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
Revit Structure
I’m a bit slow posting this but the Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards have been published. Details & download at: Australian & New Zealand Revit Standards | www.anzrs.org Well, it’s been a long time in coming, but ANZRS is finally here. It’s been a mammoth
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
It’s winter and, apart from doggy walks & very occasional bike rides, I tend to hibernate a bit. It’s a chance to catch up with the MySky recording back log (like all the Dr Whos since David Tennant left) and other inside stuff. However our amazingly technological world
CAD and BIM General
If you are on Twitter & want to chat CAD check out the Cadalyst Twitter Chats. The series kicks off with Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen followed by Solidworks blogger Josh “SolidSmack” Mings. The Cadalyst page has details on how to join in the fun. Cadalyst Dell-Sponsored Twitter Chats - http:
Inventor
Recently I spent a day at SkyCity Convention Centre with a bunch of other CAD/BIM users for the AEC Systems NZ Technology Solutions Day. I couldn’t see everything as after a few shared sessions the day split into tracks covering Civil, AEC and Manufacturing. It was a little
I thought I’d get to 2012 before installing these but found they fixed two problems I have noticed: * Sometimes editing sheet properties in a project would cause a crash to desktop. * Our MEP user found Export to AutoCAD could result in out of scale blocks (seemed to be older
MindManager
I use MindManager Map Marker groups to mark topics (E.G. CAD platform in the map below). I was unaware you could copy/past them between maps until I saw a recent post on the Mindjet Blog: Quick Tip - Copy & Paste Marker Groups | The Mindjet Blog When creating
3ds Max
A couple of weeks back I showed the scene below in a presentation on “bImformation modelling” for the Auckland Revit User Group. It was created with Autodesk Labs Project Photofly technology which assembles a collection of 2D digital camera images into a 3D spatial arrangement then generates a 3D point
Auckland
I’ve been trying the TOMTOM traffic and finding it pretty useful but when the nice lady says: “The delay on your route is nineteen minutes, You are still on the quickest route” I wonder if ignorance actually is bliss
Approaching the motorway both lanes have a car waiting at the red light. Following the quicker will mean getting to the motorway faster & avoiding having to overtake once there. I went for the Alfa 147 lane as it seemed obvious the stereotypical Alfa driver would beat the Volvo V70
Fiat
An interesting Fiat link in this tale of the MG Rover demise which was new to me MG Rover's ‘Phoenix Four’ neglect “they approached Fiat about buying in its JTD diesel. Fiat, the insider claims, came back with an amazing offer.”
Automobile
In my experience Fiat engines have always been great. It’s the bits surrounding them which usually account for the demise of the car! The images below are two I’ve owned, Uno Fire & Bravo HGT, but the awards went to the amazing 875-cc TwinAir mill in the “500”
