L’Easy Rider Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 16, 2009 A new design engineering consulting firm, Velo Science, is applying the same software used by Formula 1 racing teams to…
Teaching old dogs new tricks Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 20, 2009 Recession, depression, whatever you want to call it, it’s upon us. Skilling up on the latest CAD software can help…
Turbocharging design and manufacturing Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 24, 2009 Al Dean visits Napier Turbochargers, a company that has recently undergone a management buyout and is currently rethinking its product…
SpacePilot Pro Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 12, 2009 Devices specifically developed for the 3D modelling user are few and far between and the leader of the pack is…
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…
Solid Edge with ST2 Posted by DEVELOP3D - June 26, 2009 This summer Siemens PLM Software is set to launch the second Solid Edge release based on its new Synchronous Technology.…
Spatial to help CAD/CAM/CAE software developers take advantage of multiple CPU cores Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2009 Applications running Spatial’s new ACIS thread technology should thrive on multi-core workstations, such as this beast of a machine from…
South of the river Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 31, 2009 As the financial crisis hits all areas of the industry, Stephen Holmes heads to one of the Capital's most CAD…
IronCAD Next Generation Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 11, 2009 IronCAD has been a leader in direct modelling methodologies for many years, but the latest release sees this enhanced with…
In search of Elegance #2: Siemens NX 7.0 + HD3D Posted by Al Dean - October 14, 2009 Consider the single speed bicycle – it’s a seemingly complex arrangement of steel tubes, mechanical linkages, spoken wheels, gearing, pneumatic…