Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

NAFEMS World Congress – biennial global event to be held in San Diego

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 29, 2014

NAFEMS’ 2015 event will cover all the major changes in software, hardware, and techniques for simulation and analysis in engineering The biannual NAFEMS World Congress (WC) has announced San Diego…

Jaguar buys back its legacy – classic designs returning home to inspire a new generation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 29, 2014

Put up for sale for £100million, Jaguar has bought this collection of rare and antique cars Jaguar Land Rover has purchased the largest-known privately owned collection of British classic cars…

Direct editing STL files for engineering models enhanced by Materialise 3-maticSTL 9.0

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 6, 2014

Using 3-matic, 3D texturing can be applied directly to the STL file, giving flexibility to quickly change and preview 3D textured components without having to go back to traditional 3D…

Dell provides the hardware for 2014 Commonwealth Games glory

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 6, 2014

Powering to victory: Dell supplied all the computer hardware for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Now the dust has finally settled on the rip-roaring success of Glasgow 2014, Dell will…

Baking cakes is for old ladies – schools should get involved with The Great British Make Off

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 7, 2014

A new schools competition, the Great British Make Off is setting a design challenge around cycling The Design & Technology Association is teaming up with leading UK designers to get…

Got the horn – Swedish university 3D prints a nylon saxophone

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 8, 2014

Printed using an SLS 3D printer, this saxophone weighs only 25 per cent of a standard instrument Our favourite musically-tinged professor, Olaf Diegel, has been 3D printing yet more musical…

Swatch strips back time – 51 components, five modules, one hermetically sealed case

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2014

Reducing the usual 130-plus mechanical watch components, the Sistem51 has got that number down to a mere 51 Swatch has always been associated with fun wristwear design, but the Swiss…

3D scan kiosk – GOM’s automated solution-in-a-box might have uses other than sprocket measuring

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2014

The ATOS ScanBox allows for highly detailed scanning with a simple interface Automation in the everyday working world is a beautiful thing – let a robot take the strain while…

Design + Engineering Software Reviews – 2014 so far

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 12, 2014

Check out our 2014 software reviews – including the latest updates to Autodesk Fusion 360 Here at DEVELOP3D we pride ourselves on our independent reviews – and boy do we…

Modo gets V-Ray rendering ability

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 12, 2014

Vray integration is available for The Foundry’s products for the first time In response to what The Foundry is billing as “artist and designer demands”, Chaos Group and The Foundry…