Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Autodesk announces $100M war chest to fund future of 3D printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 30, 2014

Autodesk’s Ember 3D printer is only the tip of the company’s push into the 3D printing sphere Autodesk has announced that it intends to invest up to $100 million in…

Latest Star-CCM+ simulation readies users for ‘new level of understanding’ in 2015

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 31, 2014

Partial wrapping and extended overset mesh capabilities deliver added realism in modelling with Star-CCM+ CD-adapco has released its latest Star-CCM+ software, aiming to get simulations closer to the final product…

Teach Yourself: Flatten surfaces in SolidWorks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 31, 2014

Picking up the latest abilities in a new software release can be a time consuming trawl, so let us help you with this video tutorial on how to simply flatten…

3D Scanning: Fuel3D expanding operations to the tune of £4m

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 4, 2014

The handheld scanner is set for a commercial launch in 2015 One of our favourite low-cost 3D scanners, Fuel3D, has secured £4 million in expansion funding, leaving it looking across…

Caffeine kicks with TS Design and the single cup Coffee Gourmet filter

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 7, 2014

A single cup of blessed joy – simplified filter coffee by the cup thanks to Coffee Gourmet Amongst the unabashed vices all at DEVELOP3D labour around our necks like family…

Headphone heroes: British design makes the tangles go away

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 7, 2014

Mous is the form-fitting phone case that has an inbuilt headphone winder Death and taxes are one thing, but it’s inevitable that at some point in life the cord on…

Dassault Systèmes user event: Live Blog

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 11, 2014

Bernard Charles will be on stage later today! That’s it for us here in Vegas. Scroll to the bottom of the page if you want to replay the whole two-day…

National Freelancer Day: How are things looking for product designers?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 19, 2014

The number of product designers doing freelance work is increasing The workplace is changing, and freelance 3D designers are no longer an anomaly in the system: new technology is benefitting…

This bullet-proof safe for wristwatches is over-design nirvana

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 20, 2014

Ballistic steel outer to keep your precious things safe inside I’m sure we all woke up this morning with the same problem: our million dollar watch collection being targeted by…

Update: Reports of $60m Lagoa acquisition dismissed by Autodesk

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 20, 2014

Reports in the Canadian media suggest that Autodesk has acquired Lagoa for around $60m UPDATE: After going straight to the source at Autodesk, we’ve been told that they haven’t acquired…