Inventor 2010 partner bandwagon starts a rolling Posted by Al Dean - March 25, 2009 Things have started gearing in the add-on application space this week, following Autodesk’s launch of Inventor 2010, with several partner…
Geomagic close the reverse engineering loop Posted by Al Dean - March 31, 2009 While I’m sworn to secrecy regarding the next release of Geomagic’s line of reverse engineering or, as they would have…
Dock of the bay Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 1, 2009 On a recent trip to the docks, instead of rubbing shoulders with sailors, Stephen Holmes found himself in the company…
NEi Fusion Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 9, 2009 Al Dean reports on NEi's standalone simulation package, which uses the foundation of SolidWorks, one of the leading modelling packages,…
Autodesk 2010 product preview Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 10, 2009 Just as we were going to press, Al Dean shot off to Portland, home of Autodesk's Manufacturing Solutions division, to…
Efficiency in product development – horses for courses Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 10, 2009 A variety of tools are needed to drive efficiency in product development but while technology often gets in the way…
Intel Xeon 5500 processor Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 15, 2009 While Core i7 brought CAD/CAM/CAE and design visualisation users a first glimpse of Intel's revolutionary new Nehalem CPU architecture, it…
PNY Nvidia Quadro FX testing Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2009 Nvidia recently updated its CAD-focused Quadro FX family of professional graphics cards. Greg Corke put all four cards through their…
Product design – understanding physical constraints Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 12, 2009 Improperly constrained parts can suffer from undesired induced stresses and failures from poor fit. Joe Moak makes his DEVELOP3D debut…
Inventor Fusion Part I: Inventor Fusion – getting started and creating geometry Posted by Al Dean - June 25, 2009 Perhaps the most eagerly awaited bit of technology in the last few months has been Inventor Fusion. This is Autodesk’s…