Objet expands elastomer offering with TangoBlackPlus
Objet Geometries has just launched its TangoBlackPlus, a new material that allows designers and manufacturers to "create high-quality parts that more closely resemble a broad range of rubber products."...
View ArticlePTC UK Technology Forum 2009 - registration opens
Given the tag line, "Design without Barriers", PTC are hosting their annual user event towards the tail end of next month. This follows the Global gathering of PTC users in Florida earlier this year...
View ArticleIn search of Elegance #1: An introduction
Spotted this a while back. Recreation of a Saxon door lock (circa 5th and 6th century). Complex yes, but elegant. It serves the purposes of both keeping intruders out when you're inside and just...
View ArticleIn search of Elegance #2: Siemens NX 7.0 + HD3D
Consider the single speed bicycle - it's a seemingly complex arrangement of steel tubes, mechanical linkages, spoken wheels, gearing, pneumatic types, valves, rubber tyres and bearings. but when time...
View ArticleIn search of Elegance #3: DriveWorks Solo
Phillipe Starck's 1980 Juicy Saliff for Alessi. Often seen as an iconic design. Is it elegant? As a form, yes, undoubtedly, it's lines are clean and refreshing like the lemons that it juices. Is it an...
View ArticleZ Corp launch integrated monochrome 3D printer
Z Corp have released the latest addition to it's range of 3Dprinter products with the launch of the ZPrinter 350. As many readers will know, Z Corp is one of the leaders in the 3D printing world, where...
View ArticleIn search of Elegance #4: Surfacing. Without the headache
Basic construction of a Viking sailing ship. Boat design is one of the most elegant forms in the world of engineering. Simple, efficient and timeless (and when I say timeless, I mean, since 1500 BC)....
View ArticleNvidia to take CAD rendering to the Cloud with RealityServer 3.0
Nvidia and mental images are reaching for the Cloud to offer ray-traced rendering over the web using stacks of GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) instead of CPUs. Set for official launch at the end of...
View ArticleNew SketchBookMobile: 1.1 a-go-go
As ever, it looks like Josh beat us to the jump with this one, but its worth covering a little. Autodesk just pushed out the 1.1 release of SketchBookMobile and it addresses some of the issues with the...
View ArticleInventor Fusion Tech Preview 2.0 Goes live: history & non-history do the...
I got briefed about this last Friday (as did the rest of the press/blogger community I'm sure), but I wanted to wait till it was up and live on the Autodesk Labs web-site and I'd had a chance to play...
View ArticleHands on with Inventor Fusion Tech Preview 2.0 & Change Management
Finally got around my subscriptions update with Inventor 2010 (you need both SP1 and the Subs pack), so I've spent most of the day playing with Fusion Tech Preview 2.0 which was announced earlier this...
View ArticleGeomagic debuts parametric exchange for NX on labs website
At DEVELOP3D we love the increasing use of Labs websites to let users try out new tech in development - and this latest development from Geomagic is sure to interest users of NX. Geomagic has launched...
View ArticleEuropean HyperWorks Technology Conference 2009: solidThinking Product Day
After a hellishly early start from Birmingham out to Stuttgart and a couple of quick train rides on the ever efficient German train network, I arrived in Ludwigsburg to attend the first couple of days...
View ArticleEuropean HyperWorks Tech Forum: Day 1 continued: A quick peek at...
This is another key area of focus for this 8.0 release, the launch of solidThinking Inspired. To set the scene, since Altair acquired the company, the two development teams have been looking at each...
View ArticleFreshFiber launch 3D printed iPhone cases
I picked this up from the folks at Freedom of Creation (or FOC for short). A Dutch outfit called Fresh Fiber has just started producing iPhone cases using 3D printing technology. There's no information...
View ArticleDassault spins out SmarTeam development and support
Dassault issued one of its classic press releases* this morning, relating to the continuation of Enovia SmarTeam's development. Entitled "Dassault Systemes Strengthens Commitment to ENOVIA SmarTeam...
View ArticlePLM+ targets user experience to bring PLM to the cloud
Just had an entertaining phone call* with Benny Shaviv of PLM+ who are trying to bring a fresh approach to the PLM world. PLMplus (or PLM+ if you can find the extra bit on your keyboard) has the goal...
View ArticleIn Search of Elegance #5: HDR Editing & the drive for Realism
If you're into visualisation, then you know about HDR images. They're becoming increasingly common in the world of rendering, with all the leading systems and their rendering counterparts including...
View ArticleWhat's going on at Adobe?
When Adobe got into the 3d CAD market following the aquisition of TTF a few years ago, many involved in the industry where wondering what the company would produce and how it would effect the CAD...
View ArticleATI FirePro ushers in 10-bit colour support for Adobe Photoshop
Hidden away in the release notes for ATI's latest FirePro graphics driver (8.663.3) is 10-bit colour support for Adobe Photoshop. But what exactly does that mean? Those that can afford HP's stunning...
View ArticleSqueezable 3D Control Device
I'll admit it, I have absolutely no idea how this is going to work, what it offers for the world of design and 3D control, but I find it curiously fascinating. I just got a press release from...
View ArticleLive from AU: Inventor Publisher launches on Labs
First post for Autodesk University, so I figured we'd just jump straight in with a quick look at a new addition to Autodesk Labs. Inventor Publisher Technology Preview sees autodesk release a 3d...
View ArticleFill out Cyon's fall survey - get two grand's worth of research in return
After having ran into Brad Holtz, founder of Cyon Research and mastermind behind one of the industry's most intriguing events, COFES, at Autodesk University this week, I was reminded that he's running...
View ArticleAU 2009: Manufacturing keynote round up
For me, the one session that's worth the trip to Autodesk University is the Manufacturing Solutions keynote session. This is where you get to see what Autodesk are working on, some of which, as history...
View ArticleAU Follow up: Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program and Grants
Green Ocean Energy relies on Inventor to develop groundbreaking wave energy devices. After a discussion with Autodesk's ultra impressive sustainability team (seriously, this team is intimidating with...
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