Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

nViz adds Perceived Quality Review as plug-in for Autodesk VRED

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 16, 2018

The high-end visualisation of panel gaps is well established in automotive industry, having now scaled up to power walls, virtual reality software and even headsets. To validate gap and flush…

NASA Orion mission sets sights on taking 3D Printing into deep space

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 18, 2018

NASA’s Orion vehicle is set to take off with more than 100 3D printed parts out of the Additive Manufacturing Lab at Lockheed Martin in conjunction with Phoenix Analysis and…

Zortrax HEPA cover aims to improve 3D Prints and your safety

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 18, 2018

A filtering device that can be attached to the top of its M200 and M200 Plus 3D printers, has been launched by Zortrax to help reduce the amount of Ultra…

Artec Integrates 3D Scanners with Geomagic Freeform

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 19, 2018

Artec 3D has announced the integration of its portable, hand-held 3D scanners with 3D Systems’ Geomagic Freeform software, as the companies look to streamline reverse engineering workflows. Objects can now…

DEVELOP3D LIVE 2018 show report

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 23, 2018

This year's DEVELOP3D LIVE in the UK went off without a hitch and all who braved the weather enjoyed a packed agenda full of learning. Stephen Holmes reports some of…

Visionary Render 2 ramps up the possibilities for Industry 4.0

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 23, 2018

https://giphy.com/embed/1xlq4gIUz7aXFq2uVQ The latest version of Visionary Render, Virtalis’ flagship engineering VR software, offers the ability to share 3D models across an entire enterprise thanks to a new cloud-based structure. Built…

Flagship F900 range leads the way for Stratasys’ vision of the future factory

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 23, 2018

Stratasys has unveiled a range of new FDM 3D printing solutions designed to accelerate the use of additive manufacturing on the factory floor, led by its new F900 family. The…

Ford adopts Impossible Objects’s technology for composites R&D

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 24, 2018

Ford has purchased two of Impossible Objects’ Model One machines for its research and development teams, as it looks to enable complex composite parts manufacture at production speeds for the…

Jigs and Fixtures for GrabCAD Print automates 3D printing for factory floor jobs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 24, 2018

The use of 3D printing for creating custom jigs and fixtures, faster and cheaper that traditional milling processes, has been one of the biggest ‘wins’ for the technology to date,…

LulzBot launch Mini 2 with design advanced for desktop 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 24, 2018

‘Whisper-quiet’ operation and a build volume increase of approximately 20 per cent over the previous model with no increase in footprint should see the LulzBot Mini 2 find some admirers…