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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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Optis releases OMS2 2018 for advanced visualisation material capture

Posted by Al Dean - November 30, 2017

Optis has released an update to its OMS2 system for creating accurate materials for reuse in visualisation and VR workflows.…

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Allegorithmic drops 3D printing & Additive materials into Substance Source

Posted by Al Dean - December 12, 2017

Masters of all things relating to material and texture design in CGI, Allegorithmic, has added an intriguing update to its…

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Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council 2018 awards open for entries

Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 3, 2018

Tom Rucker was awarded five Gold Awards at the 2017 Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design Awards for his piece the GEO.NIOT…

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Formlabs’ CES launch: glass filled resin & audiology workflow

Posted by Al Dean - January 8, 2018

Formlabs looks to have taken the opportunity of CES to launch a bunch of interesting things. Perhaps the most interesting…

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Features

Off-piste ski designs from UK manufacturer Whitedot

Posted by Tanya Weaver - January 11, 2018

For a product that features just a single component, skis are surprisingly complex to design. Tanya Weaver gets to grips…

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SolidWorks add-in for Nano Dimension means faster 3D printed circuit boards

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 5, 2018

3D printed circuitboards are now a direct step from SolidWorks A SolidWorks add-in for Nano Dimension’s DragonFly 2020 3D printer…

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Other Reading // LPW’s AM powders research

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 21, 2018

For anyone investigating the world of advanced manufacturing materials, the world of 3D printing powders for Selected Laser Melting (SLM)…

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Ansys to acquire Optis for light simulation

Posted by Al Dean - March 23, 2018

Looks like Ansys is back at the acquisition game (it hasn’t acquired anyone in four months) and this time, it’s…

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Chaos Group launches V-Ray for Unreal Beta

Posted by Al Dean - March 28, 2018

There’s a lot of action in the professional, technical visualisation end of the VR spectrum these days: in recent weeks,…

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