Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Autodesk University 2014: Main session live blog

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 2, 2014

Depending on who’s writing we’re in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, or on a sofa in East London Welcome, wherever you are to Autodesk University 2014, the titular software company’s colossal…

First look: MSC Nastran 2014

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 3, 2014

Nastran 2014 has improved its ability to simulate flexibility in defining combinations of load cases MSC Nastran 2014 has been announced, giving the simulation software new solver embedded fatigue functionality…

Autodesk VRED now supported by render manager Qube

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 3, 2014

The ability to leverage real-time clusters for animation rendering makes Qube ideal for VRED animations Render farm management solutions firm PipelineFX has become the first render management software to support…

PNY boost warranty period on all Nvidia pro GPUs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 3, 2014

The latest Quadro family line is protected by the new PNY extended 5-year warranty PNY Technologies has announced the availability of an extended five-year warranty on its range of Nvidia…

BT steps in to help STEM curriculum with computing skills

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 3, 2014

With more STEM skills, and a focus on computational thinking, it’s hoped that Britain will produce not only more inventors, but engineers, mathematicians and scientists Following on from yesterday’s launch…

SimplySim and Icona Solutions become Optis Imagine and Optis Pristine

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 4, 2014

Icona Solutions has been renamed Optis Pristine following its acquisition by Optis Optis has announced the renaming of its two recent acquisitions, perceived quality improvement solution Icona Solutions and 3D…

The Weekender: Experience isn’t everything

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 5, 2014

HP’s 3D printing technology is based on decades old technology, however, a new breed of technologies are coming and they’re not held back by the constraints of ‘experience’ High on…

‘Dynamic Motion’ toolpaths heads new MasterCAM X8 features

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 8, 2014

Dynamic Cutting heads up the list of new features in MasterCAM X8 CNC Software has announced MasterCAM X8 is to contain a new suite of programming tools focused on delivering…

Apple files patents for 3D laser scanning technology in its handsets

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 8, 2014

Apple apparently plans to fit a laser scanner into its handsets Tech giant Apple has filed patents to implant 3D laser scanning technology into its mobile devices. Using a method…

Shark FX for SubD modelling bites back with version 9

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 9, 2014

New quad mesh tools enabling conceptual design based on quickly pushing and pulling a model into complex shapes The latest release of Shark FX is promising a versatile new way…