Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Britain’s origins shown through ‘Cheddar Man’ brought to life with 3D tech

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 13, 2018

The reconstruction of the Cheddar Man, a clay sculpt upon a digitally produced skull base. [credit: Tom Barnes/Channel 4] The 10,000 year old ‘Cheddar Man’, the oldest almost complete skeleton…

Discovery Live gets full commercial release from Ansys

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 13, 2018

After a five-month long technology preview, Ansys has finally launched its ‘Pervasive Engineering Simulation’ tool Discovery Live to anyone who wishes to use it Its capabilities for realtime solving of…

Snugs – Custom earphones

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2018

Custom earphones were unimaginable only a few years ago, yet thanks to a fully digital workflow, Snugs is now tapping a potential global market of over 2.5 billion people. Stephen…

Altair heats-up its interest in cooling with TES acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2018

ElectroFlo’s applications range from consumer electronics to automotive, like the Bussed Electrical Center (BEC) shown here Michigan-based TES International is the latest simulation software company to be acquired by Altair,…

Crystallon open source project helps create lattice structures in Rhino and Grasshopper

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 26, 2018

An open source lattice generation tool, Crystallon, has been developed for Rhino CAD software without the need to export to an third-party software, and has been made available for free…

Ledas advances its Cloud kernel coupling by integrating with C3D Toolkit

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 28, 2018

Ledas, a Russian provider of software development services for the likes of Dassault Systemes and Cimatron, has announced its Cloud platform has taken another positive step with the ‘smooth integration’…

Composites abilities take centre stage in MSC Apex ‘Harris Hawk’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 28, 2018

MSC Apex model of a composite layup airplane structure MSC Apex’s latest release, Harris Hawk, is targeting a unique composite modeling and simulation experience that closely mimics the steps of…

Formula Student adds ‘driverless cars’ race category in its 20th year

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 28, 2018

Formula Student, the student racing car event run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), will see 130 student teams from over 30 countries take part in July 2018. Celebrating…

Stratasys sneaks out word of its metals 3D printing technology

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 28, 2018

Stratasys’ jetting technology is primed to deliver metals 3D printed parts – though will it resemble anything like its J750 3D printer? Stratasys has announced the development of a new…