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
CGArchitect's Visualization Pro of the Week email usually features stunning, photo-real, computer generated renderings. Perhaps that is why this one stood out, along with the software & hardware used to create it. Studio/Institution: TiM Rynek - ARCHITEKCI Website: http://www.timrynek.pl Genre: Commercial Exterior Software: Only
I’ve never been credited on an Album before but it is not the only reason I like this one! Greg part financed it’s production with pre-sales and a small investment was recognised in the liner notes. It’s a good listen, my favourite being the skeptical love song
One of the Autodesk University 2010 photos I showed at a recent Revit User Group Auckland was an Autodesk concept for interacting, real time, with a living BIM model. Linking the BIM & Building Automation Systems enabled use of live data for analysis, visualisation and operation in the Building Information
Weblogs
I’ve kept family post(s) re the Christchurch Earthquake over on my other blog but have updated the banner here to show the first picture from my first ride with Adventure South back in 2003. It was along the Port Hills overlooking the quake epicentre Diamond Harbour/Lyttleton on
One of the great things about conferences is meeting previously “virtual contacts”. Hardi Meybaum, CEO/Founder of GrabCAD, was one of those until we met in the media room at AU as had only known each other by email. GrabCAD’s current focus is engineering & manufacturing but it’s
I’ve pinned this post to stay at the top of my blog and have been jotting EQNZ thoughts into a single post. It also has some links to EQNZ info for readers (and me!). UPDATE 2011-03-31: I spent two nights in Christchurch before & after my cycle trip. Didn&
AutoCAD
While publishing in AutoCAD Architecture I was prompted to save the current list of sheets (which I wanted to this time) and mistakenly ticked the “Always perform my current choice option” on the dialog. This changes the default and and hides the dialog in future. The result was every time
I don’t often post about work, non-cad stuff, here but this info-graphic from The Warehouse 2010 Community and Environment Report appealed to my mind mapping aesthetic.
I once read that Automotive Designer Walter De Silva said of the Audi A5: “For me, the A5 is very close to perfect. I love everything about this car. Its general shape, its details; it's so balanced in its proportions. It's sensual and at the same
Although far from exotic second generation Fiat Panda is nearly as rare in New Zealand as the furry black & white Chinese kind. Unlike the boxy first generation ones they weren’t officially imported. The one I saw today was only the second I’ve ever seen.
There was no Esc, well it was there but didn’t work when pressed! Perhaps after twelve+ years of typing and FSM knows how many AutoCAD command “Esc’s” it seemed my old faithful Microsoft Natural Keyboard was finally dead. I did the usual keyboard resuscitation (flip it over &
A casual start to the year and a new venue for this meeting. Grab a beer & hear AU Speakers (Roy AU China, Simon AU Vegas), first time attendee (Michelle) and RobiNZ blogger’s view of Autodesk University 2010. Details & RSVP via Meetup: RUGAKL February Meeting - Autodesk University
