RobiNZ CAD Blog

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 →

AutoCAD, or AutoCAT, Usability Testing

After reading Mark W. Kiker’s post on Autodesk Usability Feedback I found this old footage, while cleaning up some old media folders, which dates back to AutoCAD 2006 (released in 2005) . As it may... Read more →

AutoCAD Publish to Google Earth "updated for 2008"

One of my most popular older posts is the result of people searching for “AutoCAD, Google Earth kmz”. About a thousand people a month find this post about the Autodesk Labs AutoCAD Google Earth Extens... Read more →

Is this the ultimate CAD interface?

Combine this with Tablet PC interaction and I think you’re getting close! It’s Alive in the Lab: Touch Wall: Manipulating CAD data with just your hands Read more →

Presenting the Autodesk University Main-stage

What does it take to put on a presentation? For most it’s a PC, a projector and maybe a microphone. When there are thousands turning up it’s a little more complicated. Scott has posted a podcast showi... Read more →

Inventor LT, free technology preview! UPDATE 04-05-2007: USA/Canada Only

My dad is a talented engineer and can machine, weld, craft pretty much anything. I’m very much not a talented engineer but have always been interested in engineering design software. The hope was it c... Read more →

Freebie laptops, loot and CAD Blogger ethics...

There have been a flood of stories about blogger ethics thanks to Microsoft/AMD PR sending some Bloggers Acer “Ferrari” Laptops loaded up with Vista and Office 2007. It’s clever marketing, perhaps, bu... Read more →

How will a stadium impact the waterfront? - Architectural Desktop + Google Earth shows

I never thought I’d be modelling a stadium but this shows what a bit of time, Architectural Desktop and Google Earth can achieve. There has been a fair amount of controversy about a proposal to bui... Read more →

A Paper Aircraft, MyFeedback, and how I got to Autodesk University 2006?

About 30 years ago a Primary (Elementary) School Teacher encouraged a 10 year old boy, named Robin, to do a special science project based on flight. I can’t remember the detail but do remember buildin... Read more →

Autodesk Impression - Art meets CAD?

I first saw Autodesk Impression, then called Vespa , at Autodesk University 2005. At that stage it was an idea, a concept to add an artistic touch to CAD. Today it’s a technology preview you can download... Read more →