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Honda’s ‘3D printed car’ takes most sensible path yet

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 24, 2016

The adorable Honda delivery EV concept Honda’s design for a future electric urban delivery van is so achingly cute, it…

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Bumper MSC launch day sees latest versions of Nastran, Pastran and Marc for simulation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2016

Engineering nonlinear and multi physics simulation software Marc 2016 gets some of the biggest updates from MSC MSC Software has…

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Mentor Graphics continues to push FloEFD to the front of the design process with version 16

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 18, 2016

A range of new CFD simulation features in FloEVD v16 continue with the software’s aim of ‘frontloading’ analysis towards the…

Manufacturing

Retro style

Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 21, 2016

French sports car manufacturer PGO Automotive may be small but an investment in a combination of software and hardware improved…

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Watch // Repurposing F1 cars as art

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 29, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/13U3KRo0oR0Ft6 To celebrate the career of F1 driver Jenson Button, Channel 4 commissioned former F1 race team chief mechanic Alastair…

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Winner of Le Mans 2030 Global Design Competition adds driverless element

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 30, 2016

Tao Ni’s winning entry, Infiniti Le Mans 2030 The global ‘Le Mans 2030’ 2017 Michelin Challenge Design has been won…

Profiles

Race ready

Posted by DEVELOP3D - December 15, 2016

Tanya Weaver heads over to Sunbury-on-Thames to visit West Surrey Racing to discover what it takes to transform the BMW…

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Adidas Speedfactory to reshore German brand’s manufacturing with tech-heavy facility

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 17, 2017

The Adidas Speedfactory will reshore some of the brand’s manufacturing Sportswear manufacturer Adidas is creating a new digital manufacturing factory…