RobiNZ CAD Blog

AutoCAD 2008 - Automatic DWF Publish?

Beth beat me to press, to blog?, with an AutoCAD 2008 feature that caught my eye. No point repeating her fine work here so click thru for more detail on Automatic DWF Publish. Automatic DWF Publ... Read more →

The Fiat Scratch, designed from scratch with AliasStudio

Cadalyst have an article about the Fiat Scratch , a concept car created with help from AliasStudio, Photoshop, AutoCAD 3ds Max. Much is made of it’s factory fresh “scratched weathered look” but Fia... Read more →

24 hours of SnagIt demos, are you crazy?

You’d have to be crazy to stay-up for 24 hours recording a software demo every hour… or you’d have to be Tony, Betsy Jessica from TechSmith Snag-it ! The result is a collection of short demo’s well... Read more →

AutoCAD Architecture 2008 - The veil is lifted

Finally the NDA is lifted and I can write about AutoCAD Architecture 2008 (codenamed Kiasma, formerly known as Architectural Desktop) and not just the AutoCAD 2008 features it inherits. Problem is... Read more →

30 Years of the Metric System

I’m a bit late with this but every time I try imperial based CAD templates or look at database tables that must handle Imperial I’m so glad that about 30 years ago this happened. 30 Years of the... Read more →

Warehouse combination wok & satellite dish, next it's Etch-A-Sketch BIM?

Kiwi ingenuity + Wok = Bargain satellite dish? $10 wok keeps TV station on air - 22 Feb 2007 - National News - New Zealand Herald Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television stat... Read more →

Microsoft Live Support - Good start, but ever tried using your own forms?

I logged a support call for the I.E. window problem experienced after the Live Toolbar install and was impressed to get a response, from a human! The email requested more detail so I recorded a short... Read more →

MindManaging your Day Year ~ Part 3 - Appraisal time with MindManager & Outlook...

This really is Part 3! Even regular readers can be forgiven not remembering Parts 1 2 which were posted in, um, August 2004! While the last line of Part 2 read: More to follow... I must admit I didn’t... Read more →

Shaken, not stirred! - Auckland just had a little earthquake

Was having a late’ish dinner and thought that’s odd, felt like the house moved back forth slowly several times… and it had! There was a Ricter 3.7 – depth 6km quake about 20:30, a bit later one of Ric... Read more →

A Kiwi who blogs for a living...

Back in January I posted in response to Franco Folini’s post: “Don't Quit Your Day Job to Start a CAD Blog” If you’re considering doing that this interview with Richard MacManus, a professional Kiw... Read more →