News

Daimler brings topology optimisation to the designer’s desktop with solidThinking Inspire

Posted by Al Dean - August 5, 2014

Everyone knows that you want a six wheeled G-Class, baby solidThinking (part of the Altair group) has just announced that…

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News

Altair Optistruct offers topology optimisation for 3D Printing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 27, 2015

Optistruct is aiming at the high-end 3D printing market with its topology and optimisation tools With new solver capabilities, Altair’s…

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Reviews

Review: Siemens PLM NX 11

Posted by DEVELOP3D - May 9, 2016

Despite a 30 year heritage, Siemens NX is still finding room for innovation. Al Dean looks at what's coming in…

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Product Design

Weight watchers

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 14, 2016

Despite its skeletal appearance, the Light Rider is an extremely strong yet lightweight electric motorcycle designed by Airbus subsidiary APWorks…

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News

Motion and visualisation capabilities headline 2017 release of SolidThinking Inspire and Evolve

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 8, 2016

SolidThinking’s Inspire and Evolve 2017 releases feature a wide range of new tools and features New tools for motion analysis,…

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News

Autodesk’s Generative Design tools to be built into NetFabb

Posted by Al Dean - June 22, 2017

Stanley Black & Decker’s newly-formed Breakthrough Innovation group has been running a pilot program for generative design with NetFabb Autodesk…

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CAD

Review: solidThinking Inspire Unlimited – beta

Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 12, 2017

With growing interest in topology optimisation, solidThinking has launched an initiative to make its tools more accessible. Al Dean takes…

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Comment

The rise of topology optimisation

Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 16, 2017

With the rise of interest in topology optimisation, Al Dean ponders the current shift from designing explicit shapes to the…

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CAD

Review: Frustum Generate 1.4

Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 19, 2017

With topology optimisation all the rage in design technology, there are a wealth of solutions available. Al Dean takes a…

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Simulation

Simulation workshop #1:Topology optimisation

Posted by Laurence Marks - November 28, 2017

Laurence Marks looks at the process of topology optimisation

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