RobiNZ CAD Blog

Autodesk testing my sanity...

Thought was going mad for a while, but it was just Autodesk playing with my mind... At The Warehouse Group distributed Tool Palettes (in AutoCAD Architecture/MEP) using Content Browser. Tick ‘Link when added to workspace’ on the catalog, drop palettes to users, when they are changed/updated tell the users to refresh, sorted. That's worked seamlessly since the Content Browser/Palette system turned up in... 2004? Now I need to share Civil 3D palettes that will be dynamic as we develop new/updated content. Yay, C3D uses the same system but… Create a Catalog (1), set it to Link items…. (2) all good... Read more →

Got a question about AutoCAD? Ask Autodesk Answer Day!

If you have an AutoCAD question check out the upcoming answer day (May 7th US Pacific). Post your question and get an answer direct from AutoCAD Platform team members. Their post below has all the details: From http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-answer-day/ We’ll be kicking off the Autodesk Answer Days series with the one and only AutoCAD®! Join us at our first AutoCAD Answer Day online event on Thursday, May 7th from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Time. Have AutoCAD® or AutoCAD LT® questions that you’ve always wanted to ask? Come spend a minute, an hour, or the whole day in the Autodesk... Read more →

Free Autodesk Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and Students Worldwide!

I arrived back from Tibet to find some very welcome news from Shaan Hurley. Autodesk now provides students, teachers and schools WORLDWIDE with free* access to Autodesk software: 3-year licenses of 80 titles of the exact same software that our commercial customers use. Free Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and Students Worldwide! - No Catch or Fine Print! – Between The Lines Blog Hooray! I have been anxiously awaiting this for years. Effective today, Autodesk provides FREE access to our software to students, teachers and schools around the world. If you are an engineering school or teach CAD drafting or... Read more →

Aussie/NZ CAD reseller mergers - A2K Technologies

A hefty chunk of the Aussie/NZ CAD ‘reseller’ space has changed with this announcement: AEC Systems, Karelcad, and ADA CADPartners merge business operations - A2K Technologies - www.a2ktechnologies.com.au AEC Systems, KarelCAD, and ADA CADPartners today announced they have merged their individual business operations. The new company, A2K Technologies, will commence trading on the 1st February, 2013… [more] Read more →

Autodesk Suite Advantage Virtual Event

Autodesk are hosting an on-line session featuring Design Suite Application portfolio. If you want to learn more about applications you use, show the boss something new or just figure out what some of those new tools in the Design Suites do check it out! There is a mix of live and on demand events covering a wide variety of General Design and AEC/Plant & Process Industry applications. Autodesk See the Suite Advantage Virtual Event. Be among the first to See the Suite Advantage of the latest Autodesk® solutions, including our comprehensive new design suites, and how they can help you... Read more →

AutoCAD 2012 Block Editor Save Corruption Hot Fix

If you are running AutoCAD 2012 based apps check out this hotfix. I haven’t seen it happen yet but the potential problem it fixes is rather alarming! Description of Problem: When a drawing is saved from within the Block Editor, the entire content of the drawing is sometimes lost and replaced with the content of the block being edited. Autodesk - AutoCAD Services & Support - Autodesk 2012 Block Editor Save Corruption Hot Fix This hotfix prevents possible loss of data that may occur if the drawing is saved while the Block Editor is open in AutoCAD® 2012-based products. Read more →

Civil 3D University New Zealand 2011

KarelCAD are running their Civil 3D University event next month in Auckland. Like AU it has a mixture of sessions run by technical, industry and customer experts but focused on Civil 3D & Australasian projects & standards. Details & registration at www.karelcad.co.nz Read more →

BIM on the Rocks, Civil 3d and Queenstown Airport

Dana has a great post on how Civil 3D was used for a runway safety extension project at NZQN. BIM on the Rocks: Civil 3D and a New Zealand Airport I’ve introduced you to my friend Peter Thomson a few times. Last week, Peter sent me some pictures of an airport Runway End Safety Area (RESA), his team worked on with Civil 3D 2008… The airport is between a lake and river (mid right of the photo below I took when departing on a stunning day) and surrounded by mountains, That location combined with mountain weather, that can literally change... Read more →

It’s Autodesk 2011 time

It’s the time of year when Autodesk unleash new versions of their applications. I just finished watching a webcast announcing the AutoCAD, AEC, Manufacturing and Visualisation products. “With the release of these powerful applications, the 2011 Autodesk product line is truly the best-in-class,” said Autodesk President and Chief Executive Officer Carl Bass. “Building on our long history of making complex technology more accessible to a broader audience, we made our portfolio of 3D design and engineering tools both simpler and more powerful". Full details about the 2011 products are available now at www.autodesk.com (Source Autodesk Press Release) There is certainly... Read more →

EKlectiCAD Blog

It is a pleasure to welcome Earl Kubaskie to the world of CAD blogs. His focus is on all things Civil 3D, some things not Civil 3D and whatever else takes his fancy. Eclectic + CAD equals… EKlectiCAD? - eklecticad.typepad.com What that means is that this "CAD" blog will sometimes have stuff non-CAD. I'm a Civil 3D guy, and a Map 3D guy, and involved with the vanilla CAD world some... and ESRI GIS, and lots of software tools, so you never know what you're gonna find here. Look up "eclectic" and you'll get the idea - I just sort... Read more →