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At Autodesk University (AU) 2026 Autodesk announced the full launch of its Autodesk Operations platform. This expands its Design & Make platform into further manufacturing operations, with Autodesk Tandem – traditionally its cloud-based digital twin platform for the AEC sector and Building Information Modeling (BIM) data – providing a unified operations platform able to take products through into the world of manufacturing and assembly shop floor planning.

ENSPEC launch brings professional-grade Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) precision within reach of more UK manufacturers Hexagon has announced the launch of ENSPEC, its professional-grade bridge coordinate measuring machine (CMM), for the UK and EMEA markets.

Ogle takes delivery of Hurco VMX42SRTi 5-axis machining centre for rapid manufacturing and model making to produce complex 3D shapes Prototyping, rapid manufacturing and industrial model-making specialist Ogle Models and Prototypes has received its first 5-axis machining centre with a B-axis spindle head and flush rotary table, a Hurco VMX42SRTi. Ogle invested in the VMX42Ti 5-axis machining centre to gain the maximum flexibility within a compact footprint for producing large, complex 3D...

SolidCAM upgrades SolidCAM Simulator to integrate MachineWorks GPU MachineWorks has announced that MachineWorks GPU is now integrated into SolidCAM 2026 to create an accurate in-process stock model in seconds, rather than in minutes or hours. Users will be able to quickly visualise and review all, or key portions of, large machining jobs without having to run the full simulation until the final setup has been checked and confirmed.

CAM2 update adds handheld 3D scanner compatibility and casting inspection New casting inspection enhancements from Faro Creaform for CAM2 software now streamlines and simplifies the inspection process. Designed as a workflow-driven inspection tool, CAM2 enables manufacturers and quality teams to perform dimensional inspections against 2D drawings and 3D CAD models, including GD&T analysis.

Backflip has launched 2D Drawing to CAD, an AI tool for its CAD copilot that turns 2D engineering drawings into parametric 3D models with native, editable feature trees. Drawing to CAD interprets the part geometry described by the views and dimensions in an engineering drawing, then builds a parametric model with a feature tree: a sequence of 3D modeling operations that defines the part.

Hololight has announced its enterprise XR streaming integration for Meta’s Snap SPECS to display complex, high-fidelity 3D content without heavy onboard processing that lightweight glasses normally can’t support. The application runs and renders on a workstation, on-premise server or in the cloud, including ray tracing and realistic lighting.

Robots don’t just perform tasks in factories and warehouses. They’re increasingly hard at work on farms, too. Gabrielle Brown learns how automation is transforming UK strawberry production Agriculture is one of humanity’s oldest activities, but that doesn’t mean that modern farmers aren’t looking to the latest technologies to help them increase the volume and quality of harvests. From autonomous tractors to drone imaging, farming is undergoing rapid modernisation.

Artec Neo promises to revolutionise quality inspection and reverse engineering with high-resolution and full-colour 3D capture The Artec Neo has been launched as the first ‘tolerance-driven’ 3D scanner, as Artec 3D looks at a new approach to inspection and reverse engineering. Instead of treating every surface as equally critical, the device reserves ‘metrological’ accuracy for functional features.

RENDA workstations and servers aren’t simply off-the-shelf hardware assembled into a chassis. They’re engineered, tested, and validated by our experienced technical team here at Overclockers UK, drawing on years of research, development, and real-world industry knowledge. For professional environments, performance is only part of the equation. Systems need to be stable, reliable, scalable, and supported throughout their working life.