Into the fold Posted by DEVELOP3D - May 12, 2014 Using robots to bend, shape and fold sheet metal is bringing freedom to design. Stephen Holmes visits Robofold and becomes…
Review: SpaceClaim 2014 SP1 Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 28, 2014 SpaceClaim is maturing nicely and with its latest service pack update, brings a set of tools that extends several key…
3D printing: real tools please! Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 24, 2014 “Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook” sang Arctic Monkeys. Their singer hit the headlines for his speech…
Managing colour Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 13, 2014 Following on from last month's look at how colour influences design, Al Dean reports on how it can be managed…
More than meets the eye Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 12, 2014 At UK injection moulding specialist Rutland Plastics, VISI software is used for much more than merely designing mould tools
Review: Materialise Magics 18 Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 5, 2014 If you've never got to the business end of 3D printing you may think it's simply a case of output…
SpaceClaim Engineer 2014 Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 22, 2014 Leading the onslaught of direct modelling technology, SpaceClaim has been on the market a good eight years now. Al Dean…
The rise of manufacturing at The ‘desk: AU 2013 & CAM 360 Posted by Al Dean - December 19, 2013 Each year, the Autodesk faithful gather in Las Vegas to attend Autodesk University. This year saw nearly 7,000 folks fly…
On screen Posted by DEVELOP3D - December 19, 2013 With a Tebis CAM station at every milling machine in Unnaryd Modell's workshop, the Swedish company is reaping the benefits…
Siemens PLM NX 9 Posted by DEVELOP3D - December 17, 2013 When Siemens PLM introduced Synchronous Technology into NX five years ago, it not only rewrote how the system worked but…