Virtual reality headsets Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 18, 2014 Oculus Rift may be the biggest player in the virtual reality (VR) headset market, but here Tanya Weaver takes a…
OnShape – Open up closed testing sign up Posted by Al Dean - September 16, 2014 Shiny new web-site. Model credit to Terry Stonehecker If there’s one thing that’s keeping the 3D design tool industry’s curiousity…
New micro radio-chip could see all kinds of products connected to IoT Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 16, 2014 At only a few millimetres, radio-on-a-chip technology like this Stanford University prototype could enable trillions of devices to connect to…
SolidThinking launch the Inspire Engineering Challenge for students Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 12, 2014 solidThinking’s free-to-download (student edition) Inspire software enables design engineers to generate and explore structurally efficient concepts such as this spring…
Tebis V3.5 – latest release gets multitasking upgrade for CAM Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 12, 2014 New in Tebis V3.5 release 7 is multi-pane technology, which makes it easier for the user to switch between files…
For model makers: The devil is in the detail Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 11, 2014 Ogle Models + Prototypes is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Tanya Weaver took a trip to its facility in…
Aerospace: Boeing upgrade with MSC for simulation demands Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014 The new contract will mean Boeing has been using MSC software for 40 years Boeing’s use of simulation tools from…
NextComputing offers Intel Xeon E5 v3 in luggable workstations Posted by Greg Corke - September 10, 2014 Want 36 CPU cores in a ‘mobile’ workstation? You got it! If you need to take your high-end CAD/CAM/CAE workstation…
Simulation: Next generation CAE promised by MSC’s ‘Predator Project’ Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2014 MSC’s new CAE software, codenamed ‘Predator Project’ potentially has a great-looking user interface, but promises even more under the bonnet…
SolidWorks 2015 announced: 90% of updates ‘customer requests’ Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2014 An automatic flatten feature in SolidWorks 2015 can help improve manufacturability of products with compound curvature Dassault Systèmes’ widely used…