Latest UK University Technical College opens: design + engineering for the next generation Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 9, 2014 Students at the school will be taught an extended curriculum, including a BTec in engineering Opened a hundred years ago…
Five things to see at 3D Printshow London Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 1, 2014 Featuring some of the most interesting 3D printing users, the 3D Printshow returns to London If there’s one thing that…
SolidProfessor now offering online 3ds Max training Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 29, 2014 New online courses for 3ds Max are now available from the former SolidWorks-focused site SolidProfessor An Autodesk 3ds Max professional…
3D Coat – for making your SubD CAD models dance Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 28, 2014 Retopology tools like 3D Coat reduce the number of polygons of SubD models, making them ready for animation As more…
SolidWorks, 3ds Max or any other 3D tool coming to your Chromebook soon? Posted by Greg Corke - August 26, 2014 SolidWorks running with VMware on a Chromebook. VMware, NVIDIA and Google are working together to deliver high-performance virtual desktops and…
AMD previews OpenCL ray trace renderer on Maya Posted by Greg Corke - August 25, 2014 AMD’s new OpenCL ray trace rendering technology delivers photorealistic output in seconds using high-end FirePro GPUs inside Autodesk Maya Siggraph…
DST SimWise 4D expands its offerings to include FEA, Optimisation and CAD integration Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 18, 2014 Despite calling itself a ‘value proposition’ DST SimWise 9.5 crams a lot into one package Billing itself as the ‘affordable…
SPEC pushes forward with new CAD-focused 3D benchmarks Posted by Greg Corke - August 15, 2014 Fulmine Concept car from the SPECapc benchmark for SolidWorks 2013 SPEC’s application performance characterization (SPECapc) group, the non-profit organisation that…
OTOY to put CAD in the cloud with X.IO app streaming service Posted by Greg Corke - August 14, 2014 OTOY’s OctaneRender software running via X.IO App Streaming OTOY is hoping to establish itself as a key component supplier for…
Dell embraces Haswell-EP Xeon E5 CPUs with new Precision workstations Posted by Greg Corke - August 12, 2014 In addition to launching new workstations, Dell has also extended the reach of its Dell Precision Performance Optimizer (DPPO) software…