RobiNZ CAD Blog

RobiNZ @ Autodesk University 2007 - San Francisco

I arrived here Friday and the weather was very similar to Auckland. When I left Auckland was experiencing an early summer and San Francisco is having a late one! I had a late, very late, lunch or e... Read more →

RobiNZ @ Autodesk University 2007 - Getting there...

By the time you read this I’ll be winging my way to Autodesk University. I’m leaving earlier than most as it’s a 14 hour flight and I have a weekend in San Francisco on the way. The plan is to catch u... Read more →

Sabine Heine - Architectural Illustrator

I really liked these Architectural illustrations found via swissmiss swissmiss: Sabine Heine | Illustrator Read more →

Lee Ambrosius, now officially Autodesk

Autodesk has “ absorbed ” renowned AutoCAD Guru\Blogger Lee Ambrosius. You may know Lee from his comprehensive AutoCAD website, Hyperpics , his blog, Beyond the UI , or AUGI contributions. Lee knows m... Read more →

Inventor LT, the free technology preview arrives in New Zealand! (and aussie)

Earlier this year I was excited to see a free preview of Autodesk Inventor LT announced, then disappointed to see demand meant it was restricted to US/Canada. I went to the Autodesk New Zealand Web-si... Read more →

Autodesk Green Research, to be seen at AU?

As Autodesk University rapidly approaches I suspect “James Van” has found a preview of what we may see in the AEC Industry Event... When I booked for Autodesk University it seemed a long way off. N... Read more →

PedalCAD? Cycle Powered CAD?

I like cycling but finding the time is tough. Maybe this MIT project is the solution… Bike Powered Notebook Computer (TreeHugger) As the bike's instructions note, if you have trouble "squeezing... Read more →

Why a hosted blog? TypePad Support Rules!

I had a layout problem with one of my blogs and must post about the excellent support response from TypePad . They found a tag error in some of my posts, of my making, but the actual problem turned... Read more →

Avatech's Revit Utilities

Kudos to Avatech for sharing these free Revit utilies! CAD Application Development: Avatech's Revit Utilities We're taking four relatively simple Revit applications that we developed to support... Read more →

See what parametric modeling looked like in 1962...

Tomislav does it again with this brilliant look at parametric design and pen input circa 1962… BIMology: BLAST FROM THE PAST - (----- Architecture 1962-72) How much are you willing to pay for fo... Read more →