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
I had a most interesting Revit User Group experience tonight. The topic, a panel discussion on “Shared Coordinates”, was good and prompted some great discussion but it was what happened towards the end which made it bizarre. We weren’t in our usual venue, tonight hosted at a street level
Weblogs
I was looking to schedule the insert location and rotation of a Multiview Block in AutoCAD Architecture. They have location properties for x,y,z and rotation in the Properties Palette but, strangely, rotation is not an available MV Block property when creating a property set. I tried the Block
Design and Art
Sam shares the story behind his creation, surely seen by every Revit user at some stage, the Revit sample house: Samuel Macalister - Architect and BIM Specialist and the Revit 2014 Sample House | labs.blogs.com
Given the recent, unnecessary, measles outbreak in New Zealand I think Richard Saunders documentary deserves more coverage. It was made in, and references, Australia but the message is universal: “The Vaccination Chronicles: if only” can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTprFOmIjIg, and permission is given for
Alfie, the chion, vs my computer
AutoCAD MEP
Way back in 2006 I blogged about AutoCAD Architecture/MEP’s (ACA/AMEP) Project Standards feature. It allows object and display styles to be updated in all or selected files within a Project. There is provision to automatically apply ACA/AMEP Object Styles, Display Settings, Materials and AutoCAD Standards ( like
Autodesk have released a new learning hub offering focused training with topics across all their Arch/MEP platforms (Revit, AutoCAD & FormIt): AUTODESK CUSTOMER SUCCESS LEARNING HUB / ARCHITECT LEARNING CENTER While looking at the article "Collaborating in AutoCAD with Specialized Toolsets”* I had the odd experience of seeing myself
Fiat
My Bravo 155 HGT ticked up 255,000km on the way home from work.
Fiat Abarth
Return to the car, having stopped to pick up dinner, to find an elderly man looking at it: * It’s a Fiat? * Well, made by Fiat but it’s an Abarth * Thought it was a Fiat but then I looked closer, no! Those extra badges on the side? * Abarth is
A cycle trip in the South Island was a perfect opportunity to take the Abarth on a road trip: 1. Auckland to Whanganui (Red NI Drive) 2. Whanganui to Wellington (Yellow NI Drive) 3. Wellington not quite as planned (Wellington Drive) 4. Wellington Weta & Manual Car Meet-up (Wellington Drive)
Original Nuova 500 July 4th 1957… the New 500 July 4th 2007… Happy 62nd Birthday Fiat 500 My Abarth 500 Esseesse got a set of new Bridgestone RE003 tyres and a Warrant of Fitness for another years fun.
“The thing that made the things for which there is no known maker” is brilliant: Credit Peter @ NZARH for sharing.
