Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

£1.2m grant sees Grainger & Worrall increase its hi-tech manufacturing performance

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 24, 2014

Grainger & Worrall have received a £1.2m grant, which will be used to continue its future technical innovations UK metal castings firm Grainger & Worrall (G&W) has been awarded a…

Gerber AccuMark 10 moving garment development and pattern making into 3D

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2014

Gerber is gearing up to move the 2D pattern cutting industry into using its 3D tools Gerber Technology has announced its new integrated 3D solution for garment development and pattern…

Formlabs announces castable, flexible resins

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2014

The new cartable resin should burn out cleanly, without ash or residue, capturing crisp, precise details, and smooth surfaces FormLabs has announced a new family of high-performance functional resins, allowing…

HP Launch Live: Multi-Jet Fusion, ’10-times faster 3D Printing’, and Sprout scanner/projector combo

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 29, 2014

Today HP launched MultiJet Fusion 3D printing, and its Sprout hardware HP has finally unveiled its new 3D printing technology for industry – ’10 times faster than technology that’s already…

3D Systems offer new Geomagic Sculpt with new Touch device

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 30, 2014

The 3D Systems Touch haptic controller comes as part of the sub $4k package 3D Systems has launched a new 3D modelling software, which includes a haptic 3D stylus to…

HSMWorks 2015 CAM for SolidWorks announced

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 30, 2014

HSMWorks 2015 offers support for the latest high-end workstations, meaning faster tollbooth calculations Autodesk has announced the release of HSMWorks 2015, its fully integrated CAM solution for users of SolidWorks…

IET appoints first female president

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 30, 2014

Naomi Climer, president of Sony Media Cloud Services will become IET President on 1 October 2015 The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that Naomi Climer, president of…

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…