Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

3D Printing: New machines in Stratasys Objet Connex range give three materials magic

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014

Stratasys has expanded the Objet500 Connex range with two new 3D printers Stratasys has upgraded its Objet Connex range with two new printers – the Objet500 Connex1 and Connex2 –…

Apple ‘iWatch’ preview? How about a D3D LIVE talk from an expert wearables team Zero360?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 9, 2014

See if you can pick up any hints of what to expect from today’s Apple product launch from expert wearables designers Zero360 At DEVELOP3D Live in April this year we…

Latest UK University Technical College opens: design + engineering for the next generation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 9, 2014

Students at the school will be taught an extended curriculum, including a BTec in engineering Opened a hundred years ago to service Cumbria’s booming steel industry, Workington Technical College is…

SolidWorks 2015 announced: 90% of updates ‘customer requests’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2014

An automatic flatten feature in SolidWorks 2015 can help improve manufacturability of products with compound curvature Dassault Systèmes’ widely used SolidWorks 3D design CAD software is ready for 2015, with…

Simulation: Next generation CAE promised by MSC’s ‘Predator Project’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2014

MSC’s new CAE software, codenamed ‘Predator Project’ potentially has a great-looking user interface, but promises even more under the bonnet Google ‘Predator Project’ and a litany of things will crop…

Digital manufacturing: Local Motors’ 3D printed car

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2014

The final steps are being taken to the completion of Local Motors’ collaboratively designed 3D printed car Local Motors is taking its final steps towards completing its first full scale…

Young designers battle to create Queen Elizabeth Prize trophy

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014

17-year-old Joseph Waggott’s entry makes the shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering’s ‘Create the Trophy’ Competition Nine young designers and engineers are on the shortlist for The Queen…

Heavyweight machining advice up on the Cloud

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014

Spring Technologies has partnered with Machining Cloud to get cutting-tool manufacturer data and knowledge straight to the CAM user Users of CNC machining simulation and cutting-tool management software NCSIMUL might…

Aerospace: Boeing upgrade with MSC for simulation demands

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014

The new contract will mean Boeing has been using MSC software for 40 years Boeing’s use of simulation tools from MSC has been extended and upgraded as the aerospace giant…

GrabCAD hit the movies helping to realise Terry Gilliam’s sic-fi designs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014

Terry Gilliam’s latest Sci-Fi epic was assisted in the prop-building stage by GrabCAD’s Workbench collaboration tool Fans of the batshit-crazy otherworldliness Sci-Fi of Terry Gilliam films will already know that…