Learning the Shaolin Buddha Bounce – optimising your render settings Posted by Al Dean - March 23, 2010 Rendering is something that many designers and engineers are adopting. The benefits are pretty well established, if you can show…
Designing and Engineering with the iPhone – there’s an app for that. etc. Posted by Al Dean - March 24, 2010 There’s been a lot of excitement around the iPhone since it was released, but its not until 2009 that the…
Simulation: A couple of thoughts on barriers to entry and adoption Posted by Al Dean - March 31, 2010 The ability to not only define the form of a product digitally, but to also simulate its performance and behaviour…
Those magnificent men in their flying machines Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 1, 2010 A Cambridgeshire product designer is well on the path to realising his dream of bringing back to life one of…
Laser guidance Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 2, 2010 Stephen Holmes travels to Belfast to find a prototyping bureau determined to change the preconception that business needs to be…
New software? Discoverability and a decent manual should help Posted by Al Dean - April 7, 2010 When using software for the first time, discoverability is important, but at the very least it needs to be backed…
Even better than the real thing? Posted by Stephen Holmes - April 7, 2010 Virtual reality has taken huge strides in recent years with immersive environments delivering imagery that is sharper than anything ever…
Making sustainable attainable Posted by Greg Corke - April 9, 2010 Carl Alviani caught up with Sarah Krasley and Dawn Danby, Autodesk’s resident sustainability experts, to talk about efficiency, recyclability and…
SolidWorks Sustainability Posted by Greg Corke - April 12, 2010 Al Dean continues his look at green design software with a review of a tool that offers Life Cycle Assessment…
Why are CAD systems so expensive? Posted by Greg Corke - April 14, 2010 Martyn Day examines this long standing can of worms and concludes that while the way we access the tools may…