Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Autodesk Fusion 360: September updates

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014

This month’s Autodesk Fusion 360 updates includes a variety of tool command improvements, such as better creasing behaviour in Sculpt workspace With annual updates now as passé as Miley Cyrus…

Automotive: Haas brings its machining might into F1 arena

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014

Following its sponsorship this season, Haas will take on the Ferrari V6 power plant for its own F1 team in 2016 Known for precision CNC machines with an edge of…

Hexagon Metrology’s latest Romer CMM offers portability for 3D measurement

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014

For measuring on the go, the Romer Absolute Arm 1.2m is a portable CMM The release of the Romer Absolute Arm 1.2m portable Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) sees the versatile…

Tungsten latest 3D printing material to light up interest

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014

Smit Röntgen has spent the last 10 years developing its Tungsten 3D printing process Philips-owned company Smit Röntgen has announced its ability to 3D print pure Tungsten parts – the…

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…