Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Space: Manufacturing for up in the stars gets lighter with every design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 7, 2014

Sentinel-5 Precursor is scheduled for launch in 2016 to monitor the atmosphere from polar orbit. The satellite will carry the Tropospheric Ozone Monitoring Instrument, Tropomi, which has parts redesigned to…

Education: How to teach the teachers?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 8, 2014

Black Country Atelier teaches children about design through 3D CAD and 3D printing, but is seeing a rise in school teachers needing training When stood at our fine DEVELOP3D trade…

Teach Yourself: Intro to brick meshing for FEA or CFD analysis in Ansys

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 8, 2014

It might not seem immediately important to a newcomer to analysis software, but the way you mesh your solid model ready for simulation can make a big difference. A solid…

3D Scanning: New laser-based imaging system can create HD surface maps from over 10 metres away

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 9, 2014

The new technology can create a 3D image of about one million pixels in less than 8.5 minutes, from 10.5m away Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology…

Transport: PriestmanGoode’s new designs for London Underground trains

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 9, 2014

Design agency PriestmanGoode has launched its visualisation for its planned redesign of the New Tube for London passenger trains PriestmanGoode is working with Transport for London on the design vision…

Sketching: Autodesk celebrates 5 years of Sketchbook mobile with all new version

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 9, 2014

Info To celebrate its fifth birthday, Autodesk has updated the Sketchbook Mobile App Digital sketching is more often becoming the first thing a designer does when conceptualising a product, so…

Workstation Special Guide 2014 – Your free download

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 10, 2014

Download our essential guide to the latest professional hardware for free Now is a great time to be looking to buy a new workstation for CAD/CAM/CAE or design visualisation. Download…

IMechE pay tribute to the spark of the Industrial Revolution for Engineering Heritage Award

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 10, 2014

The Old Furnace was used in 1709 by Abraham Darby to pioneer the use of coke as a fuel for smelting iron, an innovation that sparked the beginning of the…

DesignSense launches DSTools for tool-design in SolidWorks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2014

DesignSense has launched its first add-on product for simplified tool design in SolidWorks Bangalore-based DesignSense Software Technologies has launched the first of its software range for tool-design in SolidWorks. There’s…

Vero’s Radan adds in 180 enhancements to latest version of the sheet metal software

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 13, 2014

The latest edition of Vero Radan pushes on from being merely a sheet-metal CAM tool, with enhancements linking all its connected product On a lonely winter’s night it must be…