CAD and BIM General
Ponoko, Ideas made real!
I first heard of Ponoko when their “Blog Editor” Stephen Kempton commented on one of my posts. We exchanged a few emails about Ponoko which makes design concepts real providing a new model for manufac...
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
AutoCAD
Shaan's AutoCAD and Autodesk History Images
I just noticed Shaan Hurley has posted a bunch of historic AutoCAD Autodesk images to his Flickr pages.
BlogJet
Windows Live Writer, nice price but not for me
If you are serious about blogging an off-line editor is an essential tool. TypePad have a good on-line editor but I rarely use it as it’s still slow cumbersome in comparison to a local editor. As a...
CAD and BIM General
Autodesk NavisWorks?!
I first read the announcement on Tenlinks and was surprised to see Autodesk are acquiring NavisWorks. I’ve seen a few NavisWorks demos, but had no hands on experience, and saw enough to know it’s a go...
A tribute to Dodderyoldfart - My Favourite Blogging Roadworker
It was a shock to discover that a respected Kiwi Blogger died suddenly last Wednesday.
SOLECISM, n., a deviation from correct idiom or grammar
This struck a chord...
AutoCAD
XML Editing to fix AutoCAD Tool Palette order
I know a man called John who used to have a life. Now he has a CAD blog… Which is good as we get to read handy hints such as to make AutoCAD Tools on a Tool Palette stay in the same order when you...
Aviation
A 'near miss' at Auckland airport? More like a 'near hit'!
Why is it when aircraft nearly collide it’s called a ‘near miss’? They completely missed, or it would be a collision, but nearly hit so why not call it a ‘near hit’! Planes in 'near miss' at...
Fiat
Is slow the new fast? The Fiat Panda 100HP
Given the state of the roads, congestion, speed cameras, radar traps and the fact that most people are just doing boring urban commuting most the time there is little real pleasure in driving. Now...
If I.E. 6 won't let go, try this to install I.E. 7
I finally got around to updating my Home PC so it’s now running Office 2007 Pro (coming from Office 2000 Pro I'm liking it a lot), AutoCAD Architecture 2008 (from 2007), Viz 2008 (also 2007) and I.E....
Auckland
Watch out for the Waterview, Auckland, "Cyclepath"
The Auckland Waterview Cyclepath should offer safer cycling than the adjacent very busy road but it currently has a nasty crack which will swallow destroy a bike wheel. It hasn’t happened to me but...
AutoCAD
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...