Ushuaia & Departure | Antarctic Mission Log 02
Meeting Ortelius, and following Drake's wake
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Getting to Argentina | Antarctic Mission Log 01
Auckland to Buenos Aires, but not quite
AHBART gleaming like never before thanks to Final Touch Auckland
An interesting drive today, my first time in a Nissan Cube. I was a bit apprehensive to start with because it was an automatic, and I so rarely drive them, but still had three pedals. The third is a foot parking brake which would have been troublesome if treated like
U.S. get rid of one obsolete measurement unit, time for the rest
I only discovered the bizarre U.S. Survey foot after encountering it in a CAD file. I did the foot > metre conversion on an incoming imperial file and none of the resulting measurements made sense as were ‘a tiny bit out’. Turned out the file was actually created in
Antarctic Mission 2019
Antarctica with Dr Karl (via Ushuaia, B.A. & Iguazu Falls) Index
AutoCAD MEP
Can AutoCAD Architecture Projects live on BIM 360?*
A recent promotion announcing Civil 3D availability on BIM 360 Design had me wondering if AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) projects would work using BIM 360 Docs with the Autodesk Desktop Connector. If so it would be rather useful for legacy projects. ACA projects have some odd control files (xml but with
Cunning use of toe straps to help fitting bike tyres
This video shows fitting the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tyres I run on my commuter (ex-gravel) bike. They are heavy, bullet proof, and with stiff sidewalls and strong beads can be a battle to fit. I knew the “wire in the trough” part of this demo but like how he used
The most bizarre Revit User Group experience ever!
One lost old man, a memorable encounter
Weblogs
The power of community and connection
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
The origins of the Revit 2014+ Sample House
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
The Vaccination Chronicles: if only
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
Excuse me, your laptop is in my way…
Alfie, the chion, vs my computer