

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2017

The partnership between Gerber Technologies and Avametric aims to create an end-to-end 3D workflow Gerber Technology has announced a major partnership with Avametric, fabric simulation and 3D consumer applications experts,…

Amazing automation from Goliath redesigns the workshop CNC

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 10, 2017

https://giphy.com/embed/3o6fISIpJ5x1raPCFi Portable, covering a huge work area, and for a price shading under $2k, the Goliath CNC machine is unlike any other. First off the bat, this isn’t a tool…

Onshape makes 12 learning plans free online

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 10, 2017

The Onshape Learning Center has opened up 12 of its self-paced online training courses to subscribers of its Public and EDU plans – giving students, open-source designers and anyone who…