Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Ansys acquires Dynardo to add its simulation and optimisation tools into Minerva

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2019

ANSYS has announced that it is to acquire Dynardo, a provider of simulation process integration and design optimisation (PIDO) technology, which should allow users to identify optimal product designs faster…

EOS launches Digital Foam program with software and QA partners

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 29, 2019

A hub of technologies, orchestrated by EOS is looking to connect CAD, materials, part qualification, and additive manufacturing to replace foams used in a wide variety of industries. The benefits…

Radan Designer launches as specialist sheet metal CAD/CAM from Hexagon

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 29, 2019

Hexagon is billing its new Radan Designer software as a pivotal part of Radan’s functionality as the “ultimate solution for taking geometry through to manufacture”, even allowing full CAD assemblies…

JCB picks up Dewar Trophy for outstanding engineering for a second time

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 1, 2019

Earlier this week we were lucky enough to be invited to The Royal Automobile Club as it awarded the prestigious Dewar Trophy to JCB for it’s electric-powered mini excavator. The…

Inkbit’s ‘AI managed’ Additive Manufacturing platform gets funding to scale

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 4, 2019

Inkbit's multi-material jetting additive manufacturing platform, which uses machine vision and AI to correct systematic errors and compensate for material shrinkage and distortion, has come further into focus following funding…

Neural Interface Research at Imperial College

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 6, 2019

Mindblowing neural interface research at Imperial College London is moving along at speed, thanks to rapid design iteration using 3D printing. Stephen Holmes headed into the labs to find out…

Cerebra – Back in the saddle thanks to a 3D scanned riding helmet

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 6, 2019

A custom riding helmet, created with the help of 3D scanning, has enabled a little girl to canter on in a sport she adores, as Stephen Holmes reports

Microsoft HoloLens 2 // First Look Review

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 20, 2019

Microsoft has updated its mixed reality headset, releasing a more comfortable and engaging product - but its best trick is the Azure cloud connectivity that brings big data to the…

Upgraded IT makes for faster F1

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 2, 2020

How F1 team Racing Point’s first steps to upgraded design and engineering began with virtualising its IT system for faster CAD and cars

Grohe – How 3D printing makes new designs flow

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 16, 2019

Grohe's latest bathroom fittings are part luxury, part optical illusion. Stephen Holmes learns how the company's adoption of 3D printing is helping its ambitious designs to flow