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The winners of the 2020 CSD 3D Print Contest

Ilaria Gimondi – Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:00:00 GMT

This year we hosted the 5th edition of the CCDC Annual 3D Print Contest. Due to the pandemic, we held the competition later than in the previous years, running for two months from September 16th to November 16th. Despite the difficulties of getting to the labs this year, we got some beautiful entries for the 2020 edition. In this blog we will announce you the winner and hear the story of the winning structure. And don’t forget: the 3D print file had to be prepared in Mercury! And without further ado, we are delighted to announce that the winner is…

CSD-Educators: the CCDC Virtual Workshops Experience

Ilaria Gimondi – Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:20:00 GMT

For this CSD Educators blog we wanted to share with you our experience hosting our first CCDC Virtual Workshops. The CCDC Virtual Workshops are interactive live sessions aimed at training our community remotely in using the CSD Software, and we launched the first series of three 90-minutes sessions in November 2020. We wanted to deliver a proper workshop, where you had the chance to try exercises yourself, ask us your questions, discuss together the issues you encounter and interact with us. After much thinking, planning and experimenting, we brought to you the CCDC Virtual Workshops.

In this blog you will read more about the format, the numbers, and what we have learnt from this experience.

2020.3 Release - Introducing New IsoStar Groups

Jason Cole – Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT

We've added a range of new central groups and contact groups to IsoStar in the 2020.3 CSD Release.

CSD-Core - Redefining the heart of the CSD Software Portfolio

Peter Wood – Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT

Our central suite for data search and visualisation is now called CSD-Core - and we wanted to explain why we've made this change.

New data and improvements - 2020.3 CSD Data Release

Suzanna Ward – Wed, 09 Dec 2020 10:00:00 GMT

We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2020.3 CSD Data Release containing 1,097,619 entries and 1,076,290 unique structures. This is an increase of over 63,000 entries this year and alongside the new data around 35,000 existing entries have been improved and enhanced through our annual CSD Improvements programme.

Our core values helping us through challenging times

Maggie Brown – Thu, 03 Dec 2020 11:29:00 GMT

We are living in unprecedented times. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives, and we are beginning to understand what it means for how we live and work. With a new year on our doorstep, we look at what we have achieved in the past months and consider our plans for the future.

Blog December 2020

The winners of the 2020 CSD 3D Print Contest

CSD-Educators: the CCDC Virtual Workshops Experience

2020.3 Release - Introducing New IsoStar Groups

CSD-Core - Redefining the heart of the CSD Software Portfolio

New data and improvements - 2020.3 CSD Data Release

Our core values helping us through challenging times

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