Design technology ain’t what it used to be. Or is it? Posted by Al Dean - September 7, 2015 With his lad off to secondary school and soon to be studying Product Design, Al Dean has been feeling nostalgic.…
EXCLUSIVE: Autodesk extends Fusion Fast Track program to UK & Nordics Posted by Al Dean - September 15, 2015 Last month, Autodesk announced a US focussed program for SolidWorks users, to tempt them to give its Fusion 360 system…
Sub-£1,000 robot MakerArm plotting a course on Kickstarter Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 8, 2015 Multi-tasking robot of your dreams? Desktop automation from MakerArm This low-cost robotic arm is a multitasking marvel on a desktop…
Autodesk pushes Inventor 2016 R2 update Posted by Al Dean - October 12, 2015 Autodesk is integrating its browser-based ForceEffect (also on the iPad) directly into Inventor Looks like Autodesk is making a bit…
Autodesk launches Project Leopard: Fusion 360 in the browser Posted by Al Dean - November 11, 2015 The Fusion in the browser UI. Some differences to the client-based Fusion, but it’s pretty similar – also worth noting…
Frame: Running CAD in a browser Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 16, 2015 2015 has been a big year for 'browser CAD' platform provider Frame, rolling out its first end-user service and getting…
AU2015 – 5 things we learned Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 4, 2015 The big US-based software user conferences are always interesting to attend, but when it comes to sheer size and scale,…
Taking student design to new heights Posted by DEVELOP3D - December 10, 2015 Australia's Deakin University is hoping to revive the country's ailing manufacturing sector with a new design-led agenda for engineering students…
AU2015 – Press Q+A with Autodesk top brass Posted by Martyn Day - December 16, 2015 As is traditional practice at AU, Autodesk held an afternoon session featuring key executives to give an overview of the…
Cutting costs: Low-cost CAM Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 20, 2016 With the rise of more affordable CNC tools, there's also a growing need for smaller scale, efficient CAM tools. Al…