News

Giant Rolls Royce turbofan engine design gets £2M grant for topology optimisation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 21, 2017

The next generation of Rolls Royce UltraFan engine architecture has received a £1.998M grant from the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)…

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Old VW gets a future facelift with 3D printed front-end by Altair and EOS

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 30, 2017

In its bid to convince the automotive world to stop bashing out bits of steel and to do something altogether…

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Koenigsegg’s epic detail runs right down to its custom, metals 3D printed, window washer jets

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 6, 2017

By now we’re used with seeing Koenigsegg rolling state-of-the-art hypercars off its hand-assembled Swedish production line; designs where no part…

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News

GKN launches Additive division as ‘signal of intent’ + Partners with GE Additive

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 16, 2017

Global aerospace and automotive engineering group GKN has pulled its global 3D printing activity together into one new brand: GKN…

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Features

Form + function

Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 30, 2017

A multidisciplinary team use the front-end structure of a classic VW Caddy to demonstrate the potential of industrial 3D printing…

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News

Laminates and composites FEA analysis targeted by MSC Nastran 2018

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 20, 2017

Simulating pre-stressing and fan blade out of a jet engine in Nastran 2018 Nastran 2018.0 will bring ‘new assembly modeling…

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Comment

Sparking-off ideas

Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 22, 2017

A recent event brought to the fore the challenges that the electrification of vehicles is bringing to engineering and design.…

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Antycip Simulation opens new VR centre in UK for engineering solutions

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 4, 2017

Virtual Reality and 3D immersive solutions integrator, Antycip Simulation, has announced its new UK demo centre in its Adderbury office,…

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Reviews

Review: Siemens PLM NX 12

Posted by Al Dean - January 18, 2018

Siemens' NX is the design and engineering tool of choice at some of the most advanced organisations on the planet,…

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The trouble with topology optimisation

Posted by Al Dean - January 23, 2018

Additive manufacturing promises to shift part design to a more efficient state, but we still need to ensure that these…

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