Automobile
Bravo, is "good" enough?
I saw a new Bravo in the flesh, metal?, first time while sitting at the lights outside Precision Automobiles the other night. It was wet so I didn’t stop for a closer look but, in the showroom lights,...
Robin Capper
A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
directriz: Kiwi Photos on a Portuguese blog!
It’s flattering to see someone likes my photos enough to use them* on their own blog. Portuguese “ directriz” has featured a few and it’s great to think Kiwi images are finding an audience on the othe...
A Kiwi* at Sony City
For a look behind the scenes where Sony’s video cameras are created; One kiwis journey to the heart of an electronics giant - Sony New Zealand Escaping the chill from New Zealand's winter, NZ V...
Automobile
Fiat 500 - 2008 European Car of the Year
Fiat’s brilliant little ‘un takes the Euro COTY. It’s no guarantee that it’s a great car when you consider some of the previous title holders . It must have been a lean year that saw the Renault 9, 86...
Autodesk University
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...
CAD and BIM General
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...
TypePad
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...
Revit Architecture
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...
CAD and BIM General
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...
AutoCAD Architecture
Visualizing Thermal Transfer in AutoCAD Architecture
Tomislav has a great post showing how ACA + Steady-state heat transfer analysis software can be cobined to help communcate design intent. BIMology: Visualizing Thermal Transfer Data in AutoCAD Ar...
Auckland
Traffic Light Thought - 60, 70, 80 km/h on a clear day? I blame LTNZ!
It’s 9:00am on a clear fine day: It’s the motorway. The traffic is light, amazing for Auckland The speed limit is 100 km/h So why are the few cars on the road dawdling along, like mindl...
AutoCAD
Curved text in AutoCAD?
I got an email from a reader with the question; “Do you know if there is a way to wrap text around a curve in AutoCad MEP?” I haven’t looked at how you’d achieve it in a AutoCAD MEP label but...