DEVELOP3D LIVE 2022 Event Guide

DEVELOP3D LIVE is finally back! After two years of pandemic and uncertainty, the editorial team is exceptionally happy to welcome you to the University of Sheffield for the best product design and manufacturing technology event in the UK.

Whatever your specific interest, DEVELOP3D LIVE offers a conference program and exhibition which covers key topics and technologies: sustainable design, additive manufacturing, simulation/ analysis, prototyping, reverse engineering, digital workflows, agile manufacturing, technical documentation, data management, workstation technology, and more - as well as having advice for the next generation of engineers and hardware developers as they start up.

With over 20 speakers, 3 simultaneous stages and multiple themed topics, there are some big choices to be made with your time.

We have some fabulous keynotes: Matt Whelan, head of engineering at Ocado, will give an insight into how a radical additive-first approach to robotics hardware development allowed his team to create the world’s lightest and most efficient grocery fulfilment bot.

Ian Briggs from BAC, with the absolutely stunning Mono single seater sports car, will

explain the challenges and opportunities his Liverpool-based team experienced while working through the vehicle's concept creation phases.

Shay Moradi & Paul Heys of Vital Auto will explore blending physical and digital prototyping to provide designers with opportunities to enhance their products. Philipp Siebourg, Director Car Audio Design and Huemen Design Lead (Europe), Harman, will explain how Harman’s internal design group designs and develops automotive-grade consumer experiences, including the audio systems, for some of the greatest cars on the planet.

There is no other event where all the major design software players speak on one stage, outlining the innovations they see as changing the way we design and manufacture products today. Autodesk, PTC, Siemens, Dassault Systèmes, nTopology and Altair will all be sharing their latest advances, including how customers have utilised their applications.

With manufacturing technologies developing at such pace, we have a panel of experts across hardware and software, looking to the future as to what we can expect next. Together with sessions on visualisation, XR, product development, this year also sees the return of our popular

start-up panel, with experts on hand to advise early-stage designers.

The exhibition (see page 22) is the core of the day with a huge selection of incredible technologies on display, with experts on hand to give demonstrations and answer any burning questions. Free food and drinks will be available in the exhibition spaces.

The editorial team will be here for the day; be sure to say hello and tell us what topics you would love to see covered in DEVELOP3D Magazine in the coming year.

See you around.

Martyn Day, Event Director

IN THE CLOUD

MAIN STAGE SESSION #1

9:00am

Welcome to DEVELOP3D LIVE

Martyn Day // DEVELOP3D LIVE Joe Croser // Oundle Architecture

9:05am

Squeezing more performance out of 3D CAD for free Rob Jamieson // ISV Alliances Manager // AMD

Jamieson will give a teaser for his 2:20pm talk (Visualisation / XR stream) on a new graphics driver for AMD Radeon Pro pro GPUs that promises to dramatically improve 3D performance in Dassault Systèmes Solidworks and other OpenGL-based 3D applications

INOX 1,2,3 (INOX Level 5) 9:00am - 10.30am

9:10am

Combining Additive Manufacturing and agile methodologies for rapid robotics innovation

Matt Whelan // Head of Engineering // Ocado Technology

Whelan will lift the lid on Ocado's radical additive-first approach to robotics hardware development, which allowed the team to create the world’s lightest and most efficient grocery fulfilment bot

9:50am

One of a kind - the true meaning of bespoke

Ian Briggs // Design Director & Co-Founder // BAC

The BAC Mono is a road-legal, single-seater supercar, where every item can be personalized. From initial digital design ideas to full conceptual renders BAC has mastered the art of global design consultation within a digitally led environment

MAIN STAGE SESSION #2

11:00am

Unpacking the top three myths holding back 3D technical product documentation

Michael Smith & Philip Taylor // Zea

Join Zea for a peek at how next-gen cloud-based applications can revolutionise the generation of 3D technical product documentation

11:10am

Experiences: moving beyond designing products

Manish Kumar // CEO // Solidworks

Designing an amazing product is just the start. Making the transition to creating experiences elevates design to a life-changing level. Kumar will share real-world examples through the unity of design, simulation, governance, manufacturing, and marketing

MAIN

2:00pm

Why

Pari Singh

CEO

Flow is a collaborative single-source-of-truth

multi-disciplinary systems. Engineers can find, subscribe to,

track changes to the data they need in seconds

2:10pm

Convergence:

Jeff Kinder // EVP, design and manufacturing // Autodesk

will showcase evolving tools

technologies that can

manufacturers build resilience, improve collaboration, and

processes,

MAIN STAGE

4:10pm

them to

and in the

INOX 1,2,3 (INOX Level 5) 11:00am - 12.40am

11:40am

Design without boundaries

Bradley Rothenberg // CEO // nTopology

Rather than incrementally improving upon CAD, a totally new underlying model is needed, breaking boundaries between analysis & design, to handle the ever increasing complexity of modern manufacturing

12:10pm

The future of design exploration with AI-powered design Dr. Baljesh Mehmi // Sales Director UK & Ireland // Altair

By utilising AI, design teams can set up and execute design of experiments and optimisation studies, learning which attributes contribute the most to the different performances, compare results from multiple iterations, and ultimately identify optimal designs

INOX

2:40pm

The past, present and future

Jon Hirschtick // chief evangelist // PTC

Having started Solidworks and Onshape, Hirschtick is an industry legend and is now chief evangelist at PTC. DEVELOP3D's Martyn Day will interview him on a range of topics including cloud and its impact on the future of CAD, simulation-driven design, and the digital thread

3:10pm

Accelerating digital transformation how to take your

development to the next level

Dan Staples // VP of R&D // Siemens

How technology trends in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing are changing the way manufacturers are designing and developing products

INOX 1,2,3

4:50pm

5)

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Designing automotive-grade consumer experiences

Philipp Siebourg // Director Car Audio Design and Huemen

Lead (Europe)

Harman

How Huemen, Harman’s internal design group, designs and

automotive-grade

How visions of future products come to life in automotive Shay Moradi & Paul Heys // Vital Auto

When the lines between brand, product and services become blurred, in the age of the metaverse where experiences don’t look like anything we’ve seen before, how does prototyping (both physical and digital) provide opportunities to enhance products?

STARTUP STREAM Breakout

11:00am

Autonomy

How

11:20am

Startup

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Mark

Josh

(Discovery Room)

2:20pm

2:00pm

Winning

Dimitris Katsanis

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3:00pm

Made to order:

Peter Harman

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Design

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STREAM Breakout

11:00am

Design for behaviour change the power of play

Craig Lynn // Filament PD

Gamification and play can be serious design tools in product development. Cross generational play through clever UI/UX can be employed by design teams to help develop better solutions that can have a positive impact on people and the planet

11:20am

Sustainable materials: A step in the right direction

Charlotte Jones // Callum

As the circular economy becomes central to future design, and sustainability at the core of future materials choices, Jones will discuss how design and engineering studio Callum is helping clients navigate this transition

(Discovery

11:40pm

5)

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Enhancing the user experience of your products Nick Chubb // IDC

Usability is all about increasing the quality of interaction between people and products. This talk guides users through the considerations and approaches to help enhance the user experience of products in design projects.

ALTAIR WORKSHOP

12:45pm -

Altair workshop

Accelerating Product Development with Simulation Driven Design

Sambell // Application Engineer // Altair

In this workshop, discover how the Altair Inspire suite can accelerate simulation-driven design throughout the entire product development lifecycle, from concept to reality.

See a live demonstration of how Inspire can be used to create, optimise, and study innovative, structurally efficient parts and assemblies.

Topics covered: This live demonstration will include:

· Introduction to the Altair Inspire suite for Simulation Driven Design

· Geometry import and creation of an optimisation design space

· Static loading for structural analysis and optimisation

· Dynamic load extraction to run structural analysis and optimisation

2:00pm

Stop emulating cameras in visualisation; emulate human vision instead!

Robert Pepperell // Fovotec

With recent advances in 3D graphics technology and in our scientific knowledge of vision, we are able to better emulate some of the features of human vision in 3D graphics. This talk will show how

2:20pm

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delve deeper into a new graphics driver for AMD

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to dramatically

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2:40pm

More than design reviews - taking VR to another level

Paul Rose // Virtalis

Rose will discuss how manufacturing companies use the Virtalis platform for a wide range of projects,

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3:00pm

How KeyShot fits into the workflow of design consultancy, Astheimer Design

Carsten Asteheimer // Asteheimer Design

KeyShot has its pros and cons like any other visualisation software. Asteheimer will look into the role that it plays in the design process of Astheimer Design

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PANEL DISCUSSION

Breakout 1 (Discovery)

11:20am

At DEVELOP3D LIVE we have assembled an experienced panel that will look at the methods, programs, and technologies that enable product ideas to grow from an initial spark, into a fullblown go-to-market product. The panel will consist of start-ups that have been there and done it already; experts from the fields of legal, financial guidance, crowd

and

programs, and much more. Bring your own questions and leave inspired!

3DCONNEXION

STAND A4

3Dconnexion is a provider of awardwinning devices for 3D design and visualisation professionals. 3Dconnexion mice are designed to provide a more intuitive and natural way to interact with 3D content and support today's most popular and powerful mechanical engineering and other 3D applications.

From its SpaceMouse 3D mice to the CadMouse, 3Dconnexion products are said to provide a superior way for CAD professionals to interact with and experience the digital world.

With a SpaceMouse, users have the ability to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate models while the regular mouse stays in its regular place.

www.3dconnexion.co.uk

ALTAIR STAND A7/A8

Altair provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair’s simulation-driven design approach to product development, where simulation technologies are used early in the development process, enables designers, design engineers and simulation specialists to make more informed design decisions earlier, reducing the need for repeated design iterations and extensive prototype testing.

Altair Inspire helps users to create designs that achieve better performance and manufacturability, and SimSolid is a ‘revolutionary structural analysis solution.'

www.altair.com

AMD STAND A40/A41

For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualisation technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees are focused on building leadership highperformance and adaptive products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

www.amd.com

3DPRINTUK STAND A34

Focused on production runs, 3DPRINTUK bridges the gap between additive manufacture and injection moulding for plastic items. According to the company, the viability of using SLS as an alternative to injection moulding kicks in with smaller items; there are no set-up fees only a unit cost, so for small parts with volumes of up to 10,000 units, it’s a ‘no brainer'. The more complex the part, the higher the viability as tooling costs increase.

3DPRINTUK focuses on low to mid volume batch production using in house SLS printers. CAD files can be uploaded for an immediate quote or the Pricing Estimator App used to get a cost for printing your part.

www.3dprint-uk.co.uk

ADDITIVE-X STAND A24

Additive-X has 30+ years of experience in building relationships and knowledge bases with the best manufacturers. The company doesn't just sell 3D printers, it provides ‘best-in-class' additive manufacturing solutions with full certified technical support, training, and brand specialists.

Additive-X offers impartial advice on the wide range of technology it offers and its technical support, sales and customer service teams have developed a wealth of experience in many industries.

The company is an authorised reseller and trusted partner of Formlabs, Lynxter, Markforged, 3DGence, Ultimaker, BCN3D, Builder, AMT & Mayku.

www.additive-x.com

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PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

AUTODESK

VIRTUAL SPONSOR

Autodesk makes software for people who make things and helps people imagine, design and create a better world. The company's manufacturing software helps you machine, print, inspect, and fabricate better quality parts, faster. Manufacturing solutions for CAM, additive and composites can help you manufacture large moulds, automate machining, integrate design with manufacturing, and much more.

Autodesk says that with its manufacturing expertise, you are able to automate, optimise and connect all your manufacturing processes. The company's Cloud-Connected Manufacturing allows you to collaborate and manufacture ‘anytime, anywhere.'

BOSTON MICRO FABRICATION

STAND A48

Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) specialises in micro-scale precision 3D printing.

The company’s microArch 3D printing system uses a proprietary approach to 3D printing called PμSL that leverages light. It enables the technology to produce what BMF describes as the industry’s most accurate and precise high-resolution prints at an imperceptibly small scale for commercial manufacturers.

BMF states that the technology represents a true industry breakthrough by empowering product manufacturers to capitalise on the benefits of 3D printing without sacrificing quality or scale.

BMF has offices in Singapore, Boston, Shenzhen and Tokyo.

www.bmf3d.com

CIMPA

STAND A35

CIMPA, a specialist in PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) services and a subsidiary of Sopra Steria, provides end-to-end services in consulting, information systems integration, business processes and support.

CIMPA guides and supports its clients in their digital transformation, in various industries such as aerospace, defence, transportation and energy.

According to the company, its added value lies in its ability to meet the strategic and operational challenges of its clients.

CIMPA has over 1,400 employees in Europe.

www.cimpa.com

BOXERSOLUTIONS

STAND A26

BOXERsolutions' aim is to exploit the power of digital geometry.

BOXERgeom’s Digital Geometry

supports voxel-based AI and Machine Learning, and can help digitalise workflows to support ‘innovative design', Digital Twins & MRO and Design optimisation freed from the constraints of BREP NURBS.

BOXERmesh is a fully parallel mesh generation program for creating bodyfitted, CFD-style unstructured grids around complex 3D geometry, for use in standard commercial and open-source CFD solvers.

has a background in aerospace, turbomachinery and combustion.

www.boxersolutions.com

BRONZE SPONSOR CONCURRENT DESIGN GROUP (CDG) STAND A3

CDG is a leading supplier of 3D printers, 3D scanners and 3D software. With 3D Systems it offers the Figure-4 Standalone and Modular DLP printers and others. It also supplies 3D printers from Intamsys, Omni3D, Sinterit, as well as the Fusion EDGE and Zmorph i500.

CDG supplies Einscan, Freescan UE Pro and Evatronix 3D scanners. The company's software solutions include Geomagic Essentials, Wrap and Design X for reverse engineering and scan-to-CAD and Control X for inspection; Geomagic Freeform for voxel-based digital clay modelling; and Cimatron for CAD/CAM, tool design and manufacture, and conformal cooling.

www.cdg.uk.com

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CORREVATE

STAND A22

Correvate is the developer of Vercator, which is billed as the most efficient cloud platform to process point cloud data.

Vercator enables a desktop software like experience in a browser, all backed up by the cloud with clusters of computers to quickly process point cloud data as it scales.

The software offers automatic registration and segmentation from the cloud backed by AI, with the associated benefits of access, security and speed.

The company's ambition is to evolve the Vercator platform further with additional tools from both Correvate and third-party suppliers, adding a suite of capabilities and features which deliver cost efficient improvements to its users.

www.correvate.co.uk

DRIVEWORKS

STAND A46

DriveWorks offers Design Automation and CPQ configurator software. It is used by manufacturing multi-nationals and SMEs across many different industries to:

• Configure custom products on any device

• Respond quickly to sales enquiries

• Generate more custom orders

• Win more business

• Enhance product quality

• Reduce repetitive tasks

The software can be used for 3D printing or traditional manufacturing methods. It can automatically generate manufacturing drawings, 3D models, and sales documents (including quotes).

www.driveworks.co.uk

FRAME STANDS A42/A43

Frame is an industry-leading hybrid and multicloud Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution that enables customers to deliver virtual apps and desktops hosted in public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform) and on-premises on Nutanix AHV – all managed from a single control plane.

Users can access their Windows or Linux apps and desktops from the convenience of their browser, no client or plug-in needed, on any device anywhere. This includes graphicsintensive, high-fidelity, multimedia, and 2D/3D design apps.

The company invites you to embrace the new world of hybrid work, powered by Frame.

www.nutanix.com/products/frame

DNA.AM LTD STAND A31

DNAam offers the building blocks for digital additive manufacturing production. The solution is designed to make the most out of the process by managing AM build planning and providing complete powder traceability, with batch splitting, control of blending and powder recovery management. It can help standardise best practice AM build management, streamline control of post-processing subcontractors, ensure compliance with dynamic traceability, and capture AM intelligence.

The company boasts a broad client list, ranging from global start-up AM bureaus and research technology organisations through to large corporates such as Airbus, Safran, Wipro and Ricoh. www.dna.am

SILVER SPONSOR

EUROPAC 3D STAND B58

Europac3D is a leading UK supplier of 3D scanning and printing equipment.

The company offers Kreon and Solutionix scanners and Artec handheld scanners, and 3D scanning software for reverse engineering and inspection, featuring Geomagic Design X for complex scan to CAD projects.

Europac3D is also a Uniontech 3D printers specialist, offering ‘high quality', large volume resin additive manufacturing machines and a comprehensive range of open source materials.

Europac3D also offers a bureau service from 3D digital capture of objects through to 3D print service including production parts in PA12 and PA11 Nylon.

www.europac3d.com

SPONSOR

HYBRID SERVICES

STAND B51

Hybrid Services is the exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for Japanese technology manufacturer, Mimaki.

With a product portfolio that encompasses almost the entire digital 2D print sector, Mimaki brings its many decades of innovation to 3D print with a range of full colour 3D printers.

According to Hybrid, Mimaki’s latest full colour 3D printer offers new levels of creativity, accurate reproduction of up to 10,000,00 colours and precise detail — with a sub £35k price point.

Hybrid will have a variety of samples on its stand at DEVELOP3D Live that demonstrate Mimaki’s breadth of full colour 3D printing capabilities. www.hybridservices.co.uk

INNEO STAND A28

INNEO Solutions is a partner for product development and digital reality, providing solutions for over 4,000 companies. According to the company, it will take the time to understand your business to help you choose the right tools to make your digital journey a reality.

ART OF THE POSSIBLE

As a PTC Platinum Partner and KeyShot Platinum Reseller, INNEO Solutions offers solutions for CAD, PDM, PLM, IOT, visualisation, CGI and IT. Whether you need application-specific software or services, implementation or customised training and consulting, INNEO states that it will help you achieve a quick and lasting return on your investment. www.inneo.co.uk

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– INTERNATIONAL TECHNEGROUP

A21

ITI is a leader in the development and delivery of

solutions for CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM. Since 1985 ITI has partnered with leading PLM system vendors to assemble what it describes as an unparalleled suite of software products and related services – all aimed at eliminating non-value-added time and costs associated with reusing product data and maintaining data integrity and value.

solutions include: CADfix, for 3D CAD model translation, repair, healing, defeaturing, and simplification; Proficiency, for feature-based CAD conversion; and CADIQ, for identifying model-based design data quality issues. www.iti-global.com

LUXION

STAND A49

Luxion is a developer of advanced 3D rendering, animation and lighting technology and the maker of KeyShot, which aims to break down the complexity of creating photographic images of 3D models. The real-time ray tracing application uses a physically correct render engine based on scientifically accurate material representation and global illumination.

KeyShot is built around the visualisation workflow allowing users to easily change materials, create advanced lighting scenarios and adjust cameras interactively, in real-time. It offers direct import for every major 3D file format, and support for both Mac and PC.

www.keyshot.com

MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED (MSL)

STAND A33

MSL has over 24 years’ experience, supplying UK Industry with measuring equipment and Creaform scanning solutions. It brings engineering experience to metrology, combining tools and software from leading manufacturers to create integrated systems for your workflows.

MSL offers high-quality 3D scanning, 3D software and 3D metrology for end-toend design, manufacture and inspection solutions and services to improve manufacturing processes.

Creaform scan data can be imported into nTopology for lightweighting, optimisation, modification for additive manufacturing and other operations.

KENESTO STAND A2

Kenesto is a secure cloud-based Document Management and Workflow Platform designed for teams and technology providers, with project management applications in mind.

The developers explain that Kenesto requires no setup, provides unlimited storage, mobile access and reliability with real-time access to field data. Users collaborate directly on master files with suppliers using virtual local drives.

www.kenesto.com

LASER SCANNING STAND A44

Laser Scanning is a local Sheffield-based engineering solution provider specialising in laser scanning, quality inspection, measurement, reverse engineering and prototyping services.

The company offers portable and in-house scanning solutions with its Nikon Metrology equipment. Its climate-controlled facility is equipped with two laser scanning CMMs for high-accuracy scanning and repeatable measurement processes along with five articulated scanning arms fitted with Nikon Metrology H120 blue light laser scanners.

According to the company, its in-house staff have an in-depth knowledge of metrology, quality, inspection processes and design for manufacture.

www.laser-scanning.co.uk

BRONZE SPONSOR

NTOPOLOGY

VIRTUAL SPONSOR

nTopology is a next-generation design software built from the ground up to enable engineers to take full advantage of the design freedom of additive manufacturing. According to the company, nTopology’s, core technologies make it fundamentally different to any other engineering design software currently on the market. www.ntopology.com

BRONZE SPONSOR

OPEN BOUNDARIES

STAND A1

Open Boundaries states that it delivers great user experiences and simplifies creatives' lives, making astute users more efficient and versatile using Cloud technology.

The company's Managed Cloud Graphics Workstation subscription enables individuals or teams to have instant access to 3D graphics workstations 24/7/365, providing assurance and peace of mind.

Choose between different Cloud Workstations subscriptions, which are cost effective, scalable and flexible 3D graphics solutions.

www.openboundaries.co.uk

OR3D

STAND A9

OR3D specialises in providing 3D solutions and, as the UK’s largest Geomagic partner for hardware and software, the company states that it is well placed to offer the right solution.

OR3D offers a range of laser scanning equipment that covers long range scanning to non-destructive testing with CT machines. For high precision manufacturing and engineering, the company highlights the capabilities of sub millimetre accurate scanners and laser trackers from API.

Using Geomagic Design X, OR3D can demonstrate complete scan-to-CAD workflows, including the creation of native parametric CAD models in Solidworks, Inventor, NX, Creo and Catia.

www.or3d.co.uk

PNY STAND A23

For over 30 years and thanks to strong partnerships with technology innovation companies such as Nvidia, PNY says it represents a real success story of a company leading the EMEA graphics, HPC and AI computing market.

Providing engineers, researchers and visualisation clients with ‘cutting-edge' Nvidia Quadro, Nvidia Tesla and Nvidia DGX solutions, PNY says it understands the needs of its clients, offering professional technical support and a constant commitment to customer satisfaction.

PNY offers a full spectrum of GPUs and SSDs but also complete servers for compute, storage and network certified for all VDI, HPC and AI environments.

OQTON STAND A25

The Geomagic Suite, developed by Oqton, delivers a complete reverse engineering, design, and inspection software solution that is said to unify engineering and production to accelerate intelligent manufacturing. Serving industries include aerospace, dental, automotive, and more.

Geomagic Freeform is a 3D design tool combined with touch-based haptic devices, that is designed to transform traditional handcraftsmanship into organic, digital design for custom manufacturing.

Geomagic Design X allows users to reverse-engineer physical parts into digital parametric CAD models with a tool that combines history-based CAD with 3D scan data processing.

www.oqton.com

ORIGIN ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS

STAND A18

Origin Engineering is a software VAR focused on design and simulation for the manufacturing industry. The company believes that utilising simulation early in the product development process provides opportunities for organisations to speed up product development, reduce costs and improve the quality of products being manufactured.

Origin Engineering works alongside Altair and its Inspire product portfolio, which allows manufacturing engineers to simulate various manufacturing processes to eliminate defects and failed production runs through its ‘intuitive interface and

MachineWorks Ltd, the developer of Polygonica, has been providing advanced 3D software engines to manufacturers and engineering software developers since 1994.

Polygonica is an engine for polygon-mesh modelling and is widely used in a range of markets, including CAD, CAM, CAE, and AM, along with medical, dental, EDA, metrology, AEC, construction, mining, and other large capital asset industries.

MachineWorks is a toolkit for CNC simulation and verification and is supplied embedded within a wide range of brands from major machine tools and CNC controller manufacturers and CAM

NASKA robotics is creating a rock farming system that will be used to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to stem the damaging effects of climate change. With a geographically diverse team, NASKA needed a solution to connect people, design, and information securely.

“In developing this system, we want to come up with a solution with minimal impact on the operation of gardens and farms, so people will like how the rock wall looks and want to buy the robot, while simultaneously capturing carbon and improving the environment.

We needed a design tool that was both easy to use and operated inside a browser in the cloud across our distributed team. We chose the design roles on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, including 3D Sculptor and 3D Creator.

Because our design tool operates in a browser and our data infrastructure is in the cloud, we’ve avoided the heavy up-front capital investment in hardware that startups have historically faced. It gave us a fast start working with colleagues who are not experienced in CAD, and if one person becomes a bottleneck, we can quickly hand off some of that work to another team member and eliminate potential delays.

We had no idea just how critical working remotely through a browser in the cloud would become. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform makes design resilient against any remote working scenario. It turned out to be the perfect solution for us.”

Dr. Tobias Brett, CEO, NASKA robotics

PTC STAND A36/A37

PTC offers a variety of innovative CAD solutions for the engineering community, including Creo and Onshape.

According to the company, Creo continues to advance the state of the art in CAD technology, with emerging technologies that are fully integrated into the Creo design environment. Meanwhile, PTC adds that cloud-native Onshape is ‘revolutionising the CAD industry' by enabling companies to connect, collaborate, and create better products.

www.ptc.com/product/creo

RANDD STAND A30

Randd is one of the UK’s leading R&D tax credits specialists. Based in Derby, East Midlands, Rannd helps a broad range of firms to maximize investment from HMRC to boost development projects. According to the company, it has helped its clients claim over £190m over the last 14 years, with a 100% success record.

At DEVELOP3D Live, Randd can discuss how firms can navigate the HMRC R&D Tax maze and maximise rewards with a sense of security. According to the company, HMRC has increased its scrutiny since Brexit and Covid, requiring a deeper dive and R&D justification. Randd says its team of engineers can help find the innovation and create a strong R&D case required to maximize and secure claims.

www.randduk.com

SILVER SPONSOR

technology, developed under its DGSHAPE brand. This includes the MDX-50 benchtop CNC mill and monoFab SRM-20 desktop milling machine.

The MDX-50 combines ‘precise, automated milling and unmatched ease-of-use.’ Roland says it is an ideal solution for short-runs and prototypes, reducing operation time and simplifying production, so users of all abilities can mill functional parts with incredible quality on a wide range of materials.

The SRM-20 is a small milling machine for the production of realistic parts and prototypes. Roland says it offers powerful functionality at an affordable price. www.rolanddg.co.uk

within the Scan Computers Ltd. business portfolio that provides workstations, servers and bespoke GPU solutions for graphics intensive workloads. The company's award winning 3XS workstations are optimised for a wide variety of applications and workflows.

Powered by the latest Nvidia RTX GPU accelerators, Scan workstations and servers are custom built to meet requirements. Scan also delivers and supports virtual solutions via its 3XS Cloud platform, including compute servers, datacentre workstations, virtual PCs, cloud rendering and Nvidia Omniverse Enterprise for realtime collaboratiion.

www.scan.co.uk

SHAPR3D

VIRTUAL SPONSOR

Shapr3D is on a mission to reinvent the CAD industry that got stuck in the past. According to the developers, the CAD software allows you to design where and what you want to design, not where and what your CAD tool dictates. Wherever your workflow takes you, Shapr3D can go with you. Go from sketching to manufacture—with full functionality across Windows PCs and tablets, Macs, and iPads—make your design flow.

www.shapr3d.com

SIEMENS DIGITAL INDUSTRIES SOFTWARE

STAND A5/A6

Siemens Digital Industries Software says it is bringing the solutions of tomorrow to its customers today. The company invites delegates to learn more about the value of the digital enterprise that enables customers to create better, more innovative products, faster.

Siemens offers an integrated portfolio of software and services that helps companies become digital enterprises through technologies that integrate solutions for PLM, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), Embedded Software and Internet of Things (IoT), and much more.

www.siemens.com/plm

SIGMETRIX

STAND A27

Sigmetrix has been helping companies produce better products for over 20 years through a combination of software solutions, training, and consulting services that focus on managing the impact of mechanical variation. These solutions enable collaborative decisions between design, manufacturing, and inspection.

Products include CETOL 6, a fullyintegrated 3D tolerance analysis solution that enables designers and engineers to understand the impact of part and assembly variation on the fit and performance of their products; EZtol, a 1D analysis tool; and GD&T Advisor, an interactive tool that provides guidance on the correct application of GD&T on models.

www.sigmetrix.com

GOLD SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSOR

SOLID SOLUTIONS

STAND A19

Founded in 1998, Solid Solutions has amassed over 20 years of experience in delivering ‘best-in-class' services and solutions. Having become the leading provider of Solidworks throughout the UK and Ireland, Solid Solutions has grown through several strategic partnerships and acquisitions, forming the Solid Solutions Group. 2021 saw the formation of the Solid Solutions Business Transformation Team, expanding its services beyond Solidworks, into the wider Dassault Systèmes portfolio.

In June 2022, TriMech acquired the Solid Solutions Group, bringing together hundreds of talented people across four countries, and expanding its support.

www.solidsolutions.co.uk

SOLIDWORKS

VIRTUAL SPONSOR

SolidWorks, a Dassault Systèmes brand, offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data. The company states that its products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost-effectively. It adds that the Solidworks focus on ease-of-use allows more engineers, designers and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.

www.solidworks.com

SOLID PRINT3D STAND A20

Solid Print3D is part of the Solid Solutions Group. With experts for every area of ‘3D', from scanning, CAD, CAM, simulation, PLM, 3D printing & CNC, its goal is to help you reinvent manufacturing.

Solid Print3D will show that production 3D printing is no longer expensive, difficult to use or reserved only for specialists in OEMs.

For reverse engineering, it will show how 3D scanning has never been more accessible. With the ability to get information into a CAD system fast, engineers have new ways of capturing data.

Products include the Formlabs Fuse 1 compact SLS 3D printer, and the Peel 3D handheld 3D scanner. www.solidprint3d.co.uk

BRONZE SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

SYSTEMACTIVE

know that connecting Design and Manufacturing can challenging - Symetri supports many businesses with aspect of their design and manufacturing processes

STAND A47

Design for Manufacture

Solutions

T3DMC STAND B52

on Stand A29 to discuss how we could help you to add into your business.

info@symetri.co.uk +44 345 370 1500

SystemActive is one of the UK’s leading workstation hardware and immersive solution providers. The company is a HP and Lenovo Platinum Partner, and Nvidia preferred solution provider with specialisations in workstations and highend compute in all.

The company will be showcasing the Varjo XR-3, the photorealistic mixed reality headset. It is a mixed reality developer device for engineers, researchers and industrial designers who are ‘pioneering a new reality'. With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency and integrated eye tracking, SystemActive states that the XR-3 is the only device capable of truly blending virtual with reality.

www.systemactive.co.uk

THEOREM SOLUTIONS

STAND A13/A14

Theorem Solutions’ range of use-case focused solutions are based off years of experience in optimising 3D CAD data. This includes Theorem-XR, which enables engineering and manufacturing organisations to utilise their existing 3D assets on Augmented (AR), Mixed (MR), or Virtual Reality (VR) devices.

The Theorem-XR suite allows engineers and designers to visualise their 3D data in context. Teams can collaborate, both remotely and locally, working together in a single session in both MR and VR. Theorem-XR's Visualization Pipeline is used for ‘efficient and automated' processing of 3D CAD and visualisation data.

www.theorem.com

Manufacturing

Management

& Quality

The 3D Measurement Company (T3DMC) is an engineering solutions provider of 3D measurement, quality & inspection and reverse engineering services. It is also the exclusive UK distributor of a range of affordable, handheld and portable 3D scanners suitable for a wide range of industrial applications.

T3DMC states that it can support your design and manufacturing needs through its 3D scanning & measurement services, on site or at its facility. The company explains that its scanning services combine ‘market leading' metrology equipment with a comprehensive range of software solutions to offer inspection and design solutions for the most complex of challenges.

www.t3dmc.com

BRONZE SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

TOTAL MATERIA AG STAND B59

Total Materia AG is dedicated to collecting, connecting, and managing materials information. Since 1999, when Key to Metals AG founded the solution, a team of materials engineers have collated commercial materials properties and developed a taxonomy, properties and integrations that support multiple engineering roles and scenarios within engineering, quality, simulation, compliance, sustainability, manufacturing and, of course, materials.

www.totalmateria.com

VIRTUAL INTERCONNECT STAND A32

Virtual Interconnect is an engineering consultancy and a PTC Gold Technology Partner, specialising in the design of complex routed systems encompassing wire harnesses and hydraulic/piping installations for the industrial, automotive, military and aerospace markets.

The company aims to reduce your risks and improve your products’ time to market through three services: ‘Project', where its engineers work as a remote design team to aid the development of your solution; ‘Process', to help enhance your current wire harness design process; and ‘Product', where its software design team provides general-purpose solutions for wire harness and electrical design.

www.virtual-interconnect.co.uk

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD - FACULTY OF ENGINEERING STAND A10/A11

This stand will showcase various projects from the University of Sheffield’s Faculty of Engineering, whose vision is to deliver life-enhancing research, innovation and education that not only transforms the lives of its graduates, but shapes the world we live in. The faculty believes the best way to achieve this is by fostering an ambitious, inclusive, collaborative community.

www.sheffield.ac.uk/engineering

WORKSTATION SPECIALISTS

STAND A15

Workstation Specialists is an awardwinning workstation and server solutions manufacturer. The UK company designs and manufactures high-performance computing solutions for industries such as 3D CAD, visual effects and others.

Workstation Specialists works with clients on a consultancy approach believing that there is no one size fits all solution to workstation/server technologies, and that tailoring hardware specifically for each client is essential in order to achieve best in class performance and value for money.

Products include professional desktops and laptop-based workstations, plus deskside and rackmount server solutions.

www.workstationspecialist.com

ZEA STAND B57

Manufacturers want to maximise the value of using their products to their customers. However, as Zea points out, they fall short of that value proposition when a product breaks down and isn’t adequately supported.

Zea envisions the day when a fully documented digital twin becomes the new baseline for product support. The company is mapping a path towards this vision with a novel 3D digital experience platform that saves content authoring time and improves customer experience. www.zea.live

GOLD SPONSOR

Collaborate, Contextualise and Visualise with Theorem-XR

export directly from PLM systems. And the data only needs to be prepared for use once. Our XR suite and experiences are device neutral, so they can be run on tablets, desktop and VR and MR headsets. This also enables you to work on the same project on any type of XR device. Users can use VR for one part of a task, and then switch to a MR device to complete it or visualise their CAD model in its real-world context.

Theorem Solutions are delighted to start the first leg of the TheoremXR November road trip at D3D Live 2022 as Gold Sponsor. Find us in the Octagon stands A13/A14 where you’ll be able to experience full scale visualisation first hand.

Each year has brought new advancements In Augmented (AR), Mixed (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR), and Extended Reality (XR) has been adopted by more and more companies. In the modern world products are rarely developed from a single location, and XR is an incredible tool for facilitating creativity and collaboration. This is particularly important in engineering and manufacturing where the ability to place fullsized 3D digital data into the physical world provides important context.

The Theorem-XR suite is our range of full scale, in context, use-case based experiences for manufacturing and design related tasks. These include Immersive Visualization, Factory Layout, Design Review, Training Guides and Visual Digital Twin.

Theorem-XR’s experiences enable greater collaboration, with team members in multiple locations working in an immersive multi-user environment. Being able to collaborate remotely with colleagues saves time and money on travel costs; every user can visualise and review the same design data, together. And you don’t need access to an XR device as desktop users can join a collaborative session.

For many, getting 3D data into XR is the biggest obstacle on the road to adoption. The Theorem-XR experiences are underpinned by the Visualisation Pipeline which provides a fully automated process.

Bringing 3D data assets directly into Theorem-XR, or allowing the creation of Unity or Unreal assets for use in internally developed XR solutions.

By using the Visualisation Pipeline to prepare and optimise CAD data, the difficulties that are often encountered when trying to get 3D data into XR are removed. The process is as simple as dragging and dropping design data onto the server, ‘save as’ from within native CAD applications, or

Newly added support for AEC, Navisworks, Revit and IFC data, which can be combined with CAD and scan data all loaded into a single environment, presents additional opportunities using XR. We also have solutions for working with huge datasets like full factory layouts. Microsoft HoloLens users can stream data via Microsoft Azure Remote Rendering, which reduces the amount of time needed to process and optimise the data.

Theorem Solutions have been working with engineering design data for over 30 years. Our global customer base includes NCR who saved £390,000 in the first year using Theorem-XR to enhance their design review process, and Valiant TMS, who used Theorem-XR to efficiently inspect tooling and components saving days on some tasks. Since there is no one size fits all approach, we will work with you to find the best solution for your use case and requirements. Whether your requirement is CAD translation, Interactive Documentation (3D PDF) or Full Scale Immersive XR Visualisation, Theorem delivers support to meet the needs of engineering—today and for the future.

The full impact that visualisation with XR can have is difficult to grasp without seeing it, so come meet us and try out our XR experiences for yourself.

Doppelmayr: Simulation summit

flame-cut profile and weld preparations.

This ensured that the stress remained outside the weld seams, creating a better stress distribution and an increased lifetime.

Altair enabled the Doppelmayr engineers to develop a multi-step process, accurately predict the critical area of the first design that had failed the test, and find the proper design modifications.

They were able to generate an optimal design, in a reasonable amount of time, that met performance targets and was lighter than the original.

IMPRESSIVE RESULTS

Doppelmayr/Garaventa Group is an international manufacturer of ropeways and innovative transportation systems for ski areas, urban transport, amusement parks and material handling systems. Doppelmayr was founded 1893, merging with Garaventa AG in 2002 to become the world’s leading ropeway manufacturer. As of 2020, the group has realised more than 15,100 installations in 96 countries worldwide.

Since 2017, the company has been using Altair solutions, including Inspire, for the topology optimisation of design parts to reduce material usage and product weight and to increase durability.

More recently, Doppelmayr started using Altair SimSolid to explore its designs and create structurally efficient concepts for large models and complex assemblies.

In modern passenger transport systems, flawless operation, comfort and safety are key engineering criteria for design. To guarantee these key performance indicators, demanding fatigue tests are performed to ensure a component’s performance and strength. Today, advanced simulation methods help to achieve optimal designs and meet the highest safety requirements.

Using Altair Inspire, Doppelmayr built a design that passed the necessary safety tests and optimised a gondola station to be even lighter, safer and more durable than the client requested.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

Doppelmayr’s engineers were set the task of optimising a bracket of a Doppelmayr lift station building. Since the seam weld of this bracket had failed a critical fatigue test, it was necessary to improve the design of the component for increased strength and

fatigue-life of the connection.

The main challenge for the new design was to pass the critical fatigue test. This tests the bracket, taking into consideration the maximum forces that can occur during ropeway operation, while also measuring defined parameters like vibration and material strain. To meet high safety standards, the construction has to withstand 100 Mio load cycles.

With that in mind, Doppelmayr engineers had to identify a solution that would enable them to build high-precision components, while considering material use, manufacturing constraints and time and budget for the project.

From previous successful projects, the team had already gained a lot of experience with Altair solutions. With Inspire, and working alongside Altair’s own expert engineers, the Doppelmayr team was confident it could achieve a weight-reduced bracket with increased lifetime and the endurance to pass the critical vibration test. Using the test parameters, they were able to create a full-scale simulation scenario.

In the first step of the optimisation process, the engineers specified the requirements of the new bracket design and generated the CAD model.

Since the initial tests revealed overstressing in one part, the aim was to redesign for better stress distribution and relocate the stress concentration outside the weld seams.

The original CAD data was then imported to Inspire and the team defined both the external and internal clearance, design space and manufacturing method.

After two iterations in Inspire, the engineers were able to identify the optimal design. The final design solution was a welded insert with a

When it comes to specific results achieved using Inspire, Doppelmayr engineers were able to increase the lifetime of the seam weld while reducing the length of each component’s weld seam by 3.5 metres.

The component passed the vibration test and the component’s fatigue-life was increased by factor 4 – from fatigue limit design to fatigue cut-off limit.

In addition to meeting safety targets, Doppelmayr also reduced manufacturing time and costs by approximately 10% for the new design. Long-term results also include reduced maintenance costs, due to the increased lifetime of the bracket.

“Thanks to working with Altair, we are now able to accurately match our components to stringent quality and safety requirements,” says Philipp Schneider, head of the structural calculation department of Doppelmayr.

“The experience we have gained by working with Altair’s engineers will help us to continuously provide our customers with safe and comfortable transport solutions.”

Stand A7/A8

Doppelmayr was able to create an optimal design of a lift station building bracket using Altair Inspire

VORTEX IoT Advancing Air Quality Monitoring System Development

Vortex IoT is a leading clean technologies company that creates products supporting the development of smart cities and transportation infrastructure. Using a combination of intelligent sensors, Internet of Things learning, artificial intelligence technology, and unique low-power mesh networks, Vortex provides rich, real-time data used to support policy decisions, monitor air quality in hazardous environments and large venues, detect intrusions or obstructions to critical transportation infrastructure, and enable development of urban revenue models. Headquartered in Wales, Vortex is staffed by a skilled team of engineers with expertise in emerging technologies, AI, and machine learning.

When the company was founded, Vortex implemented SOLIDWORKS® to design and engineer its products. However, with the emergence of COVID-19, Vortex needed to find a way to continue advancing sensor and product development across its design team during the subsequent lockdowns, according to Senior Product Design Engineer Bryce Davey.

“We were already looking at doing product development on a cloud-based platform to remain on the cutting edge of innovation when COVID hit,” Davey recalls. “When that happened, a cloud-based system suddenly became vital to keeping product design on track and on schedule. In short, we needed to quickly implement a cloud-based development system that enabled us to work remotely and exchange CAD data while also integrating our existing CAD designs. We found that solution in the 3DEXPERIENCE® Works platform.”

Vortex implemented cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE Works solutions— including Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS, specific workflow needs,” Davey adds. Collaborative Business Innovator, and Collaborative Industry Innovator—in early 2020. “For us, the main reason to use the 3DEXPERIENCE platform was to quickly get up and running with a cloud solution for remote working for use with SOLIDWORKS data,” Davey explains.

“SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD seamlessly connects with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, making SOLIDWORKS CAD data accessible to team members working and collaborating from home, and the platform provides automated revision control and the ability to work in the cloud without the need

for server infrastructure,” Davey continues. “Once we made the decision to implement the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we were up and running within a matter of days and have been able to maintain our development efficiency and accelerate product development despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic.”

Vortex has also improved data management and revision control due to the automated capabilities inherent in the cloud-based platform. Davey says that the platform’s data management/revision control system is a key requirement for using a cloud-based product design system. “We initially tried to work using other cloud-based tools, such as Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive, but we quickly learned that our CAD files became corrupted using that approach,” Davey recalls.

“With 3DEXPERIENCE Works, everything from a data management/revision control standpoint is done for us,” Davey stresses. “The system is safe and secure, and all that we need to worry about is who can access the system by managing user access rights, which creates opportunities for working

more productively with vendors and partners by giving them access only to the data that they need. Data management was the biggest issue that we faced in the cloud, and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform takes care of that without having to spend thousands of pounds on server infrastructure and administration.”

Since implementing 3DEXPERIENCE Works, Vortex has continued development of the next-generation sensor for its Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) system, which the firm was transitioning into mass production in early 2021. “3DEXPERIENCE Works solutions not only enabled us to keep working remotely during pandemic lockdowns, the cloud-based platform also provides the product development foundation that we need to support growth and expansion.”

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