Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

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…

First Look: PLM-integrated Moldex3D eDesignSYNC for NX

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2014

Moldex3D eDesignSYNC integrates into Siemens NX and Teamcentre Moldex3D’s new integrated Siemens NX flow simulation tool allows users to add plastic injection moulding technology directly into Teamcenter PLM data. It…

Autodesk joins structural and manufacturing simulation tools for composites analysis

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2014

Autodesk Simulation Composite Analysis can now interpret Moldflow information and combine it with structural analysis for more realistic simulation results Autodesk’s Simulation Composite Analysis is now able to interpret imported…

The Weekender: Britain is the most entrepreneurial nation in Europe

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2014

Leading the way for Europe, the UK is great for entrepreneurs From James Dyson-esque garden shed hardware start-ups, to the man in Liverpool city centre that does headstands into a…