Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

3D Systems Figure 4 jets in to USAF R&D program

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 27, 2018

US Air Force legacy aircraft, like the B-52 bomber, could be the beneficiary of the latest stage of research into 3D printing for maintenance Aircraft maintenance and legacy parts is…

CGP Design – Big Designs for Bosnia

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 27, 2018

How a design studio in Bosnia is helping tackle its nation's brain drain through teaching the latest design and engineering skills to award-winning levels, thanks to a boost to its…

Cloud-based machine design software adds automatic plastic panels ordering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 2, 2018

Vention’s cloud-based machine design platform is taking further steps to close the production process by equipping its MachineBuilder with the ability to automatically create custom plastic panels based on surrounding…

Carbon bounces traditional foams out the window with new ‘bulk buy’ EPU 41 material

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 2, 2018

EPU 41 is the latest functional material ready for use straight off Carbon’s 3D printers Carbon’s library of tunable elastomer lattices and software tools has been boosted further by the…

Onshape Update // May adds organisational tools and shortcuts

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 8, 2018

May sees a new keyboard shortcut function for fast switching between tabs The regular onslaught of updates resumes with May’s list of functionality improvements, organisational tools and some nifty shortcuts.…

IoT tool TeamViewer integrates with PTC’s ThingWorx for remote access

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 9, 2018

TeamViewer, a software provider for IoT, connectivity, monitoring, support, and team collaboration, has announced that its remote access solution is now integrated into PTC’s ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform. The move…

WorkXplore 2018 R2 speeds up file opening and updates help functionality

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 10, 2018

Colour has been added to enhance surface faces Vero has released an updated version of WorkXplore, completely updating its online help in the latest version to include new icons along…

US Navy shipyard adopts 3D Systems additive manufacturing for next generation vessels

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 10, 2018

Newport News Shipbuilding is the sole builder of US Naval aircraft carriers 3D Systems has announced its collaboration with Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) to qualify its metal additive manufacturing technologies…

NextSense acquired by Hexagon, adds auto compensate skills for 3D scanning

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 16, 2018

Non-contact profile measurement and surface inspection firm NextSense has been added to the expansive portfolio of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. Headquartered in Graz, Austria, NextSense is best known for its…

Altair gets the nod to distribute GE’s engine system modelling tool

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 16, 2018

Flow Simulator model of a GE aircraft engine Altair and GE have signed a multi-year software agreement making the former the exclusive distributor for GE’s Flow Simulator software. The comprehensive…